Psalms 116:1-6

I Love the Lord

1 I alove the Lord, because he has bheard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2Because he cinclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 dThe snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4Then eI called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 fGracious is the Lord, and grighteous;
our God is hmerciful.
6The Lord preserves ithe simple;
when jI was brought low, he saved me.

Psalms 144:1-2

My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

1 Blessed be the Lord, my krock,
lwho trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
2he is my msteadfast love and my nfortress,
my ostronghold and my deliverer,
my pshield and he in whom I take refuge,
who qsubdues peoples
Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts  subdues my people
under me.

1 John 4:19

19 sWe love because he first loved us.
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