71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.

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67 Before I was afflicted(A) I went astray,(B)
    but now I obey your word.(C)

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32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(A) Lord,
    the one you teach(B) from your law;
13 you grant them relief from days of trouble,(C)
    till a pit(D) is dug for the wicked.

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By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

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