10 Your congregation dwelt in it;
(A)You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.

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10 Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,(A) God, you provided(B) for the poor.

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19 Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast!
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

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19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(A) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(B) people forever.

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He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, (A)“a land flowing with milk and honey”; 10 and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’

“Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.

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He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;(A) 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.(B)” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.

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nor as (A)being [a]lords over (B)those entrusted to you, but (C)being examples to the flock;

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  1. 1 Peter 5:3 masters

not lording it over(A) those entrusted to you, but being examples(B) to the flock.

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53 He has (A)filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.

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53 He has filled the hungry with good things(A)
    but has sent the rich away empty.

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(A)The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and (B)the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(A)

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  1. Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

20 (A)Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”

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20 True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,(A)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat(B) for his people?”

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A Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A [a]Contemplation of Asaph.

74 O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed—
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Heb. Maschil

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

You [a]visit the earth and (A)water it,
You greatly enrich it;
(B)The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.

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  1. Psalm 65:9 give attention to

You care for the land and water it;(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,(C)
    for so you have ordained it.[a]

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  1. Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

10 (A)He gives rain on the earth,
And sends waters on the fields.
11 (B)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

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10 He provides rain for the earth;(A)
    he sends water on the countryside.(B)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(C)
    and those who mourn(D) are lifted(E) to safety.

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(A)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
(B)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.

(C)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.

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He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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When the Most High (A)divided their inheritance to the nations,
When He (B)separated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the [a]children of Israel.
For (C)the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.

10 “He found him (D)in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He (E)kept him as the [b]apple of His eye.
11 (F)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
12 So the Lord alone led him,
And there was no foreign god with him.

13 “He(G) made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
14 Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
(H)With fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the (I)blood of the grapes.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 LXX, DSS angels of God; Symmachus, Lat. sons of God
  2. Deuteronomy 32:10 pupil

When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)
For the Lord’s portion(E) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(F)

10 In a desert(G) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(H)
He shielded(I) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(J)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(K)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(L)
12 The Lord alone led(M) him;(N)
    no foreign god was with him.(O)

13 He made him ride on the heights(P) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(Q)
    and with oil(R) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(S)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(T)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(U)

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was (A)a [a]Syrian, (B)about to perish, and (C)he went down to Egypt and [b]dwelt there, (D)few in number; and there he became a nation, (E)great, mighty, and populous.

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  1. Deuteronomy 26:5 Or Aramean
  2. Deuteronomy 26:5 As a resident alien

Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(A) Aramean,(B) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(C) and lived there and became a great nation,(D) powerful and numerous.

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