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The Lord will keep
    your going out and your coming in
    from this time on and forevermore.(A)

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the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.(A)

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“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

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You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(A)

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guarding the paths of justice
    and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(A)

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for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(A)

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In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.(A)

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in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(A) straight.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

The Return to Jerusalem

31 Then we left the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.(A)

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31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.

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Blessed be the name of the Lord
    from this time on and forevermore.(A)

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Let the name of the Lord be praised,(A)
    both now and forevermore.(B)

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18 But we will bless the Lord
    from this time on and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!(A)

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18 it is we who extol the Lord,(A)
    both now and forevermore.(B)

Praise the Lord.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”(A)

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In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.(A) And the Lord said(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.(D)’”

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Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the River Ahava, that we might humble ourselves[a] before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.(A)

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  1. 8.21 Or fast

21 There, by the Ahava Canal,(A) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey(B) for us and our children, with all our possessions.

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Boasting about Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”(A) 14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(B) 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”(C) 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

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Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Now listen,(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(B) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(C) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(D) we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(E)

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19 “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

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19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.(A)

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