Israel’s Confession and Comfort

(A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)

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12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, (A)“I am the light of the world. He who (B)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(A) the light of the world.(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(C)

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(A)The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.

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The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)

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(A)Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

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Even in darkness light dawns(A) for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.(B)

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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith

A Psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?

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Psalm 27

Of David.

The Lord is my light(A) and my salvation(B)
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold(C) of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?(D)

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12 “But you should not have (A)gazed[a] on the day of your brother
[b]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (B)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner

12 You should not gloat(A) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(B)
nor rejoice(C) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(D)
nor boast(E) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(F)

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10 Those who (A)sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
(B)Bound[a] in affliction and irons—
11 Because they (C)rebelled against the words of God,
And [b]despised (D)the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was (E)none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 (F)He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 107:10 Prisoners
  2. Psalm 107:11 scorned

10 Some sat in darkness,(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering(B) in iron chains,(C)
11 because they rebelled(D) against God’s commands
    and despised(E) the plans(F) of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(G)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them(H) from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,(I) the utter darkness,(J)
    and broke away their chains.(K)
15 Let them give thanks(L) to the Lord for his unfailing love(M)
    and his wonderful deeds(N) for mankind,

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For it is the God (A)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

16 (A)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
(B)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

17 (C)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes

16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

Saying 28

17 Do not gloat(B) when your enemy falls;
    when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,(C)
18 or the Lord will see and disapprove
    and turn his wrath away from them.(D)

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16 For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

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16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(A)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(B)

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(A)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor (B)light of the sun, for (C)the Lord God gives them light. (D)And they shall reign forever and ever.

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There will be no more night.(A) They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.(B) And they will reign for ever and ever.(C)

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Israel Will Be Restored

11 “On(A) that day I will raise up
The [a]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [b]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:11 Lit. booth; a figure of a deposed dynasty
  2. Amos 9:11 Lit. wall up its breaches

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(A) fallen shelter(B)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(C)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(D)

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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(C)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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