Psalm 34:5-6

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⁵Those who look to him are radiant;^(A)
their faces are never covered with shame.^(B)
⁶This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.^(C)

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Psalm 37:7-9

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⁷Be still^(A) before the Lord
and wait patiently^(B) for him;
do not fret^(C) when people succeed in their ways,^(D)
when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(E)

⁸Refrain from anger^(F) and turn from wrath;
do not fret^(G)—it leads only to evil.
⁹For those who are evil will be destroyed,^(H)
but those who hope^(I) in the Lord will inherit the land.^(J)

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Psalm 40:1-3

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Psalm 40^[a]^(A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹I waited patiently^(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.^(C)
²He lifted me out of the slimy pit,^(D)
    out of the mud^(E) and mire;^(F)
he set my feet^(G) on a rock^(H)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.
³He put a new song^(I) in my mouth,
    a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord^(J)
    and put their trust^(K) in him.

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Footnotes

Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

1 John 5:14-15

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¹⁴This is the confidence^(A) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.^(B) ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know^(C) that we have what we asked of him.^(D)