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24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord.(A)

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24 Be strong and take heart,(A)
    all you who hope in the Lord.

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14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!(A)

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14 Wait(A) for the Lord;
    be strong(B) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

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Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God,(A)

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

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Strengthen the weak hands
    and make firm the feeble knees.(A)
Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
    “Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
    He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
    He will come and save you.”(B)

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Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;
say(B) to those with fearful hearts,(C)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(D)
your God will come,(E)
    he will come with vengeance;(F)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(G) you.”

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12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(B)

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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[a](B) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26

11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully(A)

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11 being strengthened with all power(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(B)

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11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless his people with peace!(A)

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11 The Lord gives strength to his people;(A)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.(B)

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10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.(A)

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10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(A) who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed(B) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(C) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(D) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(E)

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On the day I called, you answered me;
    you increased my strength of soul.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 138.3 Syr Compare Gk Tg: Heb you made me arrogant in my soul with strength

When I called,(A) you answered me;(B)
    you greatly emboldened(C) me.

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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

31 “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded[a] to sift all of you like wheat,(A) 32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail, and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(B)

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  1. 22.31 Or has obtained permission

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked(A) to sift all of you as wheat.(B) 32 But I have prayed for you,(C) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(D)

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12 and again Isaiah says,

“The root of Jesse shall come,
    the one who rises to rule the gentiles;
in him the gentiles shall hope.”(A)

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)

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12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(A) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[a](B)

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(C) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)

21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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