Psalm 103:17

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Summary

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

The mercy

His righteousness

Unto children's

General references

Bible References

The mercy

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

His righteousness

They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

Unto children's

And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.

And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

General references

So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.