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71 It is good for me that I was humbled,
    so that I might learn your statutes.

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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.(A) 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.(B)

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10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.

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67 Before I was humbled I went astray,
    but now I keep your word.(A)

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67 Before I was afflicted(A) I went astray,(B)
    but now I obey your word.(C)

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32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined[a] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.(A)

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  1. 11.32 Or When we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord

32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
13 giving them respite from days of trouble,
    until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(A) Lord,
    the one you teach(B) from your law;
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble,(C)
    till a pit(D) is dug for the wicked.

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Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:
when he makes all the stones of the altars
    like chalkstones crushed to pieces;
    no sacred poles[a] or incense altars will remain standing.(A)

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  1. 27.9 Heb Asherahs

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah