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18 Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things,
    so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.

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16 (They think their prosperity is of their own doing,
    but I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.)

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But robbers are left in peace,
    and those who provoke God live in safety—
    though God keeps them in his power.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:6 Or safety—those who try to manipulate God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

17 but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.”

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The Lord makes some poor and others rich;
    he brings some down and lifts others up.

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You have planted them,
    and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
    but you are far from their hearts.

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14 By the power of your hand, O Lord,
    destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
    May their children have plenty,
    leaving an inheritance for their descendants.

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Book one (Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

Oh, the joys of those who do not
    follow the advice of the wicked,
    or stand around with sinners,
    or join in with mockers.

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16 ‘Afterward I will return
    and restore the fallen house[a] of David.
I will rebuild its ruins
    and restore it,

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Footnotes

  1. 15:16 Or kingdom; Greek reads tent.

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