14 He carries out his decree against me,
    and many such plans he still has in store.(A)

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For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(A) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

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so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(A) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(B)

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27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?(A)
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(B)
The Lord is the everlasting(C) God,
    the Creator(D) of the ends of the earth.(E)
He will not grow tired or weary,(F)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(G)

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19 Your path(A) led through the sea,(B)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

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and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod(A) and the One who appointed it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Clouds(A) and thick darkness(B) surround him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(C)

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so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(A)

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