He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—

向我们列祖施怜悯，记念他的圣约，

他向我们列祖施怜悯，记得他的圣约，

他向我们列祖施怜悯，记得他的圣约，

祂怜悯我们的祖先，持守自己的圣约，

向我们列祖施怜悯，记念他的圣约，

向我们的祖先施怜悯，不忘他神圣的约，

向我們列祖施憐憫，記念他的聖約－

他向我們列祖施憐憫，記得他的聖約，

他向我們列祖施憐憫，記得他的聖約，

祂憐憫我們的祖先，持守自己的聖約，

向我們列祖施憐憫，記念他的聖約，

以便向我們列祖實施憐憫，記念他的聖約，

向我們的祖先施憐憫，不忘他神聖的約，

施矜恤於我列祖、念其聖約、

矜恤我祖、念其聖命、

矜恤我祖、念其聖約、

用示矜憐、於我列祖；以懷聖約、以踐誓許。

to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant,

He has been kind to our people of long ago. He has remembered his holy covenant.

to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant—

To show mercy to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

He has dealt mercifully with our fathers and remembered His holy covenant—

To perform the mercy[ promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant–

to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:“ I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.”

You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham,‘ Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions— to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never ending covenant:

Dear brothers and sisters, here’s an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say“ to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says“ to his child”— and that, of course, means Christ.This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

He gives food to those who fear him; he always remembers his covenant.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

“ This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!“ I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”Then God said to Abraham,“ Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.

And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”