Exodus 4-6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Miraculous Signs for Moses
4 Moses answered, ‘What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, “The Lord did not appear(A) to you”? ’
2 The Lord asked him, ‘What is that in your hand? ’
‘A staff,’ he replied.
3 ‘Throw it on the ground,’ he said. So Moses threw it on the ground, it became a snake, and he ran from it. 4 The Lord told Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail.’ So he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand. 5 ‘This will take place,’ he continued, ‘so that they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.’(B)
6 In addition the Lord said to him, ‘Put your hand inside your cloak.’ So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was diseased, resembling snow.[a](C) 7 ‘Put your hand back inside your cloak,’ he said. So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it had again become like the rest of his skin.(D) 8 ‘If they will not believe you and will not respond to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the second sign. 9 And if they don’t believe even these two signs or listen to what you say, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.’(E)
10 But Moses replied to the Lord, ‘Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent – either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant – because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.’[b](F)
11 The Lord said to him, ‘Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?(G) 12 Now go! I will help you speak[c] and I will teach you what to say.’(H)
13 Moses said, ‘Please, Lord, send someone else.’[d]
14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, ‘Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you. 15 You will speak with him and tell him what to say.(I) I will help both you and him to speak[e] and will teach you both what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him. 17 And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.’(J)
Moses’s Return to Egypt
18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, ‘Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.’
Jethro said to Moses, ‘Go in peace.’
19 Now in Midian the Lord told Moses, ‘Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.’(K) 20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff(L) in his hand.
21 The Lord instructed Moses, ‘When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart[f](M) so that he won’t let the people go. 22 And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.(N) 23 I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son! ’(O)
24 On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and intended to put him to death. 25 So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, threw it at Moses’s feet, and said, ‘You are a bridegroom of blood to me! ’(P) 26 So he let him alone. At that time she said, ‘You are a bridegroom of blood,’ referring to the circumcision.
Reunion of Moses and Aaron
27 Now the Lord had said to Aaron, ‘Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.’ So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.(Q) 28 Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and about all the signs he had commanded him to do. 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites. 30 Aaron repeated everything the Lord had said to Moses and performed the signs before the people. 31 The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had paid attention(R) to them and that he had seen their misery,(S) they knelt low and worshipped.
Moses Confronts Pharaoh
5 Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival for me in the wilderness.’(T)
2 But Pharaoh responded, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey him by letting Israel go?(U) I don’t know[g] the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.’(V)
3 They answered, ‘The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, or else he may strike us with plague or sword.’
4 The king of Egypt said to them, ‘Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labour! ’ 5 Pharaoh also said, ‘Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from their labour.’(W)
Further Oppression of Israel
6 That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers(X) of the people as well as their foremen, 7 ‘Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves. 8 But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy – that is why they are crying out,(Y) “Let us go and sacrifice to our God.” 9 Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.’
10 So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, ‘This is what Pharaoh says:(Z) “I am not giving you straw. 11 Go and get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.” ’ 12 So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 The overseers insisted, ‘Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.’ 14 Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten(AA) and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’
15 So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: ‘Why are you treating your servants this way? 16 No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, “Make bricks! ” Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.’
17 But he said, ‘You are lazy. Lazy! That is why you are saying, “Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.” 18 Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.’
19 The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, ‘You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.’ 20 When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.
21 ‘May the Lord take note of you and judge,’ they said to them, ‘because you have made us reek to Pharaoh and his officials – putting a sword in their hand to kill us! ’(AB)
22 So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, ‘Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? And why did you ever send me?(AC) 23 Ever since I went in to Pharaoh to speak in your name he has caused trouble for this people, and you haven’t rescued your people at all.’
6 But the Lord replied to Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: because of a strong hand he will let them go, and because of a strong hand he will drive them from his land.’(AD)
God Promises Freedom
2 Then God spoke to Moses, telling him, ‘I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I was not known to them by my name ‘the Lord.’[h](AE) 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.(AF) 5 Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered(AG) my covenant.
6 ‘Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from the forced labour of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm(AH) and great acts of judgement. 7 I will take you as my people,(AI) and I will be your God. You will know(AJ) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the forced labour of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you to the land that I swore[i](AK) to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’ 9 Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen(AL) to him because of their broken spirit and hard labour.
10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, 11 ‘Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go from his land.’
12 But Moses said in the Lord’s presence, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker? ’[j](AM) 13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them commands concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ families:
The sons of Reuben,(AN) the firstborn of Israel:
Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
These are the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon:(AO)
Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,
Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
These are the clans of Simeon.
16 These are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their family records;
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(AP)
Levi lived for 137 years.
17 The sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
18 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Kohath lived for 133 years.
19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites(AQ)
according to their family records.
20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed,
and she bore him Aaron and Moses.(AR)
Amram lived for 137 years.
