(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

(A)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he (B)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    (C)he burns the chariots with fire.

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24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, (A)The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at (B)Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

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Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with (A)the saving might of his right hand.
Some trust in (B)chariots and some in (C)horses,
    (D)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

O Lord, save (E)the king!
    May he answer us when we call.

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21 And Miriam sang to them:

(A)“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

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30 (A)And I sought for a man among them (B)who should build up the wall (C)and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

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(A)Give justice to (B)the weak and the fatherless;
    (C)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

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Pray for All People

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, (A)for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and (B)dignified in every way.

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17 But (A)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (B)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (C)full of mercy and good fruits, (D)impartial and (E)sincere.

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he (A)turns it wherever he will.

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The Lord works (A)righteousness
    and justice for all who are oppressed.

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For the Lord (A)takes pleasure in his people;
    he (B)adorns the humble with salvation.
Let the godly exult in glory;
    let them (C)sing for joy on their (D)beds.
Let (E)the high praises of God be in their throats
    and (F)two-edged swords in their hands,
to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishments on the peoples,
to bind their kings with (G)chains
    and their nobles with fetters of iron,
to execute on them the judgment (H)written!
    (I)This is honor for all his godly ones.
(J)Praise the Lord!

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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, (A)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

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10 (A)for I am with you, and (B)no one will attack you to harm you, for (C)I have many in this city who are my people.”

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