Is not (A)your reverence (B)your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Should not your piety be your confidence(A)
    and your blameless(B) ways your hope?

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26 For the Lord will be your confidence,
And will keep your foot from being caught.

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26 for the Lord will be at your side(A)
    and will keep your foot(B) from being snared.(C)

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26 In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will have a place of refuge.

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26 Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress,(A)
    and for their children it will be a refuge.(B)

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Job and His Family in Uz

There was a man (A)in the land of Uz, whose name was (B)Job; and that man was (C)blameless and upright, and one who (D)feared God and [a]shunned evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:1 Lit. turned away from

Prologue

In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F)

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15 Where then is my (A)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?

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15 where then is my hope—(A)
    who can see any hope for me?(B)

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11 (A)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the (B)commandment of His lips;
(C)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [a]necessary food.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:12 Lit. appointed portion

11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(A)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.(B)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(C)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(D)

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17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

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17 yet my hands have been free of violence(A)
    and my prayer is pure.(B)

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Living Before God Our Father

13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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Be Holy

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(A) set your hope(B) on the grace to be brought to you(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(D)

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(A)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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“Remember,(A) Lord, how I have walked(B) before you faithfully(C) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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17 And if you call on the Father, who (A)without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your [a]stay here in fear;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:17 sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens

17 Since you call on a Father(A) who judges each person’s work(B) impartially,(C) live out your time as foreigners(D) here in reverent fear.(E)

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12 Because (A)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (B)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (C)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (D)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (E)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.

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12 because I rescued the poor(A) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless(B) who had none to assist them.(C)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(D)
    I made the widow’s(E) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(F) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(G)
15 I was eyes(H) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.(I)
16 I was a father to the needy;(J)
    I took up the case(K) of the stranger.(L)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(M) from their teeth.(N)

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Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die (A)I will not put away my integrity from me.
My righteousness I (B)hold fast, and will not let it go;
(C)My heart shall not [a]reproach me as long as I live.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:6 reprove

I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)
I will maintain my innocence(B) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(C) will not reproach me as long as I live.(D)

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15 (A)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
(B)Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

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15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will