15 then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
You will be firmly established and unafraid.(A)
16 For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as water that has flowed by.
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday;
its darkness[a] will be like the morning.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:17 Text emended; MT reads noonday; you are dark, you

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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15 (A)Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
16 Because you would (B)forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
17 And your life (C)would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.

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