The Lord's Justice and Abundant Mercy

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Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

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He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

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Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

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Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

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Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

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For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

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As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

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As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

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For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

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Mortal man! as grass are his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth;

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For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

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And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

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To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them.