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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
    and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
    until the wrath is past.(A)

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20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(A) behind you;
hide(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(C) has passed by.(D)

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For his anger is but for a moment;
    his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.(A)

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For his anger(A) lasts only a moment,(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(C)
weeping(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(E)

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For he will hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will set me high on a rock.(A)

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For in the day of trouble(A)
    he will keep me safe(B) in his dwelling;
he will hide me(C) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.(D)

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For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.(A)
In overflowing wrath for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.(B)

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)
In a surge of anger(E)
    I hid(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(G)
    I will have compassion(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(I)

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But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.6 Other ancient authorities add openly

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,(A) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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he will cover you with his pinions,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness is a shield and defense.(A)

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He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;(A)
    his faithfulness will be your shield(B) and rampart.

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
    the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)

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10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;(A)
    the righteous run to it and are safe.(B)

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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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17 For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,(A)

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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25 For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.”(A)

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25 Very soon(A) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(B) will be directed to their destruction.(C)

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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)

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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)

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Listen to me, my people,
    and give heed to me, my nation,
for a teaching will go out from me
    and my justice for a light to the peoples.(A)

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“Listen to me, my people;(A)
    hear me,(B) my nation:
Instruction(C) will go out from me;
    my justice(D) will become a light to the nations.(E)

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Psalm 91

Assurance of God’s Protection

You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
    who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,[a](A)

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  1. 91.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(A) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(B) of the Almighty.[a]

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  1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai