(A)Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you (B)preserve my life;
you (C)stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
    and your (D)right hand delivers me.

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Though I walk(A) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.(B)
You stretch out your hand(C) against the anger of my foes;(D)
    with your right hand(E) you save me.(F)

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10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

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10 So do not fear,(A) for I am with you;(B)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(C) you and help(D) you;
    I will uphold you(E) with my righteous right hand.(F)

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    He (A)restores my soul.
He (B)leads me in (C)paths of righteousness[a]
    for his (D)name's sake.

Even though I (E)walk through the valley of (F)the shadow of death,[b]
    I will (G)fear no evil,
for (H)you are with me;
    your (I)rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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  1. Psalm 23:3 Or in right paths
  2. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of deep darkness

    he refreshes my soul.(A)
He guides me(B) along the right paths(C)
    for his name’s sake.(D)
Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a](E)
I will fear no evil,(F)
    for you are with me;(G)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

20 You who have (A)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will (B)revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.
21 You will increase my greatness
    and comfort me again.

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20 Though you have made me see troubles,(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(C)
    you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor(D)
    and comfort(E) me once more.

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Will you not (A)revive us again,
    that your people may (B)rejoice in you?

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Will you not revive(A) us again,
    that your people may rejoice(B) in you?

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33 (A)Being therefore (B)exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from (C)the Father (D)the promise of the Holy Spirit, (E)he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

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33 Exalted(A) to the right hand of God,(B) he has received from the Father(C) the promised Holy Spirit(D) and has poured out(E) what you now see and hear.

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(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
(E)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until (F)he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
(G)He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (H)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (I)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(J)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (K)like the mire of the streets.

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)
Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(D)
until he pleads my case(E)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(F)
    I will see his righteousness.(G)
10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(H)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(I)
My eyes will see her downfall;(J)
    even now she will be trampled(K) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

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25 Therefore (A)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
    and (B)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were (C)as refuse
    in the midst of the streets.
(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

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25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(B)
    and the dead bodies(C) are like refuse(D) in the streets.(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(F)
    his hand is still upraised.(G)

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My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

144 Blessed be the Lord, my (A)rock,
    (B)who trains my hands for war,
    and my fingers for battle;
he is my (C)steadfast love and my (D)fortress,
    my (E)stronghold and my deliverer,
my (F)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who (G)subdues peoples[a] under me.

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  1. Psalm 144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people

Psalm 144

Of David.

Praise be to the Lord my Rock,(A)
    who trains my hands for war,
    my fingers for battle.
He is my loving God and my fortress,(B)
    my stronghold(C) and my deliverer,
my shield,(D) in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues peoples[a](E) under me.

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  1. Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people

Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
(A)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

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Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(A)
    or fall among the slain.(B)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(C)
    his hand is still upraised.

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10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into (B)the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men (C)ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through (D)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

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10 For you, God, tested(A) us;
    you refined us like silver.(B)
11 You brought us into prison(C)
    and laid burdens(D) on our backs.
12 You let people ride over our heads;(E)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.(F)

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25 For I (A)know that my (B)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (C)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[b] my flesh I shall (D)see God,

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  1. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  2. Job 19:26 Or without

25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)

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  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  3. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  4. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from

15 (A)Though he slay me, I will (B)hope in him;[a]
    yet I will (C)argue my ways to his face.

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  1. Job 13:15 Or Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)

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  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will