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Lexicon :: Strong's H2617 - ḥeseḏ

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חֶסֶד
Transliteration
ḥeseḏ
Pronunciation
kheh'-sed
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 698a,699a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶסֶד cheçed, kheh'-sed; from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty:—favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 248x

The KJV translates Strong's H2617 in the following manner: mercy (149x), kindness (40x), lovingkindness (30x), goodness (12x), kindly (5x), merciful (4x), favour (3x), good (1x), goodliness (1x), pity (1x), reproach (1x), wicked thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 248x
The KJV translates Strong's H2617 in the following manner: mercy (149x), kindness (40x), lovingkindness (30x), goodness (12x), kindly (5x), merciful (4x), favour (3x), good (1x), goodliness (1x), pity (1x), reproach (1x), wicked thing (1x).
  1. goodness, kindness, faithfulness

  2. a reproach, shame

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶסֶד cheçed, kheh'-sed; from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty:—favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
STRONGS H2617: Abbreviations
חֶ֫סֶד 247 noun masculine 2 Samuel 16:17 goodness, kindness; — absolute ח׳ Genesis 24:12 + 85 times; חָ֑סֶד Genesis 39:21 + 12 times; construct חֶסֶד 1 Samuel 20:14 + 8 times; suffix חַסְדִּי Psalm 59:18 [Psalm 59:17] + 120 times suffixes; plural חֲסָדִים Genesis 32:11; construct חַסֵדֵי Isaiah 55:3 + 5 times (BaerJes p. 79 Ges§ 93, R, 1. F.); suffix חֲסָדַי Nehemiah 13:14 + 10 times suffixes; (not in H or P).
I. of man:
1. kindness of men towards men, in doing favours and benefits 1 Samuel 20:15; 2 Samuel 16:17; Psalm 141:5; Proverbs 19:22; Proverbs 20:6; יהוה ח׳ 1 Samuel 20:14 the kindness of י׳ (such as he shews, Thes MV; that sworn to by oath to Yahweh Mich Dathe; shewn out of reverence to Yahweh Th Ke); compare אלהים ח׳ 2 Samuel 9:3; תּוֺרַתאח׳ Proverbs 31:26 instruction in kindness, kindly instruction עָשָׂה חֶסֶד עִמָּדִי do or shew kindness (in dealing) with me Genesis 20:13; Genesis 40:14 (E), 1 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 10:2 (עִמִּי in || 1 Chronicles 19:2); with עִם Genesis 21:23 (E), Genesis 24:12, 14; Joshua 2:12 (twice in verse); Judges 1:24 (J), Judges 8:35; 1 Samuel 15:6; 2 Samuel 2:5; 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Samuel 10:2a1 Chronicles 19:2a, 1 Chronicles 19:2b 2 Chronicles 24:22; with עַל 1 Samuel 20:8 with לְ 1 Kings 2:7; לפני נשׂא ח׳ obtain kindness before Esther 2:9, 17; היטיב ח׳ Ruth 3:10.
2. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy Proverbs 20:28; Job 6:14; אישׁ חסד merciful man Proverbs 11:17 (opposed to אַכְזָרִי); מַלְכֵּי ח׳ merciful kings 1 Kings 20:31; עשׂה ח׳ Psalm 109:16; in this sense usually with other attributes (see also below II. 2); || אמת Hosea 4:1; Isaiah 16:5; ואמת ח׳ Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 20:28; ואמת עשׂה ח׳ Genesis 24:49; Genesis 47:29; Joshua 2:14 (J; RV gives thse under 1); || צדקה Hosea 10:12; צדקה וח׳ Proverbs 21:21; || משׁפט Micah 6:8; ומשׁפט ח׳ Hosea 12:7; || חוֺנֵן Psalm 109:12; ורחמים ח׳ Zechariah 7:9; Daniel 1:9. — (On Hosea 6:4, 6 see 3 below).
3. (rarely) affection of Israel to י׳ love to God, piety: נְעוּרַיִךְ ח׳ Jeremiah 2:2 priety of thy youth (|| love of thine espousals to Yahweh); possibly also חַסְדְּכֶם כַּעֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר Hosea 6:4 your piety is like a morning cloud (fleeting), and כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלאֹזָֿ֑בַח Hosea 6:6 for piety I delight in and not in peace-offering (|| דעת אלהים, compare 1 Samuel 15:22); — so Wü Now Hi (1 Samuel 15:4) Che; Ke Hi (1 Samuel 15:6) others below 2 (or 1); — נַנְשֵׁי חֶסֶד men of piety Isaiah 57:1 (|| צַדִּיק); plural pious acts 2 Chronicles 32:32; 35:26; Nehemiah 13:14.
