So does the Lord care for those who fear him.ġ4 For he himself knows whereof we are made * So is his mercy great upon those who fear him.ġ2 As far as the east is from the west, * Nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.ġ1 For as the heavens are high above the earth, * Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ” Psalm 103:8-14Ĩ The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, *ġ0 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, *

Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, “Spare thy people, O LORD, and make not thy heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. Sanctify the congregation assemble the elders gather the children, even nursing infants.

Who knows whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the LORD, your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion sanctify a fast call a solemn assembly gather the people. “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. The Lessonīlow the trumpet in Zion sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins.Īlmighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

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