The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my saving health; he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the LORD, I will give my law in their souls and write it in their hearts and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one; therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

People

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: from generation to generation we will sing thy praises.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.

Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Behold, the Lord GOD will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, said the Lord GOD.

To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to feed the congregation of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

For ye were as sheep that had gone astray, but are now converted unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

To day

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

Again, he determines a certain day, saying, Today, by David so long a time afterward; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

If ye

Hear, for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an eternal covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

and saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

While he yet spoke, behold, a cloud of light overshadowed them, and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Behold, I stand at the door and call; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and will sup with him, and he with me.

General references

for in six days the LORD made the heavens and earth, the sea, and all that is in them and rested the seventh day; therefore, the LORD blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it.