4. lovely appearance: כָּלחַֿסְדּוֺ כְּצִיץ הַשָֹּׁדֶה Isaiah 40:6 all its loveliness as the flower of the field (so Thes Hi De Che Di and others; but δόξα Greek Version of the LXX 1 Peter 1:24 & gloria Vulgate favour an original reading הוֺדוֺ Lo or כְּבֹדוֺ Ew, see BrMP 375; Du הֲדָרוֺ).
II. of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures. He is חַסְדָּם their goodness favour Jonah 2:9; חַסְדִּי Psalm 144:2; אֱלֹהֵי חַסְדִּי God of my kindness Psalm 59:18; in Psalm 59:11 read אֱלֹהַי חַסְדּוֺ my God with his kindness Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ew Hup De Pe Che Bae; his is the kindness Psalm 62:13 [Psalm 62:12]; it is with him Psalm 130:7; he delights in it Micah 7:18.
1. specifically lovingkindness:
b. in preservation of life from death Psalm 6:5; Psalm 86:13; Job 10:12.
d. in redemption from sin Psalm 25:7; Psalm 51:3.
e. in keeping the covenants, with Abraham Micah 7:20; with Moses and Israel שׁמר הַבְּרִית וְ(הַ)חֶסֶד keepeth the covenant and the lovingkindness Deuteronomy 7:9, 12; 1 Kings 8:23 2 Chronicles 6:14; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; with David and his dynasty 2 Samuel 7:151 Chronicles 17:13; 2 Samuel 22:51=Psalm 18:51, 1 Kings 3:6 (twice in verse)=2 Chronicles 1:8; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; with the wife Zion Isaiah 54:10.
2. חֶסֶד is grouped with other divine attributes: חסד ואמת kindness (lovingkindness) and fidelity Genesis 24:27 (J), Psalm 25:10; Psalm 41:11; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 57:4 [Psalm 57:3]; Psalm 61:8; Psalm 85:11; Psalm 89:15; Psalm 115:1; Psalm 138:2; ואמת עם עשׂה ח׳ 2 Samuel 2:6; 2 Samuel 15:20 (Greek Version of the LXX, see Dr); with אֶתֿ Genesis 24:49; ואמת רַב ח׳ Exodus 34:6 (JE), Psalm 86:15; also || אמת Micah 7:20; Psalm 26:3; Psalm 117:2; || אֱמוּנָה Psalm 88:12; Psalm 89:3; Psalm 92:3; אמונה וח׳ Psalm 89:25; ואמונה ח׳ Psalm 98:3; || רחמים Psalm 77:9; ורחמים ח׳ Jeremiah 16:5; Hosea 2:21; Psalm 103:4; ומשׁפט ח׳ Jeremiah 9:23; Psalm 101:1; || צדקה Psalm 36:11; טוב וח׳ Psalm 23:6.
3. the kindness of God is
a. abundant: רַבחֶֿסֶד abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness) Numbers 14:18 (J), Nehemiah 9:17 (Qr), Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 103:8 (compare Exodus 34:6 J E; Psalm 86:15); רֹב חַסְדְּךָ Nehemiah 13:22; Psalm 5:8; Psalm 69:14; Psalm 106:7 (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Aq Targan, to be preferred to MT חֲסָדֶיךָ); רֹב חֲסָדָו֯ Lamentations 3:32; Psalm 106:45 (Kt Greek Version of the LXX in both to be preferred).
b. great in extent: נֹּדֶל חִ׳ greatness of thy mercy Numbers 14:19 (J); נְּדָו֯וֺלחֿ׳ Psalm 145:8; it is kept for thousands Exodus 34:7 (JE), Jeremiah 32:18, especially of those connected with lovers of י׳, Exodus 20:6Deuteronomy 5:10; for 1000 generations Deuteronomy 7:9; it is great as the heavens Psalm 57:11; Psalm 103:11, compare Psalm 36:6; Psalm 108:5; the earth is full of it Psalm 33:5; Psalm 119:64.
c. everlasting: לעולם חסדוֺ Jeremiah 33:11; 1 Chronicles 16:34, 41; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 7:3, 6; 20:21; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 118:2; Psalm 118:3; Psalm 118:4; Psalm 118:29; Psalm 136:1 (26 times); חסדךָ לעולם Psalm 138:8; מעולם ח׳ ועד עולם Psalm 103:17; עולם ח׳ Isaiah 54:8; אל כּל ח׳ היום Psalm 52:3.
d. good: כִּיטֿוֺב חַסְדְּךָ Psalm 69:17; Psalm 109:21; כי טוב חסדךָ מחיים Psalm 63:4.
4. plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness to Israel: shewn to Jacob Genesis 32:11 (R); but mostly late Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 25:6; Psalm 89:2; כְּרֹב חסִדיו Isaiah 63:7, see 3a; promised in the Davidic covenant Psalm Isa 89:50; חַסְדֵי דָוִיד mercies to David Isaiah 55:3; 2 Chronicles 6:42; mercies in general Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 17:7; Psalm 107:43f. — חֶסֶד in proper name, masculine בןחֿ׳ see below בֵּן. On Leviticus 20:17; Proverbs 14:34 see חֶסֶד below II. חסד.

