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He is like the morning light as the sun rises,
like a morning without clouds,
like the brightness after a rainstorm.
The rain makes the grass grow from the earth.’

“Truly, God considers my house to be that way,
because he has made a lasting promise [a] to me,
with every detail arranged and assured.
⌞He promised⌟ everything that helps me,
everything that pleases me.
Truly, he makes these things happen.

“Worthless people are like thorns.
All of them are thrown away, because they cannot be picked by hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:5 Or “covenant.”

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