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13 consider well its ramparts;
    go through its citadels,
that you may tell the next generation(A)

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13 consider well her ramparts,(A)
    view her citadels,(B)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.(C)

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18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
    O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
    to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come

18 Even when I am old and gray,(A)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(B) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(C)

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Peace be within your walls
    and security within your towers.”

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May there be peace(A) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.(B)

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14 Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name. 15 This agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written,

16 ‘After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen;
    from its ruins I will rebuild it,
        and I will set it up,(A)

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14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A) 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

16 “‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter

The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

11 On that day I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
    and raise up its[b] ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.11 Gk: Heb their
  2. 9.11 Gk: Heb his

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(A) fallen shelter(B)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(C)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(D)

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Tell your children of it,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and their children another generation.(A)

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Tell it to your children,(A)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(B)

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12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
    you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
    the restorer of streets to live in.(A)

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12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(B)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(C)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

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We will not hide them from their children;
    we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
    and the wonders that he has done.(A)

He established a decree in Jacob
    and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach to their children,(B)
that the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and rise up and tell them to their children,(C)

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We will not hide them from their descendants;(A)
    we will tell the next generation(B)
the praiseworthy deeds(C) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(D) he has done.
He decreed statutes(E) for Jacob(F)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(G)
    and they in turn would tell their children.

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19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.(A)

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19 Teach them to your children,(A) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(B)

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