19 (A)It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
    than to (B)divide the spoil with the proud.

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(A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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(A)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he knows from afar.

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The enemy said, (A)‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
    I (B)will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (E)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
    (B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 (C)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
    (D)and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled (E)the hungry with good things,
    and the rich (F)he has sent away empty.

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12 (A)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[a]
    (B)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[b]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
(C)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
  2. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous

13 (A)For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
    the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
    so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
    or opened the mouth or chirped.”

15 Shall (B)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

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Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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(A)You have multiplied the nation;
    you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
    as with (B)joy at the harvest,
    as they (C)are glad (D)when they divide the spoil.

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23 (A)One's pride will bring him low,
    (B)but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

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18 The Lord is near to (A)the brokenhearted
    and saves (B)the crushed in spirit.

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