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They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
    they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.(A)

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17 And your life will be brighter than the noonday;
    its darkness will be like the morning.(A)

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.(A) 13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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  1. 3.13 Other ancient authorities read just as Christ

10 if you offer your food to the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be like the noonday.(A)

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11 Light dawns[a] for the righteous
    and joy for the upright in heart.(A)

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  1. 97.11 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is sown

Little children,[a] let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

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  1. 3.7 Other ancient authorities read Children

36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

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Children of God

29 If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.(A)

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32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.[a](A) Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,(B) and walk in love, as Christ loved us[b] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)

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  1. 4.32 Other ancient authorities read us
  2. 5.2 Other ancient authorities read you

Psalm 106

A Confession of Israel’s Sins

Praise the Lord!
    O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.(A)

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11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,[a](A) 12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(B)

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  1. 2.11 Or has appeared to all, bringing salvation

for the fruit of the light[a] is found in all that is good and right and true.

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  1. 5.9 Other ancient authorities read of the Spirit

46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(A)

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He will make your vindication shine like the light
    and the justice of your cause like the noonday.(A)

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I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.(A) For you know the generous act[a] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(B)

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  1. 8.9 Gk the grace or gift

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.(A)

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10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.(A)

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15 Be careful, then, how you live,[a] not as unwise people but as wise,

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  1. 5.15 Gk walk

Penitence and Trust in God

Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.(A)
I must bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
    and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall see his vindication.(B)

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  1. 7.8 Heb enemy

10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
    and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
    and relies upon his God?(A)

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