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I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    I have no good apart from you.”[a]

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  1. 16.2 Jerome Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(A)

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will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
    my God, in whom I trust.”(A)

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26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’(A)

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14 But I trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”(A)

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“Can a mortal be of use to God?
    Can even the wisest be of service to him?(A)
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty[a] if you are righteous,
    or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?

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  1. 22.3 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

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“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
    Your face, Lord, do I seek.(A)

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13 O Lord our God,
    other lords besides you have ruled over us,
    but we acknowledge your name alone.(A)

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35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
    to receive a gift in return?”

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And I will put this third into the fire,
    refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)

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Psalm 8

Divine Majesty and Human Dignity

To the leader: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, our Sovereign,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens.(A)

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10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’ ”

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This one will say, “I am the Lord’s”;
    another will be called by the name of Jacob;
yet another will write on the hand, “The Lord’s,”
    and adopt the name of Israel.(A)

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I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.(A)
10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.(B)

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If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
    or what does he receive from your hand?(A)
Your wickedness affects others like you,
    and your righteousness, other human beings.

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