For the Lord (A)takes pleasure in his people;
    he (B)adorns the humble with salvation.

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For the Lord takes delight(A) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.(B)

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11 but the Lord (A)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who (B)hope in his steadfast love.

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11 the Lord delights(A) in those who fear him,(B)
    who put their hope(C) in his unfailing love.(D)

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but let your adorning be (A)the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

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Rather, it should be that of your inner self,(A) the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.(B)

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27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    (A)and say evermore,
(B)“Great is the Lord,
    who (C)delights in the welfare of his servant!”

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27 May those who delight in my vindication(A)
    shout for joy(B) and gladness;
may they always say, “The Lord be exalted,
    who delights(C) in the well-being of his servant.”(D)

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16 Her (A)priests I will clothe with salvation,
    and her (B)saints will shout for joy.

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16 I will clothe her priests(A) with salvation,
    and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.(B)

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(A)“He trusts in the Lord; let him (B)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he (C)delights in him!”

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“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(A)
Let him deliver him,(B)
    since he delights(C) in him.”

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17 (A)The Lord your God is in your midst,
    (B)a mighty one who will save;
(C)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

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17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.(A)
He will take great delight(B) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(C)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”(D)

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41 (A)I will rejoice in doing them good, (B)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

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41 I will rejoice(A) in doing them good(B) and will assuredly plant(C) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(D)

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For (A)great is his steadfast love toward us,
    and (B)the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
(C)Praise the Lord!

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For great is his love(A) toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord(B) endures forever.

Praise the Lord.[a]

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  1. Psalm 117:2 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    (D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(A) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(B)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(C) like a priest,
    and as a bride(D) adorns herself with her jewels.

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20 Those of (A)crooked heart are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
    but those of (C)blameless ways are (D)his delight.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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17 Let the (A)favor[a] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish (B)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

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  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.(A)

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  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34