The Lord's Justice and Abundant Mercy

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¶ The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

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He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

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The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

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He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

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Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

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For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

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As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

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For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

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

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To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.