Who redeems your life from destruction,
(A)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

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who redeems your life(A) from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,(B)

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12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (A)removed our transgressions from us.

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12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions(A) from us.

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and when (A)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (B)the crown of glory that does not fade away.

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And when the Chief Shepherd(A) appears, you will receive the crown of glory(B) that will never fade away.(C)

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For You have made him a little lower than [a]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels

You have made them[a] a little lower than the angels[b](A)
    and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or him

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And (A)my soul, which You have redeemed.

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23 My lips will shout for joy(A)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.(B)

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Loving God Under Trials

12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (B)the crown of life (C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

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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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13 (A)For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the (B)light of the living?

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13 For you have delivered me from death(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(B)

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22 The Lord (A)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

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22 The Lord will rescue(A) his servants;
    no one who takes refuge(B) in him will be condemned.

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For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

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You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold(A) on his head.(B)

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And (A)they sang a new song, saying:

(B)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And (C)have redeemed us to God (D)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

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And they sang a new song, saying:(A)

“You are worthy(B) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood(C) you purchased(D) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(E)

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11 You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.

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11 You crown the year with your bounty,(A)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(B)

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12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

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12 Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;(A)
    you surround them(B) with your favor as with a shield.(C)

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19 Man is also chastened with pain on his (A)bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,
20 (B)So that his life abhors (C)bread,
And his soul [a]succulent food.
21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

23 “If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,
24 Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
I have found [b]a ransom’;
25 His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
He shall return to the days of his youth.
26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
He shall see His face with joy,
For He restores to man His righteousness.
27 Then he looks at men and (D)says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it (E)did not profit me.’
28 He will (F)redeem [c]his soul from going down to the Pit,
And his life shall see the light.

29 “Behold, God works all these things,
Twice, in fact, three times with a man,
30 (G)To bring back his soul from the Pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:20 desirable
  2. Job 33:24 an atonement
  3. Job 33:28 Kt. my

19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](I)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(J) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(K)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(L)
    I have found a ransom for them(M)
25 let their flesh be renewed(N) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(O)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(P)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(Q)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(R)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(S) I have perverted what is right,(T)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(U)
28 God has delivered(V) me from going down to the pit,(W)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(X)

29 “God does all these things to a person(Y)
    twice, even three times(Z)
30 to turn them back(AA) from the pit,(AB)
    that the light of life(AC) may shine on them.(AD)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead