Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

What we have heard and learned – that which our ancestors have told us –

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.