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when my nights were filled with joyful songs.
    I search my soul and ponder the difference now.

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I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

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But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
    and through each night I sing his songs,
    praying to God who gives me life.

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By day the Lord directs his love,(A)
    at night(B) his song(C) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(D)

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Don’t sin by letting anger control you.
    Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

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Tremble and[a] do not sin;(A)
    when you are on your beds,(B)
    search your hearts and be silent.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:4 Or In your anger (see Septuagint)

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

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23 Search me,(A) God, and know my heart;(B)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(C) in me,
    and lead me(D) in the way everlasting.

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28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ,[a] you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.

31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. 32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:29 Greek the body; other manuscripts read the Lord’s body.

28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(A) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.(B) 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.(C) 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(D) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(E)

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17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
    and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
    and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
    and the cattle barns are empty,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord!
    I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

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17 Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,(A)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,(B)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(C)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.(D)

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“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

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“Go to the great city of Nineveh(A) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

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40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
    Let us turn back to the Lord.

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40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(A)
    and let us return to the Lord.(B)

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16 I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”

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16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;(A) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

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10 Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
    the one who gives songs in the night?

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10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(A)
    who gives songs(B) in the night,(C)

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I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me—
    tell me the charge you are bringing against me.

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I say to God:(A) Do not declare me guilty,
    but tell me what charges(B) you have against me.(C)

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25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

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25 About midnight(A) Paul and Silas(B) were praying and singing hymns(C) to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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