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14 Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,
    so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.

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14 Satisfy(A) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(B)
    that we may sing for joy(C) and be glad all our days.(D)

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Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
    all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Surely your goodness and love(A) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Give me happiness, O Lord,
    for I give myself to you.

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Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
    for I put my trust(A) in you.

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Won’t you revive us again,
    so your people can rejoice in you?

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Will you not revive(A) us again,
    that your people may rejoice(B) in you?

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I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,
    for you have seen my troubles,
    and you care about the anguish of my soul.

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I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction(A)
    and knew the anguish(B) of my soul.

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Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!

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Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!(A)

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He forgives all my sins
    and heals all my diseases.
He redeems me from death
    and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
He fills my life with good things.
    My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

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who forgives all your sins(A)
    and heals(B) all your diseases,
who redeems your life(C) from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,(D)
who satisfies(E) your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed(F) like the eagle’s.(G)

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O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.
    O people of Jerusalem,[a] exult in your King.

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Footnotes

  1. 149:2 Hebrew Zion.

Let Israel rejoice(A) in their Maker;(B)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.(C)

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    How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
    in the shadow of your wings.
You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
    letting them drink from your river of delights.

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)
They feast on the abundance of your house;(C)
    you give them drink from your river(D) of delights.(E)

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What joy for those you choose to bring near,
    those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
    inside your holy Temple.

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Blessed are those you choose(A)
    and bring near(B) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,(C)
    of your holy temple.

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17 How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
    The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
    and the young women will flourish on new wine.

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17 How attractive and beautiful they will be!
    Grain will make the young men thrive,
    and new wine the young women.

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Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
    how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
    lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
    I will praise you with songs of joy.

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Because your love is better than life,(A)
    my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,(B)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(C)
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(D)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

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Rachel’s Sadness Turns to Joy

15 This is what the Lord says:

“A cry is heard in Ramah—
    deep anguish and bitter weeping.
Rachel weeps for her children,
    refusing to be comforted—
    for her children are gone.”

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15 This is what the Lord says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,(A)
    mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,(B)
    because they are no more.”(C)

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