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39 Help me abandon my shameful ways;
    for your regulations are good.

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Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil’s trap.

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Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.

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22 Don’t let them scorn and insult me,
    for I have obeyed your laws.

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His judgments are true and just.
    He has punished the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
    He has avenged the murder of his servants.”

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And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things.

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14 So I advise these younger widows to marry again, have children, and take care of their own homes. Then the enemy will not be able to say anything against them.

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Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
    our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.

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131 I pant with expectation,
    longing for your commands.

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123 My eyes strain to see your rescue,
    to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

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75 I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair;
    you disciplined me because I needed it.

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43 Do not snatch your word of truth from me,
    for your regulations are my only hope.

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31 I cling to your laws.
    Lord, don’t let me be put to shame!

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20 I am always overwhelmed
    with a desire for your regulations.

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He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
    disgracing those who hound me. Interlude
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Rescue me from my rebellion.
    Do not let fools mock me.

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Reverence for the Lord is pure,
    lasting forever.
The laws of the Lord are true;
    each one is fair.

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14 Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord[a] by doing this, your child will die.”

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Footnotes

  1. 12:14 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text reads the enemies of the Lord.

And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?

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