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is like the morning light at dawn,
    like a morning without clouds.
He is like sunshine after a rain
    that makes tender grass grow from the ground.’

“God made my family strong and secure.[a]
    He made an agreement with me forever.
God made sure this agreement was
    good and secure in every way.
So surely he will give me every victory.
    He will give me everything I want!

“But evil people are like thorns.
    People don’t hold thorns.
    They throw them away.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:5 God … secure Or “Hasn’t God made my family strong?”

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