Bible Verses About Psalms

who has taken notice of his servant-girl in her humble position.b For -- imagine it! -- from now on, all generations will call me blessed!

"The Mighty One has done great things for me! Indeed, his name is holy;

and in every generation he has mercy on those who fear him.c

"He has performed mighty deeds with his arm, routed the secretly proud,

brought down rulers from their thrones, raised up the humble,

filled the hungry with good things, but sent the rich away empty.

"He has taken the part of his servant Isra'el, mindful of the mercy

which he promised to our fathers, to Avraham and his seed forever."

"Praised be ADONAI, the God of Isra'el, because he has visited and made a ransom to liberate his people

by raising up for us a mighty Deliverer who is a descendant of his servant David.

It is just as he has spoken through the mouth of the prophets from the very beginning --

that we should be delivered from our enemies and from the power of all who hate us.

"This has happened so that he might show the mercy promised to our fathers -- that he would remember his holy covenant,

the oath he swore before Avraham avinu

to grant us that we, freed from our enemies, would serve him without fear,

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

You, child, will be called a prophet of Ha`Elyon; you will go before the Lord to prepare his way

by spreading the knowledge among his people that deliverance comes by having sins forgiven

through our God's most tender mercy, which causes the Sunrise to visit us from Heaven,

to shine on those in darkness, living in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the paths of peace."

Since you already know all this, my purpose is only to remind you that Adonai, who once delivered the people from Egypt, later destroyed those who did not trust.