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I, the Lord, love justice.
I hate it when people rob others,
    or they do other wrong things.
Because I am faithful,
    I will give help to my people.
I will make a covenant with them
    that will continue for ever.
Their descendants will be famous
    among the other nations.
Everyone who sees them will know
    that the Lord has blessed them.’

10 I am very happy,
    because of what the Lord, my God, has done.[a]
I have so much joy!
He has given salvation to me,
    like clothes that I can wear all the time.
I have his righteousness as my coat!
He makes me handsome,
    like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat.
He makes me beautiful,
    like a bride who wears her jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. 61:10 In verses 10-11, it is probably Zion (Jerusalem) that is speaking on behalf of the nation of God's people.

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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“For I, the Lord, love justice;(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(B) with them.
Their descendants(C) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(D)

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(E) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(F)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(G) like a priest,
    and as a bride(H) adorns herself with her jewels.

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