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But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, (A)to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a (B)peg in His holy place, that our God may (C)enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our slavery. (D)For we are slaves; yet in our slavery our God has not forsaken us, but (E)has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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“But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious(A) in leaving us a remnant(B) and giving us a firm place[a](C) in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes(D) and a little relief in our bondage. Though we are slaves,(E) our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness(F) in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,(G) and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:8 Or a foothold

20 You, who have (A)shown [a]me many troubles and [b]evils,
Will (B)revive [c]me again,
And will bring [d]me up again (C)from the depths of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:20 Or us
  2. Psalm 71:20 Or calamities
  3. Psalm 71:20 Or us
  4. Psalm 71:20 Or us

20 Though you have made me see troubles,(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(C)
    you will again bring me up.

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15 For thus says the One (A)high and lifted up
Who (B)dwells forever, whose name is Holy,
“I (C)dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the (D)crushed and lowly of spirit
In order to (E)revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the crushed.

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15 For this is what the high and exalted(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite(D) and lowly in spirit,(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.(F)

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