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13 They will abide in prosperity,
    and their children shall possess the land.(A)

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13 They will spend their days in prosperity,(A)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.(B)

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11 But the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.(A)

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11 But the meek will inherit the land(A)
    and enjoy peace and prosperity.(B)

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23 The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
    filled with it one rests secure
    and suffers no harm.(A)

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23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.(A)

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33 but those who listen to me will be secure
    and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”(A)

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33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety(A)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”(B)

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“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.(A)

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17 The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
    a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will renew you[a] in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.17 Gk Syr: Heb he will be silent

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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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)

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39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely.(A) 26 I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.(B) 27 The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(C) 28 They shall no more be plunder for the nations, nor shall the animals of the land devour them; they shall live in safety, and no one shall make them afraid.(D)

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25 “‘I will make a covenant(A) of peace(B) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(C) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(D) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](E) I will send down showers in season;(F) there will be showers of blessing.(G) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(H) and the ground will yield its crops;(I) the people will be secure(J) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(K) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(L) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(M) and no one will make them afraid.(N)

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  1. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

23 They shall not labor in vain
    or bear children for calamity,[a]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord
    and their descendants as well.(A)

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  1. 65.23 Or sudden terror

23 They will not labor in vain,(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(B)
for they will be a people blessed(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(D) with them.

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25 The fear of others[a] lays a snare,
    but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.(A)

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  1. 29.25 Or human fear

25 Fear(A) of man will prove to be a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord(B) is kept safe.(C)

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26 They are ever giving liberally and lending,
    and their children become a blessing.(A)

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26 They are always generous and lend freely;(A)
    their children will be a blessing.[a](B)

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  1. Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed

10 For

“Those who desire to love life
    and to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
    and their lips from speaking deceit;

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10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.

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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

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