Psalms 138:2
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I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
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For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.