Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

{Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.