28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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22 but the wicked(A) will be cut off from the land,(B)
    and the unfaithful will be torn from it.(C)

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For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

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For the Lord is righteous,(A)
    he loves justice;(B)
    the upright(C) will see his face.(D)

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21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

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21 “As for me, this is my covenant(A) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(B) who is on you, will not depart from you,(C) and my words that I have put in your mouth(D) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.(A)

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Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

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Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,

To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)

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  1. Jude 1:1 Or by; or in

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.

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20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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20     you will not join them in burial,(A)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring(B) of the wicked(C)
    never be mentioned(D) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(E)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(F)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

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14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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14 However many his children,(A) their fate is the sword;(B)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(C)

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19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

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“As the Father has loved me,(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

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For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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“For I, the Lord, love justice;(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(B) with them.

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Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(B) and hate wickedness;(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(D) you with the oil of joy.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.