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persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,

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persecuted,(A) but not abandoned;(B) struck down, but not destroyed.(C)

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When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.(A)

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When you pass through the waters,(A)
    I will be with you;(B)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(C)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.(D)

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Penitence and Trust in God

Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.8 Heb enemy

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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24 though we stumble, we[a] shall not fall headlong,
    for the Lord holds us[b] by the hand.(A)

25 I have been young and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or their children begging bread.(B)

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  1. 37.24 Heb he stumbles, he
  2. 37.24 Heb him

24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,(A)
    for the Lord upholds(B) him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken(C)
    or their children begging(D) bread.

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16 for though they fall seven times, they will rise again,
    but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.(A)

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16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

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11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help and my God.(A)

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11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(A)

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Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)

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Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6

But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,(A)

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But God, who comforts the downcast,(A) comforted us by the coming of Titus,(B)

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You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her
    and your land Married,
for the Lord delights in you,
    and your land shall be married.(A)

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No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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10 Those who know your name(A) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken(B) those who seek you.(C)

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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)

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20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](A) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(B) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help(A)

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Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
    Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
    for I will yet praise(D) him,
    my Savior(E) and my God.(F)

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28 For the Lord loves justice;
    he will not forsake his faithful ones.

The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
    but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)

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28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(B)

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  1. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever