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“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.

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He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;

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22 
“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness
And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

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22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(A)
    and brings utter darkness(B) into the light.(C)

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30 
And in that day they will roar against them (Judah) like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land, in fact, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light will be darkened by its clouds.

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30 In that day(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(C) and distress;(D)
    even the sun will be darkened(E) by clouds.

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“For in fact, darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness will cover the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you [Jerusalem]
And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.(A)

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See, darkness(A) covers the earth
    and thick darkness(B) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.

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31 
“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(A)

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness(A)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(B)

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13 
For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes the dawn into darkness
And treads on the heights of the earth—
The Lord God of hosts is His name.(A)

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13 He who forms the mountains,(A)
    who creates the wind,(B)
    and who reveals his thoughts(C) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(D)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(E)

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He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,
Who turns deep darkness into the morning
And darkens the day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.

It is He who causes [sudden] destruction to flash forth on the strong
So that destruction comes on the fortress.

10 
They hate the one who reprimands [the unrighteous] in the [court held at the city] gate [regarding him as unreasonable and rejecting his reprimand],
And they detest him who speaks [the truth] with integrity and honesty.
11 
Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,
Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,
You will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
12 
For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable),
You who distress the righteous and take bribes,
And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
13 
Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].

14 
Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live;
And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!
15 
Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

16 Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,

“There is wailing in all the public plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.
17 
“And in all vineyards there is wailing,
For I will pass through your midst [in judgment],” says the Lord.(A)

18 
Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the Lord [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]!
Why would you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];
19 
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]
And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],
Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
20 
Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, instead of light,
Even very dark with no brightness in it?

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He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(A)
    who turns midnight into dawn(B)
    and darkens day into night,(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(D)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(E)

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(F)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(G)

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(H)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(I)
    you will not live in them;(J)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(K)
12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(L)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(M)
    and deprive the poor(N) of justice in the courts.(O)
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(P) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(Q)

14 Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.(R)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(S) love good;(T)
    maintain justice in the courts.(U)
Perhaps(V) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(W)
    on the remnant(X) of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(Y) in all the streets(Z)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(AA) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(AB) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(AC) your midst,”
says the Lord.(AD)

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(AE)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(AF)
    That day will be darkness,(AG) not light.(AH)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(AI)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(AJ)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(AK) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(AL)

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Therefore it will be night (tragedy) for you—without vision,
And darkness (cataclysm) for you—without foresight.
The sun shall go down on the [false] prophets,
And the day shall become dark and black over them.

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Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(A)
The sun will set for the prophets,(B)
    and the day will go dark for them.(C)

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Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)

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45 Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).(A)

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The Death of Jesus(A)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(B) came over all the land.

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33 When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).(A)

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The Death of Jesus(A)

33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.(B)

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44 It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),(A)

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The Death of Jesus(A)

44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,(B)

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20 
The sun shall be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

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20 The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood(A)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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