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10 He sustained[a] him in a desert land,
    in a howling wilderness waste;
he shielded him, cared for him,
    guarded him as the apple of his eye.(A)

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  1. 32.10 Sam Gk Compare Tg: MT found

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 led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous[a] snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock.(A) 16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.(B)

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  1. 8.15 Or fiery

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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It was I who fed[a] you in the wilderness,
    in the land of drought.(A)

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  1. 13.5 Gk Syr: Heb knew

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 to the nations who plundered you: Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye.[a](A)

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  1. 2.8 Heb his eye

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

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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, “Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that no one passes through,
    where no one lives?”(A)

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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 hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from trouble;
    you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah(A)

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(B)
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
    else it will not stay near you.(C)

10 Many are the torments of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.(D)

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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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keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teachings as the apple[a] of your eye;(A)

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  1. 7.2 Heb little man

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

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19 you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud that led them in the way did not leave them by day nor the pillar of fire by night that gave them light on the way by which they should go.(A) 20 You gave your good spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouths and gave them water for their thirst.(B) 21 Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.(C)

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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 determine what really matters because you are instructed in 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 statutes and ordinances to Israel.(A)
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!(B)

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

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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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