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19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,
    with ceaseless aching in their bones.

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)

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17 At night my bones are filled with pain,
    which gnaws at me relentlessly.

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17 Night pierces my bones;
    my gnawing pains never rest.(A)

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32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

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32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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71 My suffering was good for me,
    for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
    Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
18 For though he wounds, he also bandages.
    He strikes, but his hands also heal.

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17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(D)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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12 Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all! 13 What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”

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12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors(A) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,(B) Rezeph and the people of Eden(C) who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?(D) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,(E) Hena and Ivvah?”(F)

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The Lord did this to purge Israel’s[a] wickedness,
    to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
    No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:9 Hebrew Jacob’s. See note on 14:1.

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

67 I used to wander off until you disciplined me;
    but now I closely follow your word.

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67 Before I was afflicted(A) I went astray,(B)
    but now I obey your word.(C)

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12 Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,
    those you teach with your instructions.

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12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(A) Lord,
    the one you teach(B) from your law;

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Psalm 38

A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your rage!
Your arrows have struck deep,
    and your blows are crushing me.
Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
    my health is broken because of my sins.
My guilt overwhelms me—
    it is a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds fester and stink
    because of my foolish sins.
I am bent over and racked with pain.
    All day long I walk around filled with grief.
A raging fever burns within me,
    and my health is broken.
I am exhausted and completely crushed.
    My groans come from an anguished heart.

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Psalm 38[a]

A psalm of David. A petition.

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)

My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
    because of my sinful folly.(I)
I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.(K)
My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
    there is no health(M) in my body.
I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
    I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.

11 Though they are young,
    their bones will lie in the dust.

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11 The youthful vigor(A) that fills his bones(B)
    will lie with him in the dust.(C)

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Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’
    But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

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When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(A)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(B)

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