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19 O how abundant is your goodness
    that you have laid up for those who fear you
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
    in the sight of everyone!(A)

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But, as it is written,

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—(A)

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From ages past no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who works for those who wait for him.(A)

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23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.(A)
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”(B)

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul that seeks him.(C)

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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)

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Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.(A) When Christ who is your[a] life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.(B)

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  1. 3.4 Other authorities read our

11 You show me the path of life.
    In your presence there is fullness of joy;
    in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.(A)

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Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)

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Then our mouth was filled with laughter
    and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
    “The Lord has done great things for them.”(A)
The Lord has done great things for us,
    and we rejoiced.(B)

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See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.(A)

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  1. 3.2 Or it

You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.(A)

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The one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a down payment.(A)

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How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(A)
They feast on the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(B)
For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light we see light.(C)

10 O continue your steadfast love to those who know you
    and your salvation to the upright of heart!

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They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.(A)

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(B)
The Lord is good to all,
    and his compassion is over all that he has made.(C)

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24 You guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will receive me with honor.[a](A)
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(B)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength[b] of my heart and my portion forever.(C)

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  1. 73.24 Or to glory
  2. 73.26 Heb rock

Book III

(Psalms 73–89)

Psalm 73

Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

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10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain joy and gladness,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.(A)

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21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](A)

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  1. 3.21 Some interpreters hold that the quotation concludes with 3.15

12 O Lord, may you ordain peace for us,
    for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.(A)

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34 For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting.[a](A)

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  1. 10.34 Other ancient authorities add in heaven

28 Summon your might, O God;
    show your strength, O God, as you have done for us before.

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22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.(A)

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12 The whole assembly kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the gentiles.(A)

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23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,
    no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
    ‘See what God has done!’

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