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Abigail Becomes David’s Wife

39 Then David heard that Nabal was dead, so he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has (A)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and (B)has kept back His servant from evil. Yahweh has also returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [a](C)a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:39 Lit and spoke

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”

Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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“Because of the (A)devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (B)I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will (C)set him in the [a]safety for which he [b]longs.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:5 Or salvation, cf. 12:1
  2. Psalm 12:5 Lit breathes

“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”

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10 All my (A)bones will say, “Yahweh, (B)who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him (C)who is too strong for him,
And (D)the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

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10 My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong(B) for them,
    the poor and needy(C) from those who rob them.”

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12 I know that Yahweh will (A)maintain the cause for the afflicted
And (B)judgment for the needy.

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12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(A)
    and upholds the cause(B) of the needy.(C)

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11 For their (A)Redeemer is strong;
(B)He will plead their case against you.

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11 for their Defender(A) is strong;(B)
    he will take up their case against you.(C)

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36 Therefore thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am going to (A)plead your case
And (B)exact full vengeance for you;
And (C)I will dry up her [a]sea
And make her fountain dry.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river

36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause(A)
    and avenge(B) you;
I will dry up(C) her sea
    and make her springs dry.

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