For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected(A) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(B)
    oppressed by the enemy?(C)

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I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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I say to God my Rock,(A)
    “Why have you forgotten(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(C)
    oppressed(D) by the enemy?”(E)

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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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The Lord is my strength(A) and my shield;
    my heart trusts(B) in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,(C)
    and with my song I praise him.(D)

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10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

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The Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord(A) and in his mighty power.(B)

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31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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31 but those who hope(A) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(B)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(C)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(D)

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14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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14 For the Lord will not reject his people;(A)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.

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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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But now you have rejected(A) and humbled us;(B)
    you no longer go out with our armies.(C)

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12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

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12 I will strengthen(A) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(B)
declares the Lord.

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24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(A) and strength.(B)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(C)

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O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

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Sovereign Lord,(A) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.

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Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

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“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?

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Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

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Do not cast(A) me away when I am old;(B)
    do not forsake(C) me when my strength is gone.

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And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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