Family Verses
God's design for family — love, honor, and commitment that reflect His covenant love.
LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; {hand from: Heb. hands from}
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery {and} an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood:
That our sons {may be} as plants grown up in their youth; {that} our daughters {may be} as corner stones, polished {after} the similitude of a palace: {polished: Heb. cut}
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}
Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.