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You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
    to rally to it out of bowshot.[a] Selah(A)

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  1. 60.4 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb because of the truth

But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner(A)
    to be unfurled against the bow.[a]

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  1. Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

12 He will raise a signal for the nations
    and will assemble the outcasts of Israel
and gather the dispersed of Judah
    from the four corners of the earth.(A)

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12 He will raise a banner(A) for the nations
    and gather(B) the exiles of Israel;(C)
he will assemble the scattered people(D) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.(E)

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May we shout for joy over your victory
    and in the name of our God set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.(A)

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May we shout for joy(A) over your victory
    and lift up our banners(B) in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.(C)

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15 And Moses built an altar and called it, The Lord is my banner.

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15 Moses built an altar(A) and called(B) it The Lord is my Banner.

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The Utter Corruption of God’s People

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
    look around and take note!
Search its squares and see
    if you can find one person
who acts justly
    and seeks truth—
so that I may pardon Jerusalem.[a](A)
Although they say, “As the Lord lives,”
    yet they swear falsely.(B)
O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth?
You have struck them,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to turn back.(C)

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  1. 5.1 Heb it

Not One Is Upright

“Go up and down(A) the streets of Jerusalem,
    look around and consider,(B)
    search through her squares.
If you can find but one person(C)
    who deals honestly(D) and seeks the truth,
    I will forgive(E) this city.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(F)
    still they are swearing falsely.(G)

Lord, do not your eyes(H) look for truth?
    You struck(I) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(J)
They made their faces harder than stone(K)
    and refused to repent.(L)

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19 So those in the west shall fear the name of the Lord,
    and those in the east, his glory,
for he will come like a pent-up stream
    that the wind of the Lord drives on.(A)

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19 From the west,(A) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,(B) they will revere his glory.(C)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath(D) of the Lord drives along.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight

14 Justice is turned back,
    and deliverance stands at a distance,
for truth stumbles in the public square,
    and uprightness cannot enter.(A)
15 Truth is lacking,
    and whoever turns from evil is despoiled.

The Lord saw it, and it displeased him
    that there was no justice.(B)

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14 So justice(A) is driven back,
    and righteousness(B) stands at a distance;
truth(C) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(D) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.(E)

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22 Thus says the Lord God:
I will soon lift up my hand to the nations
    and raise my signal to the peoples,
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.(A)

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22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(A) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(B) to the peoples;
they will bring(C) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(D)

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On a bare hill raise a signal;
    cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter
    the gates of the nobles.(A)

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Raise a banner(A) on a bare hilltop,
    shout to them;
beckon to them
    to enter the gates(B) of the nobles.

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26 He will raise a signal for a nation far away
    and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth.
Here they come, swiftly, speedily!(A)

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26 He lifts up a banner(A) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(B) for those at the ends of the earth.(C)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!

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In your majesty ride on victoriously
    for the cause of truth and to defend[a] the right;
    let your right hand teach you dread deeds.(A)

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  1. 45.4 Cn: Heb and the meekness of

In your majesty ride forth victoriously(A)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;(B)
    let your right hand(C) achieve awesome deeds.(D)

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Psalm 12

Plea for Help in Evil Times

To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;
    the faithful have disappeared from humankind.(A)
They utter lies to each other;
    with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.(B)

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Psalm 12[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)

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  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term