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I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel;
    in the night also my heart instructs me.(A)

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I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;(A)
    even at night(B) my heart instructs me.

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The Servant’s Humiliation and Vindication

The Lord God has given me
    a trained tongue,[a]
that I may know how to sustain
    the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens,
    wakens my ear
    to listen as those who are taught.(A)

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  1. 50.4 Cn: Heb of those who are taught

The Sovereign Lord(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(E)

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24 You guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will receive me with honor.[a](A)

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  1. 73.24 Or to glory

24 You guide(A) me with your counsel,(B)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.

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I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
    I meditate and search my spirit:[b](A)

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  1. 77.6 Gk Syr: Heb My music
  2. 77.6 Syr Jerome: Heb my spirit searches

I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

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If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
    if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
    my mouth does not transgress.(A)

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Though you probe my heart,(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(D)

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By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
    and at night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.(A)

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By day the Lord directs his love,(A)
    at night(B) his song(C) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(D)

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14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
    I have insight; I have strength.(A)

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14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
    I have insight, I have power.(A)

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when I think of you on my bed
    and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(A)

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On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.(A)

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17 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you how to succeed,
    who leads you in the way you should go.(A)

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17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) the Holy One(B) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches(C) you what is best for you,
    who directs(D) you in the way(E) you should go.

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My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(A)

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My soul yearns for you in the night;(A)
    in the morning my spirit longs(B) for you.
When your judgments(C) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(D)

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55 I remember your name in the night, O Lord,
    and keep your law.(A)

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55 In the night, Lord, I remember(A) your name,
    that I may keep your law.(B)

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10 I the Lord test the mind
    and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
    according to the fruit of their doings.(A)

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10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)

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23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(A) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(B)

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