† II. חֶ֫סֶד noun masculine shame, reproach, only absolute: — הוּא ח׳ Leviticus 20:17 (H) it is a shame (shameful thing); לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת ח׳ Proverbs 14:34 sin is a reproach to peoples.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:19; 20:13; 21:23; 24:12; 24:12; 24:14; 24:27; 24:49; 24:49; 32:11; 32:11; 39:21; 39:21; 40:14; 47:29

Exodus

15:13; 20:6; 34:6; 34:6; 34:7

Leviticus

20:17; 20:17

Numbers

14:18; 14:19

Deuteronomy

5:10; 7:9; 7:9; 7:12

Joshua

2:12; 2:14

Judges

1:24; 8:35

Ruth

1:8; 2:20; 3:10

1 Samuel

15:4; 15:6; 15:6; 15:22; 20:8; 20:14; 20:14; 20:14; 20:15

2 Samuel

2:5; 2:6; 3:8; 7:15; 9:1; 9:3; 9:3; 9:7; 10:2; 10:2; 15:20; 16:17; 16:17; 22:51

1 Kings

2:7; 3:6; 8:23; 20:31

1 Chronicles

16:34; 16:41; 17:13; 19:2; 19:2; 19:2

2 Chronicles

1:8; 5:13; 6:14; 6:42; 7:3; 7:6; 20:21; 24:22; 32:32; 35:26

Ezra

3:11; 7:28; 9:9

Nehemiah

1:5; 9:17; 9:32; 13:14; 13:14; 13:22

Esther

2:9; 2:17

Job

6:14; 10:12; 37:13

Psalms

5:8; 6:5; 13:6; 17:7; 21:8; 23:6; 25:6; 25:7; 25:10; 26:3; 31:8; 31:17; 31:22; 32:10; 33:5; 33:18; 33:22; 36:6; 36:8; 36:11; 36:11; 40:12; 41:11; 42:9; 44:26; 48:10; 51:3; 52:3; 52:9; 57:3; 57:11; 59:11; 59:17; 59:17; 61:8; 62:12; 63:4; 66:20; 69:14; 69:17; 77:9; 85:8; 85:11; 86:5; 86:13; 86:15; 86:15; 88:12; 89:2; 89:3; 89:15; 89:25; 89:29; 89:34; 90:14; 92:3; 94:18; 98:3; 100:5; 101:1; 103:4; 103:8; 103:11; 103:17; 106:1; 106:7; 106:45; 107:1; 107:8; 107:15; 107:21; 107:31; 107:43; 108:5; 109:12; 109:16; 109:21; 109:26; 115:1; 117:2; 118:1; 118:2; 118:3; 118:4; 118:29; 119:41; 119:64; 119:76; 119:88; 119:124; 119:149; 119:159; 130:7; 136:1; 138:2; 138:8; 141:5; 143:8; 143:12; 144:2; 145:8; 147:11

Proverbs

3:3; 11:17; 14:22; 14:34; 14:34; 16:6; 19:22; 20:6; 20:28; 20:28; 21:21; 31:26

Isaiah

16:5; 40:6; 54:8; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 57:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

