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What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
    who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)

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Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

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The Lord is my strength and shield.
    I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
    I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.

The Lord gives his people strength.
    He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.

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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)

The Lord is the strength(E) of his people,
    a fortress of salvation(F) for his anointed one.(G)

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12 By my power[a] I will make my people strong,
    and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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Footnotes

  1. 10:12 Hebrew In the Lord.

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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People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
    and we will walk in his paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;
    his word will go out from Jerusalem.

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Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(A)
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.(B)
He will teach us(C) his ways,(D)
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(E) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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I take joy in doing your will, my God,
    for your instructions are written on my heart.”

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I desire to do your will,(A) my God;(B)
    your law is within my heart.”(C)

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13 For I can do everything through Christ,[a] who gives me strength.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:13 Greek through the one.

13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(A)

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Hope for Israel and Judah

“In those coming days,”
    says the Lord,
“the people of Israel will return home
    together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
    and seeking the Lord their God.
They will ask the way to Jerusalem[a]
    and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the Lord
    with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

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Footnotes

  1. 50:5 Hebrew Zion; also in 50:28.

“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

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33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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14 What good fellowship we once enjoyed
    as we walked together to the house of God.

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14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(A)
    at the house of God,(B)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

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My heart is breaking
    as I remember how it used to be:
I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
    leading a great procession to the house of God,
singing for joy and giving thanks
    amid the sound of a great celebration!

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These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(A)
how I used to go to the house of God(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(C) and praise(D)
    among the festive throng.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

The day will come when watchmen will shout
    from the hill country of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem[a]
    to worship the Lord our God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 31:6 Hebrew Zion; also in 31:12.

There will be a day when watchmen(A) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”(B)

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In the night I search for you;
    in the morning[a] I earnestly seek you.
For only when you come to judge the earth
    will people learn what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:9 Hebrew within me.

My soul yearns for you in the night;(A)
    in the morning my spirit longs(B) for you.
When your judgments(C) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(D)

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