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21 Evil people will surely be punished,
    but the children of the godly will go free.

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21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.(A)

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The Lord detests the proud;
    they will surely be punished.

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The Lord detests all the proud of heart.(A)
    Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.(B)

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39 And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

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Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord!

How joyful are those who fear the Lord
    and delight in obeying his commands.
Their children will be successful everywhere;
    an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.

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Footnotes

  1. 112 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; after the introductory note of praise, each line begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord.[b](A)

Blessed are those(B) who fear the Lord,(C)
    who find great delight(D) in his commands.

Their children(E) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away[a]—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”

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  1. 2:39 Or and to people far in the future, or and to the Gentiles.

39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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    My anger will be gone.
If I find briers and thorns growing,
    I will attack them;
I will burn them up—

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    I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.(A)

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26 The godly always give generous loans to others,
    and their children are a blessing.

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26 They are always generous and lend freely;(A)
    their children will be a blessing.[a](B)

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  1. Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed

“You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.

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“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B)

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“I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[a] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”

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  1. 17:7 Hebrew seed; also in 17:7b, 8, 9, 10, 19.

I will establish my covenant(A) as an everlasting covenant(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(C) and the God of your descendants after you.(D) The whole land of Canaan,(E) where you now reside as a foreigner,(F) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;(G) and I will be their God.(H)

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