“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

“For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For the spirit would grow faint before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have made.

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they

furthered the disaster.”

I hid

And I will wait for the Lord

who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.

Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,
O God of Israel, Savior!

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;

Do not abandon me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation!

The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity because they acted treacherously against Me, and I hid My face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.

But

“Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,

The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

General references

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

For the Lord will not reject forever,

“He has given help to Israel His servant,

In remembrance of His mercy,