For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.