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

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

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23 My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have (A)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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12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he (A)remove 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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Yet you have made him a little lower than (A)the heavenly beings[a]
    and crowned him with (B)glory and honor.

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

And when (A)the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the (B)unfading (C)crown of glory.

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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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13 (A)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
(B)that I may walk before God
    (C)in the light of life.

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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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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God 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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12 For you (A)bless the righteous, O Lord;
    you (B)cover him with favor as with (C)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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And they sang (A)a new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
for (B)you were slain, and by your blood (C)you ransomed people for God
    from (D)every tribe and language 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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22 The Lord (A)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be (B)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 (A)meet him with rich blessings;
    you set (B)a crown of (C)fine 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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19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
    and with continual strife in his (A)bones,
20 so that his (B)life loathes bread,
    and his appetite (C)the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen (D)stick out.
22 His soul draws near (E)the pit,
    and his life to (F)those who bring death.
23 If there be for him (G)an angel,
    (H)a mediator, (I)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is (J)right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found (K)a ransom;
25 let his flesh (L)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
26 then man[a] (M)prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he (N)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he (O)restores to man his righteousness.
27     He sings before men and says:
‘I (P)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (Q)soul from going down (R)into the pit,
    and my life shall (S)look upon the light.’

29 “Behold, God does all these things,
    twice, (T)three times, with a man,
30 to bring back his soul from the pit,
    that he may be lighted with (U)the light of life.

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  1. Job 33:26 Hebrew he

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

16 (A)the angel who has (B)redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
    and in them let (C)my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
    and let them (D)grow into a multitude[a] in the midst of the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude

16 the Angel(A) who has delivered me from all harm(B)
    —may he bless(C) these boys.(D)
May they be called by my name
    and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,(E)
and may they increase greatly
    on the earth.”(F)

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