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31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
    but the victory belongs to the Lord.

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31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but victory rests with the Lord.(A)

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The Futility of Relying on Egypt

31 What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
    trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
    instead of looking to the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.

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Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt

31 Woe(A) to those who go down to Egypt(B) for help,
    who rely on horses,(C)
who trust in the multitude of their chariots(D)
    and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One(E) of Israel,
    or seek help from the Lord.(F)

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Some nations boast of their chariots and horses,
    but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)

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17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
    for all its strength, it cannot save you.

18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
    those who rely on his unfailing love.

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17 A horse(A) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes(B) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,(C)

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10 He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse
    or in human might.

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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;

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20 Our God is a God who saves!
    The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.

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20 Our God is a God who saves;(A)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.(B)

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But you, O Lord, are a shield around me;
    you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

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But you, Lord, are a shield(A) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(B)

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Victory comes from you, O Lord.
    May you bless your people. Interlude

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From the Lord comes deliverance.(A)
    May your blessing(B) be on your people.

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11 I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.

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11 I have seen something else under the sun:

The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong,(A)
nor does food come to the wise(B)
    or wealth to the brilliant
    or favor to the learned;
but time and chance(C) happen to them all.(D)

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23 Our worship of idols on the hills
    and our religious orgies on the mountains
    are a delusion.
Only in the Lord our God
    will Israel ever find salvation.

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23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(A)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(B) of Israel.

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10 For you grant victory to kings!
    You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.

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10 to the One who gives victory to kings,(A)
    who delivers his servant David.(B)

From the deadly sword(C)

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