Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

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10 [a]My defense is of God,
Who saves the (A)upright in heart.

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  1. Psalm 7:10 Lit. My shield is upon God

68 You are (A)good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(C)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

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18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

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And (A)in their mouth was found no [a]deceit, for (B)they are without fault [b]before the throne of God.

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  1. Revelation 14:5 NU, M falsehood
  2. Revelation 14:5 NU, M omit the rest of v. 5.

17 But (A)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, (B)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [a]know (C)that we are of the truth, and shall [b]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (D)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, (E)we have confidence toward God. 22 And (F)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (G)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (H)and love one another, as He gave [c]us commandment.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now (I)he who keeps His commandments (J)abides in Him, and He in him. And (K)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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  1. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  2. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
  3. 1 John 3:23 M omits us

10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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  1. Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

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25 The Lord is good to those who (A)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

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10 If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your [a]darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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  1. Isaiah 58:10 Or gloom

80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.

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15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

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BOOK THREE

Psalms 73–89

The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

73 Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.

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10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

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Blessed is the man to whom the Lord (A)does not [a]impute iniquity,
And (B)in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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  1. Psalm 32:2 charge his account with

The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

41 Blessed is he who considers the [a]poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
(A)You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will [b]sustain him on his sickbed.

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  1. Psalm 41:1 helpless or powerless
  2. Psalm 41:3 restore

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