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Galatians 5:1-12
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Galatians 5:1-12
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Christ Has Set Us Free
5 For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that (F)if you accept circumcision, (G)Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (H)he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are (I)severed from Christ, (J)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (K)you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly (L)wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus (M)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (N)only faith working through love.
7 (O)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (P)the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from (Q)him who calls you. 9 (R)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 (S)I have confidence in the Lord that you will (T)take no other view, and (U)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,[b] still preach[c] circumcision, (V)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (W)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (X)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
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- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
- Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
- Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim
Galatians 5:1-12
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Galatians 5:1-12
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Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,(D) Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(E) 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(F) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(G) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(H) 6 For in Christ Jesus(I) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(J) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(K)
7 You were running a good race.(L) Who cut in on you(M) to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(N) 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(O) 10 I am confident(P) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(Q) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(R) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(S) In that case the offense(T) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(U) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
Isaiah 30:12-33:9
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Isaiah 30:12-33:9
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12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Because you despise this word
and trust in (A)oppression and perverseness
and rely on them,
13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you
(B)like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;
14 and its breaking is (C)like that of a potter's vessel
that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a shard is found
with which to take fire from the hearth,
or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In (D)returning[a] and (E)rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling, 16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon (F)horses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
17 (G)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.
The Lord Will Be Gracious
18 Therefore the Lord (H)waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he (I)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(J)blessed are all those who wait for him.
19 For a people shall dwell (K)in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. 20 And though the Lord give you the (L)bread of adversity and the (M)water of affliction, (N)yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21 (O)And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is (P)the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 22 Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. (Q)You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”
23 (R)And he will give (S)rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. (T)In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and (U)the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And (V)on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, (W)when the towers fall. 26 (X)Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when (Y)the Lord binds up (Z)the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;[b]
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
28 (AA)his breath is (AB)like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples (AC)a bridle that leads astray.
29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, (AD)as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to (AE)the mountain of the Lord, to (AF)the Rock of Israel. 30 And the Lord (AG)will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger (AH)and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst (AI)and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, (AJ)when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them (AK)will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. (AL)Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For (AM)a burning place[c] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (AN)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (AO)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt
31 Woe[d] to (AP)those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who (AQ)trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (AR)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And (AS)yet he is wise and brings disaster;
(AT)he does not call back his words,
but (AU)will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of (AV)those who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses (AW)are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.
4 For thus the Lord said to me,
(AX)“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
(AY)so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight[e] on Mount Zion and on its hill.
5 (AZ)Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts
will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will spare and rescue it.”
6 (BA)Turn to him from whom people[f] have (BB)deeply revolted, O children of Israel. 7 For in that day (BC)everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
8 (BD)“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;
and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be (BE)put to forced labor.
9 (BF)His rock shall pass away in terror,
and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the Lord, whose (BG)fire is in Zion,
and whose (BH)furnace is in Jerusalem.
A King Will Reign in Righteousness
32 Behold, (BI)a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 (BJ)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
(BK)like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
3 (BL)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
4 The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
(BM)and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
5 (BN)The fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
6 For (BO)the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
(BP)to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7 As for the scoundrel—(BQ)his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
8 But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.
Complacent Women Warned of Disaster
9 (BR)Rise up, you women (BS)who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (BT)who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
(BU)strip, and make yourselves bare,
(BV)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 (BW)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 (BX)for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
(BY)yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
(BZ)a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
15 until (CA)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and (CB)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (CC)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[g] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 (CD)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
(CE)and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 (CF)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
O Lord, Be Gracious to Us
33 (CG)Ah, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
2 O Lord, be gracious to us; (CH)we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.
3 (CI)At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
4 and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
(CJ)as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
5 (CK)The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
6 (CL)and he will be the stability of your times,
abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is Zion's[h] treasure.
7 Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
(CM)the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 (CN)The highways lie waste;
the traveler ceases.
(CO)Covenants are broken;
cities[i] are despised;
there is no regard for man.
