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The righteous keep moving forward,
    and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

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Nevertheless, the righteous(A) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands(B) will grow stronger.(C)

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18 The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
    which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

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18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)

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15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
    Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
    for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean!
    Get your sins out of my sight.
    Give up your evil ways.

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

16 Wash(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(G)
    stop doing wrong.(H)

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Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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30 Even sinners will be rescued;
    they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”

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30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(A)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(B)

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29 He gives power to the weak
    and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
    and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
    They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
    They will walk and not faint.

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29 He gives strength(A) to the weary(B)
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(C) stumble and fall;(D)
31 but those who hope(E) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(F)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(G)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(H)

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16 The wise are cautious[a] and avoid danger;
    fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:16 Hebrew The wise fear.

16 The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,(A)
    but a fool(B) is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

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They will continue to grow stronger,
    and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 84:7 Hebrew Zion.

They go from strength to strength,(A)
    till each appears(B) before God in Zion.(C)

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11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.
    He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing
    from those who do what is right.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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13 Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?
    Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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I wash my hands to declare my innocence.
    I come to your altar, O Lord,

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I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

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Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,
    who do not worship idols
    and never tell lies.

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The one who has clean hands(A) and a pure heart,(B)
    who does not trust in an idol(C)
    or swear by a false god.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:4 Or swear falsely

Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”

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Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,(A)’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience(B) and clean hands.(C)

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