What pleasure(A) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(B)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(C)

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they do no wrong(A)
    but follow his ways.(B)
You have laid down precepts(C)
    that are to be fully obeyed.(D)
Oh, that my ways were steadfast
    in obeying your decrees!(E)
Then I would not be put to shame(F)
    when I consider all your commands.(G)

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Therefore, since we have these promises,(A) dear friends,(B) let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness(C) out of reverence for God.

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16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(A) before God and man.

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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.(B)

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10 His pleasure is not in the strength(A) of the horse,(B)
    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 the Lord delights(C) in those who fear him,(D)
    who put their hope(E) in his unfailing love.(F)

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59 I have considered my ways(A)
    and have turned my steps to your statutes.

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Psalm 39[a]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

I said, “I will watch my ways(A)
    and keep my tongue from sin;(B)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth(C)
    while in the presence of the wicked.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.

10 But he knows the way that I take;(A)
    when he has tested me,(B) I will come forth as gold.(C)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(D)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.(E)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(F)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(G)

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17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(A) and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.(B)

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18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus(A) the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant(B) offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

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