They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.’

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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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He shall be like a tree
(A)Planted by the [a]rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall (B)prosper.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:3 channels

14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

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However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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Then he took some of the seed of the land
And planted it in (A)a fertile field;
He placed it by abundant waters
And set it (B)like a willow tree.

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Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land

137 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.

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13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be [a]fresh and [b]flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
(A)He is my rock, and (B)there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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  1. Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
  2. Psalm 92:14 green

40 And (A)you shall take for yourselves on the first day the [a]fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; (B)and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

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  1. Leviticus 23:40 foliage

41 Then those who [a]gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. 42 (A)And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ [b]doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 Then fear came upon every soul, and (B)many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44 Now all who believed were together, and (C)had all things in common, 45 and [c]sold their possessions and goods, and (D)divided[d] them among all, as anyone had need.

46 (E)So continuing daily with one accord (F)in the temple, and (G)breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And (H)the Lord added [e]to the church daily those who were being saved.

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  1. Acts 2:41 NU omits gladly
  2. Acts 2:42 teaching
  3. Acts 2:45 would sell
  4. Acts 2:45 distributed
  5. Acts 2:47 NU omits to the church

11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause (A)righteousness and (B)praise to spring forth before all the nations.

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22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.

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