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174 O Lord, I have longed for your rescue,
    and your instructions are my delight.

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174 I long for your salvation,(A) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.(B)

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166 I long for your rescue, Lord,
    so I have obeyed your commands.
167 I have obeyed your laws,
    for I love them very much.

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166 I wait for your salvation,(A) Lord,
    and I follow your commands.
167 I obey your statutes,
    for I love them(B) greatly.

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16 I will delight in your decrees
    and not forget your word.

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16 I delight(A) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

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162 I rejoice in your word
    like one who discovers a great treasure.

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162 I rejoice(A) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.(B)

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23 I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.

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23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart(A) and be with Christ,(B) which is better by far;

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23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,[a] including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope[b] for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:23 Greek wait anxiously for sonship.
  2. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait.

23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(A) groan(B) inwardly as we wait eagerly(C) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(D) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(E) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(F) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(G)

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22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power[a] within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:23 Greek law; also in 7:23b.

22 For in my inner being(A) I delight in God’s law;(B) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(C) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(D) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(E) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(F)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(G) but in my sinful nature[a] a slave to the law of sin.(H)

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  1. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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111 Your laws are my treasure;
    they are my heart’s delight.

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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Kaph

81 I am worn out waiting for your rescue,
    but I have put my hope in your word.

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כ Kaph

81 My soul faints(A) with longing for your salvation,(B)
    but I have put my hope(C) in your word.

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77 Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live,
    for your instructions are my delight.

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77 Let your compassion(A) come to me that I may live,
    for your law is my delight.(B)

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47 How I delight in your commands!
    How I love them!

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47 for I delight(A) in your commands
    because I love them.(B)

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24 Your laws please me;
    they give me wise advice.

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24 Your statutes are my delight;
    they are my counselors.

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