31 “So may all your enemies perish,(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”(C)

Then the land had peace(D) forty years.

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he is like the light(A) of morning(B) at sunrise(C)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain(D)
    that brings grass from the earth.’

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He will make your righteous reward(A) shine like the dawn,(B)
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

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Yet their voice[a] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.(A)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent(B) for the sun.(C)
    It is like a bridegroom(D) coming out of his chamber,(E)
    like a champion(F) rejoicing to run his course.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(A) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial(A) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life(B) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.(C)

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But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves truly knows.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C)

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  1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun(A) in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.(B)

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Those who are wise[a](A) will shine(B) like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness,(C) like the stars for ever and ever.(D)

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  1. Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom

14 “Because he[a] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

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  1. Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king

36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)

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Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(A)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.(B)

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18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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Do to them as you did to Midian,(A)
    as you did to Sisera(B) and Jabin(C) at the river Kishon,(D)
10 who perished at Endor(E)
    and became like dung(F) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(G)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(H)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(I)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff(J) before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(K)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(L)
    and terrify them with your storm.(M)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(N) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(O)
    may they perish in disgrace.(P)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord(Q)
    that you alone are the Most High(R) over all the earth.(S)

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11 So the land had peace(A) for forty years,(B) until Othniel son of Kenaz(C) died.

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Zion hears and rejoices
    and the villages of Judah are glad(A)
    because of your judgments,(B) Lord.

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For surely your enemies(A), Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.(B)

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Psalm 68[a]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

May God arise,(A) may his enemies be scattered;(B)
    may his foes flee(C) before him.
May you blow them away like smoke—(D)
    as wax melts(E) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish(F) before God.
But may the righteous be glad
    and rejoice(G) before God;
    may they be happy and joyful.

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  1. Psalm 68:1 In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.

10 The righteous will be glad(A) when they are avenged,(B)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(C)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(D)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(E)

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When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,(A)
they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.(B)

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30 That day Moab(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(B) for eighty years.

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Love(A) the Lord your God with all your heart(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(C)

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