10 “He found him (A)in a desert land,
    and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he (B)encircled him, he cared for him,
    he (C)kept him as the apple of his eye.

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10 In a desert(A) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(B)
He shielded(C) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(D)

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15 who (A)led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, (B)with its fiery serpents and scorpions (C)and thirsty ground where there was no water, (D)who brought you water out of the flinty rock, 16 who fed you in the wilderness with (E)manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, (F)to do you good in the end.

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15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,(A) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes(B) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.(C) 16 He gave you manna(D) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(E) to humble and test(F) you so that in the end it might go well with you.

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(A)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
    in the land of drought;

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I cared for you in the wilderness,(A)
    in the land of burning heat.

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For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)

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Keep me as (A)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in (B)the shadow of your wings,

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Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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They did not say, (A)‘Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us (B)in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that none passes through,
    where no man dwells?’

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They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’

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You are a (A)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from (B)trouble;
    you surround me with (C)shouts of deliverance. Selah

I will (D)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will (E)counsel you with my eye upon you.
(F)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with (G)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

10 (H)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds the one who (I)trusts in the Lord.

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You are my hiding place;(A)
    you will protect me from trouble(B)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.(C)

I will instruct(D) you and teach you(E) in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on(F) you.
Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(G)
    or they will not come to you.
10 Many are the woes of the wicked,(H)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts(I) in him.

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(A)keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as (B)the apple of your eye;

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Keep my commands and you will live;(A)
    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

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19 you (A)in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. (B)The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, (C)nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 (D)You gave your good Spirit to instruct them (E)and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 (F)Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

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19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(A) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(B) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit(C) to instruct(D) them. You did not withhold your manna(E) from their mouths, and you gave them water(F) for their thirst. 21 For forty years(G) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(H) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(I)

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18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;

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18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

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19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his (A)statutes and rules[a] to Israel.
20 He (B)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his rules.[b]
(C)Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
  2. Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees

19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(D)
    they do not know(E) his laws.[a]

Praise the Lord.(F)

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  1. Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them

36 (A)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and (B)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

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36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(A) to discipline(B) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.

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