9 (CP)The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:15 Or repentance
- Isaiah 30:27 Hebrew in weight of uplifted clouds
- Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth
- Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,
- Isaiah 31:4 The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike
- Isaiah 31:6 Hebrew they
- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
- Isaiah 33:6 Hebrew his
- Isaiah 33:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll witnesses
Isaiah 30:12-33:9
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Isaiah 30:12-33:9
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12 Therefore this is what the Holy One(A) of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message,(B)
relied on oppression(C)
and depended on deceit,
13 this sin will become for you
like a high wall,(D) cracked and bulging,
that collapses(E) suddenly,(F) in an instant.
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(G)
shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
for taking coals from a hearth
or scooping water out of a cistern.”
15 This is what the Sovereign(H) Lord, the Holy One(I) of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest(J) is your salvation,
in quietness and trust(K) is your strength,
but you would have none of it.(L)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(M) on horses.’(N)
Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
17 A thousand will flee
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(O)
you will all flee(P) away,
till you are left(Q)
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner(R) on a hill.”
18 Yet the Lord longs(S) to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.(T)
For the Lord is a God of justice.(U)
Blessed are all who wait for him!(V)
19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.(W) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!(X) As soon as he hears, he will answer(Y) you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(Z) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(AA) will be hidden(AB) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(AC) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(AD) walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your idols(AE) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(AF) you will throw them away like a menstrual(AG) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(AH)”
23 He will also send you rain(AI) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(AJ) and plentiful.(AK) In that day(AL) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(AM) 24 The oxen(AN) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(AO) and mash, spread out with fork(AP) and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter,(AQ) when the towers(AR) fall, streams of water will flow(AS) on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun,(AT) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(AU) the wounds he inflicted.
27 See, the Name(AV) of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning anger(AW) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(AX)
and his tongue is a consuming fire.(AY)
28 His breath(AZ) is like a rushing torrent,(BA)
rising up to the neck.(BB)
He shakes the nations in the sieve(BC) of destruction;
he places in the jaws of the peoples
a bit(BD) that leads them astray.
29 And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;(BE)
your hearts will rejoice(BF)
as when people playing pipes(BG) go up
to the mountain(BH) of the Lord,
to the Rock(BI) of Israel.
30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(BJ)
and will make them see his arm(BK) coming down
with raging anger(BL) and consuming fire,(BM)
with cloudburst, thunderstorm(BN) and hail.(BO)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(BP)
with his rod he will strike(BQ) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
with his punishing club(BR)
will be to the music of timbrels(BS) and harps,
as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(BT)
33 Topheth(BU) has long been prepared;
it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(BV) of the Lord,
like a stream of burning sulfur,(BW)
sets it ablaze.(BX)
Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt
31 Woe(BY) to those who go down to Egypt(BZ) for help,
who rely on horses,(CA)
who trust in the multitude of their chariots(CB)
and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One(CC) of Israel,
or seek help from the Lord.(CD)
2 Yet he too is wise(CE) and can bring disaster;(CF)
he does not take back his words.(CG)
He will rise up against that wicked nation,(CH)
against those who help evildoers.
3 But the Egyptians(CI) are mere mortals and not God;(CJ)
their horses(CK) are flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,(CL)
those who help will stumble,
those who are helped(CM) will fall;
all will perish together.(CN)
4 This is what the Lord says to me:
“As a lion(CO) growls,
a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds(CP)
is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
or disturbed by their clamor(CQ)—
so the Lord Almighty will come down(CR)
to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 Like birds hovering(CS) overhead,
the Lord Almighty will shield(CT) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver(CU) it,
he will ‘pass over’(CV) it and will rescue it.”
6 Return,(CW) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted(CX) against. 7 For in that day(CY) every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold(CZ) your sinful hands have made.(DA)
8 “Assyria(DB) will fall by no human sword;
a sword, not of mortals, will devour(DC) them.
They will flee before the sword
and their young men will be put to forced labor.(DD)
9 Their stronghold(DE) will fall because of terror;
at the sight of the battle standard(DF) their commanders will panic,(DG)”
declares the Lord,
whose fire(DH) is in Zion,
whose furnace(DI) is in Jerusalem.
The Kingdom of Righteousness
32 See, a king(DJ) will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.(DK)
2 Each one will be like a shelter(DL) from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,(DM)
like streams of water(DN) in the desert(DO)
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,(DP)
and the ears(DQ) of those who hear will listen.