21 The sons of Izhar:(AS)
Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 The sons of Uzziel:
Mishael, Elzaphan,(AT) and Sithri.
23 Aaron married Elisheba,
daughter of Amminadab(AU) and sister of Nahshon.
She bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.(AV)
24 The sons of Korah:(AW)
Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.
These are the clans of the Korahites.
25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married
one of the daughters of Putiel,
and she bore him Phinehas.(AX)
These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
26 It was this Aaron and Moses whom the Lord told, ‘Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.’(AY) 27 Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
28 On the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 he said to him, ‘I am the Lord;(AZ) tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I am telling you.’
30 But Moses replied in the Lord’s presence, ‘Since I am such a poor speaker,(BA) how will Pharaoh listen to me? ’
Footnotes
- 4:6 A reference to whiteness or flakiness of the skin
- 4:10 Lit heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue
- 4:12 Lit will be with your mouth
- 4:13 Lit send by the hand of whom you will send
- 4:15 Lit will be with your mouth and with his mouth
- 4:21 Orwill make him stubborn
- 5:2 Or recognise
- 6:3 Lord (in small capitals) stands for the personal name of God, which in Hb is Yahweh. There is a long tradition of substituting ‘Lord’ for ‘Yahweh’ out of reverence.
- 6:8 Lit raised my hand
- 6:12 Lit I have uncircumcised lips, also in v. 30
Matthew 21:33-22:14
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
33 ‘Listen(A) to another parable:(B) There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower.(C) He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.(D) 34 When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.(E) 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38 ‘But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”(F) 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? ’
41 ‘He will completely destroy those terrible men,’ they told him, ‘and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.’(G)
42 Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[a]
This is what the Lord has done
and it is wonderful in our eyes?(H)[b]
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces;(I) but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.’[c]
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,(J) they knew he was speaking about them. 46 Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.(K)
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
22 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables: 2 ‘The kingdom of heaven(L) is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.(M) 3 He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet,(N) but they didn’t want to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants and said, “Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”(O)
5 ‘But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7 The king[d] was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.
8 ‘Then he told his servants, “The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.(P) 9 Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.”(Q) 10 So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.[e] 11 When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.(R) 12 So he said to him, “Friend,(S) how did you get in here without wedding clothes? ” The man was speechless.
13 ‘Then the king told the attendants, “Tie him up hand and foot,[f] and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
14 ‘For many are invited, but few are chosen.’(T)
Psalm 15-18
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
A Description of the Godly
A psalm of David.
2 The one who lives blamelessly, practises righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart(C) –
3 who does not slander with his tongue,(D)
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbour,(E)
4 who despises the one rejected by the Lord[a]
but honours those who fear the Lord,(F)
who keeps his word whatever the cost,(G)
5 who does not lend his silver at interest(H)
or take a bribe against the innocent(I) –
the one who does these things will never be shaken.(J)
Confidence in the Lord
A Miktam of David.(K)
16 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.(L)
2 I[b] said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you’.[c](M)
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,(N)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.(O)
5 Lord, you are my portion[d]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.(P)
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.(Q)
7 I will bless the Lord who counsels me(R) –
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.[e](S)
8 I always let the Lord guide me.[f]
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.(T)
9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.(U)
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;(V)
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.(W)
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;(X)
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.(Y)
A Prayer for Protection
A prayer of David.
17 Lord, hear a just cause;(Z)
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer –
from lips free of deceit.(AA)
2 Let my vindication come from you,
for you see what is right.(AB)
3 You have tested my heart;(AC)
you have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;(AD)
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.[g]
4 Concerning what people do:
by the words from your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.(AE)
5 My steps are on your paths;
my feet have not slipped.(AF)
6 I call on you, God,
because you will answer me;(AG)
listen closely to me; hear what I say.
7 Display the wonders of your faithful love,(AH)
Saviour of all who seek refuge(AI)
from those who rebel against your right hand.[h]
8 Protect me as the pupil of your eye;(AJ)
hide me in the shadow of your wings(AK)
9 from[i] the wicked who treat me violently,[j]
my deadly enemies who surround me.(AL)
10 They are uncaring;[k](AM)
their mouths speak arrogantly.(AN)
11 They advance against me;[l] now they surround me.(AO)
They are determined[m]
to throw me to the ground.(AP)
12 They are[n] like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(AQ)
13 Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.(AR)
With your sword, save me from the wicked.(AS)
14 With your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what you have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.(AT)
15 But I will see your face in righteousness;(AU)
when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.[o](AV)
Praise for Deliverance
For the choir director. Of the servant of the Lord, David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the power of Saul.(AW) He said:
18 I love you, Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock,
my fortress, and my deliverer,(AX)
my God, my rock where I seek refuge,
my shield(AY) and the horn of my salvation,(AZ)
my stronghold.
