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28 Let them curse, but you will bless.
    Let my assailants be put to shame;[a] may your servant be glad.(A)

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  1. 109.28 Gk: Heb They have risen up and have been put to shame

looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of[a] the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.(A)

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  1. 12.2 Or who instead of

22 So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.(A)

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20 See, I received a command to bless;
    he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.(A)

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
My servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;(A)
14 my servants shall sing with gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out in pain of heart
    and shall wail in anguish of spirit.(B)
15 You shall leave your name to my chosen to use as a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give a different name.(C)
16 Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land
    shall bless by the God of faithfulness,
and whoever takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by the God of faithfulness,
because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my sight.(D)

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17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
    He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(A)

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10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”(A) 11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.(B) 12 It may be that the Lord will look on my distress,[a] and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”(C) 13 So David and his men went on the road while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, throwing stones and flinging dust at him.

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  1. 16.12 Gk Vg: Heb iniquity

23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,
    no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
    ‘See what God has done!’

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12 God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”(A)

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