4 The fearful heart will know and understand,(DR)
and the stammering tongue(DS) will be fluent and clear.
5 No longer will the fool(DT) be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For fools speak folly,(DU)
their hearts are bent on evil:(DV)
They practice ungodliness(DW)
and spread error(DX) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty(DY)
and from the thirsty they withhold water.
7 Scoundrels use wicked methods,(DZ)
they make up evil schemes(EA)
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy(EB) is just.(EC)
8 But the noble make noble plans,
and by noble deeds(ED) they stand.(EE)
The Women of Jerusalem
9 You women(EF) who are so complacent,
rise up and listen(EG) to me;
you daughters who feel secure,(EH)
hear what I have to say!
10 In little more than a year(EI)
you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,(EJ)
and the harvest of fruit will not come.
11 Tremble,(EK) you complacent women;
shudder, you daughters who feel secure!(EL)
Strip off your fine clothes(EM)
and wrap yourselves in rags.(EN)
12 Beat your breasts(EO) for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vines(EP)
13 and for the land of my people,
a land overgrown with thorns and briers(EQ)—
yes, mourn(ER) for all houses of merriment
and for this city of revelry.(ES)
14 The fortress(ET) will be abandoned,
the noisy city deserted;(EU)
citadel and watchtower(EV) will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys,(EW) a pasture for flocks,(EX)
15 till the Spirit(EY) is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,(EZ)
and the fertile field seems like a forest.(FA)
16 The Lord’s justice(FB) will dwell in the desert,(FC)
his righteousness(FD) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(FE) will be peace;(FF)
its effect will be quietness and confidence(FG) forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful(FH) dwelling places,
in secure homes,(FI)
in undisturbed places of rest.(FJ)
19 Though hail(FK) flattens the forest(FL)
and the city is leveled(FM) completely,
20 how blessed you will be,
sowing(FN) your seed by every stream,(FO)
and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.(FP)
Distress and Help
33 Woe(FQ) to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;(FR)
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.(FS)
2 Lord, be gracious(FT) to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength(FU) every morning,
our salvation(FV) in time of distress.(FW)
3 At the uproar of your army,(FX) the peoples flee;(FY)
when you rise up,(FZ) the nations scatter.
4 Your plunder,(GA) O nations, is harvested(GB) as by young locusts;(GC)
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5 The Lord is exalted,(GD) for he dwells on high;(GE)
he will fill Zion with his justice(GF) and righteousness.(GG)
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation(GH) and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear(GI) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a](GJ)
7 Look, their brave men(GK) cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys(GL) of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted,
no travelers(GM) are on the roads.(GN)
The treaty is broken,(GO)
its witnesses[b] are despised,
no one is respected.
9 The land dries up(GP) and wastes away,
Lebanon(GQ) is ashamed and withers;(GR)
Sharon(GS) is like the Arabah,
and Bashan(GT) and Carmel(GU) drop their leaves.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:6 Or is a treasure from him
- Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities
Psalm 63
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Psalm 63
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My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David, (A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, you are my God; (B)earnestly I seek you;
(C)my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in (D)a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding (E)your power and glory.
3 Because your (F)steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
4 So I will bless you (G)as long as I live;
in your (H)name I will (I)lift up my hands.
5 My soul will be (J)satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
6 when I remember you (K)upon my bed,
and meditate on you in (L)the watches of the night;
7 for you have been my help,
and in (M)the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings to you;
your right hand (O)upholds me.
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
(P)shall go down into (Q)the depths of the earth;
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
11 But (R)the king shall rejoice in God;
all who (S)swear by him shall exult,
(T)for the mouths of (U)liars will be stopped.
Psalm 63
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Psalm 63
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Psalm 63[a]
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.(B)
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary(C)
and beheld your power and your glory.(D)
3 Because your love is better than life,(E)
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,(F)
and in your name I will lift up my hands.(G)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(H)
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.(I)
7 Because you are my help,(J)
I sing in the shadow of your wings.(K)
8 I cling to you;(L)
your right hand upholds me.(M)
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.
Proverbs 23:22
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Proverbs 23:22
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Proverbs 23:22
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Proverbs 23:22
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Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
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