Blessed is the One Who Trusts in the Lord.

Blessed is the one who believes

Blessed is the one who begins again

Blessed is the one who borrows nothing but joy

Blessed is the one who begs nothing but forgive

Blessed is the one who trusts the Lord to give it

Blessed

Blessed is the One Who Trusts in the Lord

Amen and Blessed

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Psalm 40

I waited patiently for the Lord; 

    he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

    out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

    and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,

    a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord

    and put their trust in him.

Blessed is the one

    who trusts in the Lord,

who does not look to the proud,

    to those who turn aside to false gods.

Many, Lord my God,

    are the wonders you have done,

    the things you planned for us.

None can compare with you;

    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,

    they would be too many to declare

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Jeremiah 17:7-8

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

    whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water

    that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

    its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

    and never fails to bear fruit.”