The Mercy of the Lord Is From Everlasting to Everlasting Upon Them That Fear Him, and His Righteousness Unto Children's Children
Anonymous (traditional)· Patristic
Verse 1
(Before the Administration)
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children’s children.
To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them.
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.
Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
(After the Administration)
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you,
And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
And I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring:
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
And the promise is unto you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.