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<< The Word for Tuesday, 16 December 2025

English Standard Version

You have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son.

Deuteronomy 1:31

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Psalm 103:13

Deuteronomy 1 (English Standard Version)

28 Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
29 Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’
32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God,
33 who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.
34 “And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore,

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Psalm 103 (English Standard Version)

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.

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You saw how the Lord your God carried you like a father carries his son.

Deuteronomy 1:31

Like a loving father, the Lord is kind and compassionate to those who follow him.

Psalm 103:13

Deuteronomy 1 (Free Bible Version)

28 Where are we going? Our brothers terrified us because they told us: ‘The people are bigger and taller than us; the towns are large, with high walls that reach the sky. We even saw the descendants of the giant Anak there!’”
29 So I told you, “Don't be frightened or scared of them!
30 The Lord your God who leads your way will fight for you in the same way you saw him do for you in Egypt.
31 He did the same in the desert—you saw how the Lord your God carried you like a father carries his son during your whole journey until you arrived here.”
32 Despite all this, you didn't trust the Lord your God,
33 who led you on the journey, present in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, looking to find a place for you to camp and to show you the way to go.
34 When the Lord heard what you were saying, he got angry and swore an oath:

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Psalm 103 (Free Bible Version)

10 He does not punish us for our sins as he ought to; he does not pay us back for our wrongdoing as we deserve.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth is the extent of his trustworthy love to those who honor him.
12 As far as the east is from the west is how far the Lord has taken our sins away from us.
13 Like a loving father, the Lord is kind and compassionate to those who follow him.
14 For he knows how we are made; he remembers we are only dust.
15 Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a field,
16 but then the wind blows and we are gone, disappearing without a trace.

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