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He asked you to preserve his life,
    and you granted his request.
    The days of his life stretch on forever.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.(A)

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18 I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:18 Greek and Hades.

18 I am the Living One; I was dead,(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.(C)

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16 I will reward them with a long life
    and give them my salvation.”

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16 With long life(A) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.(B)

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77 Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live,
    for your instructions are my delight.

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77 Let your compassion(A) come to me that I may live,
    for your law is my delight.(B)

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Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon
    that falls on the mountains of Zion.
And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing,
    even life everlasting.

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It is as if the dew(A) of Hermon(B)
    were falling on Mount Zion.(C)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,(D)
    even life forevermore.(E)

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For you have heard my vows, O God.
    You have given me an inheritance reserved for those who fear your name.
Add many years to the life of the king!
    May his years span the generations!

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For you, God, have heard my vows;(A)
    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.(B)

Increase the days of the king’s life,(C)
    his years for many generations.(D)

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175 Let me live so I can praise you,
    and may your regulations help me.

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175 Let me live(A) that I may praise you,
    and may your laws sustain me.

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36 His dynasty will go on forever;
    his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37 It will be as eternal as the moon,
    my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude

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36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(B)

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17 May the king’s name endure forever;
    may it continue as long as the sun shines.
May all nations be blessed through him
    and bring him praise.

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17 May his name endure forever;(A)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(B)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[a]
    and they will call him blessed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

29 I will preserve an heir for him;
    his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

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29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)

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10 For you will not leave my soul among the dead[a]
    or allow your holy one[b] to rot in the grave.
11 You will show me the way of life,
    granting me the joy of your presence
    and the pleasures of living with you forever.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:10a Hebrew in Sheol.
  2. 16:10b Or your Holy One.
  3. 16:11 Greek version reads You have shown me the way of life, / and you will fill me with the joy of your presence. Compare Acts 2:28.

10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(A)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(B) see decay.(C)
11 You make known to me the path of life;(D)
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,(E)
    with eternal pleasures(F) at your right hand.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
    Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

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Look on me(A) and answer,(B) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(C) or I will sleep in death,(D)

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