2:2; 9:23; 16:5; 31:3; 32:18; 33:11

Lamentations

3:22; 3:32

Daniel

1:9; 9:4

Hosea

2:21; 4:1; 6:4; 6:4; 6:6; 6:6; 10:12; 12:7

Joel

2:13

Jonah

2:9; 4:2

Micah

6:8; 7:18; 7:20; 7:20

Zechariah

7:9

1 Peter

1:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2617 matches the Hebrew חֶסֶד (ḥeseḏ),
which occurs 247 times in 241 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (1Ch 19:2–Psa 48:9)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 -

Then David said, “I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.”

So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. However, when David’s emissaries arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 -

And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and faithful love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 -

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD:

For he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

The temple, the LORD’s temple, was filled with a cloud.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14 -

He said:

LORD God of Israel,

there is no God like you

in heaven or on earth,

who keeps his gracious covenant

with your servants who walk before you

with all their heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 -

LORD God, do not reject your anointed one;[fn]

remember your servant David’s acts of faithful love.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 -

All the Israelites were watching when the fire descended and the glory of the LORD came on the temple. They bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground. They worshiped and praised the LORD:

For he is good,

for his faithful love endures forever.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 -

The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made to give thanks to the LORD ​— ​“for his faithful love endures forever” ​— ​when he offered praise with them. Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 -

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

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King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and demand an account.”

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As for the rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and his deeds of faithful love, note that they are written in the Visions of the Prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, along with his deeds of faithful love according to what is written in the law of the LORD,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 -

They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.

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and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the LORD my God,[fn] and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

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Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings, giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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I said,

LORD, the God of the heavens, the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant with those who love him and keep his commands,

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They refused to listen

and did not remember your wonders

you performed among them.

They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader

to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn]

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,

and you did not abandon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 -

So now, our God ​— ​the great, mighty,

and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant —

do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us,

our kings and leaders,

our priests and prophets,

our ancestors and all your people,

from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 -

Remember me for this, my God, and don’t erase the deeds of faithful love I have done for the house of my God and for its services.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 -

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the city gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember me for this also, my God, and look on me with compassion according to the abundance of your faithful love.

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The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

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The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favor and approval from him than did any of the other virgins. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

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A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,[fn]

even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

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“You gave me life and faithful love,

and your care has guarded my life.

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He causes this to happen for punishment,

for his land, or for his faithful love.

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But I enter your house

by the abundance of your faithful love;

I bow down toward your holy temple

in reverential awe of you.

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Turn, LORD! Rescue me;

save me because of your faithful love.

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But I have trusted in your faithful love;

my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:7 -

Display the wonders of your faithful love,

Savior of all who seek refuge

from those who rebel against your right hand.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50 -

He gives great victories to his king;

he shows loyalty to his anointed,

to David and his descendants forever.

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For the king relies on the LORD;

through the faithful love of the Most High

he is not shaken.

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Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in[fn] the house of the LORD

as long as I live.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 -

Remember, LORD, your compassion

and your faithful love,

for they have existed from antiquity.[fn]

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Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, LORD.

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All the LORD’s ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep his covenant and decrees.

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For your faithful love guides me,[fn]

and I live by your truth.

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I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love

because you have seen my affliction.

You know the troubles of my soul

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Make your face shine on your servant;

save me by your faithful love.

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Blessed be the LORD,

for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me

in a city under siege.

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Many pains come to the wicked,

but the one who trusts in the LORD

will have faithful love surrounding him.

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He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the LORD’s unfailing love.

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But look, the LORD keeps his eye on those who fear him —

those who depend on his faithful love

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May your faithful love rest on us, LORD,

for we put our hope in you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 -

LORD, your faithful love reaches to heaven,

your faithfulness to the clouds.

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How priceless your faithful love is, God!

People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 -

Spread your faithful love over those who know you,

and your righteousness over the upright in heart.

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I did not hide your righteousness in my heart;

I spoke about your faithfulness and salvation;

I did not conceal your constant love and truth

from the great assembly.

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LORD, you do not[fn] withhold your compassion from me.

Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 -

The LORD will send his faithful love by day;

his song will be with me in the night —

a prayer to the God of my life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 -

Rise up! Help us!

Redeem us because of your faithful love.

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God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.


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