3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,(BA)
and I was saved from my enemies.(BB)
4 The ropes of death were wrapped round me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.(BC)
5 The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(BD)
6 I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,(BE)
and my cry to him reached his ears.(BF)
7 Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;(BG)
they shook because he burned with anger.
8 Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.[p](BH)
9 He bent the heavens and came down,(BI)
total darkness beneath his feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.(BJ)
11 He made darkness his hiding place,
dark storm clouds his canopy around him.(BK)
12 From the radiance of his presence,(BL)
his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
13 The Lord thundered from[q] heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.[r](BM)
14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled[s] lightning bolts and routed them.(BN)
15 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.(BO)
16 He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.(BP)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.(BQ)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.(BR)
19 He brought me out to a spacious place;(BS)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.(BT)
20 The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;(BU)
he repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.(BV)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.(BW)
22 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me[t]
and have not disregarded his statutes.(BX)
23 I was blameless towards him(BY)
and kept myself from my iniquity.
24 So the Lord repaid me
according to my righteousness,(BZ)
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(CA)
25 With the faithful
you prove yourself faithful,
with the blameless
you prove yourself blameless,
26 with the pure
you prove yourself pure,
but with the crooked
you prove yourself shrewd.(CB)
27 For you rescue an oppressed people,(CC)
but you humble those with haughty eyes.(CD)
28 Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness.(CE)
29 With you I can attack a barricade,[u]
and with my God I can leap over a wall.(CF)
30 God – his way is perfect;(CG)
the word of the Lord is pure.(CH)
He is a shield to all who take refuge in him.(CI)
31 For who is God besides the Lord?(CJ)
And who is a rock? Only our God.(CK)
32 God – he clothes me with strength(CL)
and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer(CM)
and sets me securely on the heights.[v](CN)
34 He trains my hands for war;(CO)
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(CP)
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation;
your right hand upholds me,(CQ)
and your humility exalts me.
36 You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,(CR)
and my ankles do not give way.(CS)
37 I pursue my enemies and overtake them;
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.(CT)
38 I crush them, and they cannot get up;
they fall beneath my feet.(CU)
39 You have clothed me with strength for battle;(CV)
you subdue my adversaries beneath me.(CW)
40 You have made my enemies retreat before me;[w](CX)
I annihilate those who hate me.(CY)
41 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them(CZ) –
they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.(DA)
42 I pulverise them like dust before the wind;(DB)
I trample them[x] like mud in the streets.(DC)
43 You have freed me from the feuds among the people;
you have appointed me the head of nations;(DD)
a people I had not known serve me.(DE)
44 Foreigners submit to me cringing;
as soon as they hear they obey me.(DF)
45 Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.(DG)
46 The Lord lives – blessed be my rock!
The God of my salvation is exalted.(DH)
47 God – he grants me vengeance(DI)
and subdues peoples under me.(DJ)
48 He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
you rescue me from violent men.(DK)
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord;
I will sing praises about your name.(DL)
50 He gives great victories to his king;(DM)
he shows loyalty to his anointed,
to David and his descendants for ever.(DN)
Footnotes
- 15:4 Lit in his eyes the rejected is despised
- 16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You
- 16:2 Or ‘Lord, my good; there is none besides you.’
- 16:5 Orallotted portion
- 16:7 Or at night my heart instructs me
- 16:8 Lit I place the Lord in front of me always
- 17:3 Or evil; my mouth will not sin
- 17:7 Or love, you who save with your right hand those seeking refuge from adversaries
- 17:9 Lit from the presence of
- 17:9 Or who plunder me
- 17:10 Lit have closed up their fat
- 17:11 Vg; MT reads Our steps
- 17:11 Lit They set their eyes
- 17:12 Lit He is
- 17:15 Lit form
- 18:8 Or him
- 18:13 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg, Jer; other Hb mss read in
- 18:13 Some Hb mss read voice, with hail and blazing coals
- 18:14 Or multiplied
- 18:22 Lit Indeed, all his ordinances have been in front of me
- 18:29 Or a ridge, or raiders
- 18:33 Or on my high places
- 18:40 Or You gave me the necks of my enemies
- 18:42 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg; other Hb mss read I poured them out
Proverbs 2
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Wisdom’s Worth
2 My son, if you accept my words(A)
and store up my commands within you,
2 listening closely[a] to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;
3 furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(C)
7 He stores up success[b] for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity(D)
8 so that he may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of his faithful followers.(E)
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity – every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will delight you.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.(F)
12 It will rescue you from the way of evil –
from anyone who says perverse things,
13 from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,(G)
14 from those who enjoy doing evil(H)
and celebrate perversion,
15 whose paths are crooked,(I)
and whose ways are devious.(J)
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(K)
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,(L)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(M)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.(N)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.(O)
20 So follow the way of the good,(P)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;(Q)
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,(R)
and the treacherous ripped out of it.(S)
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