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13 “If you direct your heart rightly,
    you will stretch out your hands toward him.(A)

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13 “Yet if you devote your heart(A) to him
    and stretch out your hands(B) to him,(C)

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I stretch out my hands to you;
    my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)

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I spread out my hands(A) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

    my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O Lord;
    I spread out my hands to you.(A)

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    my eyes(A) are dim with grief.

I call(B) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands(C) to you.

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and that they should not be like their ancestors,
    a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.(A)

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They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

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Samuel as Judge

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Astartes from among you. Direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”(A)

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So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning(A) to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid(B) yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths(C) and commit(D) yourselves to the Lord and serve him only,(E) and he will deliver(F) you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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If you will seek God
    and make supplication to the Almighty,[a](A)
if you are pure and upright,
    surely then he will rouse himself for you
    and restore to you your rightful place.(B)

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  1. 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(A) with the Almighty,(B)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(C)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(D)

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47 That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.(A)

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47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(A)

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31 Let bronze be brought from Egypt;
    let Cush hasten to stretch out its hands to God.(A)

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31 Envoys will come from Egypt;(A)
    Cush[a](B) will submit herself to God.

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  1. Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region

21 “Agree with God,[a] and be at peace;
    in this way good will come to you.(A)
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
    and lay up his words in your heart.(B)

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  1. 22.21 Heb him

21 “Submit to God and be at peace(A) with him;(B)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.(C)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(D)
    and lay up his words(E) in your heart.(F)

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“As for me, I would seek God,
    and to God I would commit my cause.(A)

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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.(A)

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Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles[a] out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”(A)

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  1. 19.3 Or Asherahs

There is, however, some good(A) in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles(B) and have set your heart on seeking God.(C)

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14 He did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.(A)

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14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.

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