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

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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
    says the Lord.(A)

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11 And they shall not teach one another
    or say to each other,[a] ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.(A)

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  1. 8.11 Or teach each one their fellow-citizen and each one their sibling, saying

I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with their whole heart.(A)

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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
    he guards the lives of his faithful;
    he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)
11 Light dawns[a] for the righteous
    and joy for the upright in heart.(B)

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  1. 97.11 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is sown

10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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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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I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.(A) From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.(B)

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And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(A)

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Lift up your eyes to the heavens
    and look at the earth beneath,
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and those who live on it will die like gnats,[a]
but my salvation will be forever,
    and my deliverance will never be ended.(A)

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    you people who have my teaching in your hearts;
do not fear the reproach of others,
    and do not be dismayed when they revile you.(B)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
but my deliverance will be forever
    and my salvation to all generations.(C)

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  1. 51.6 Or in like manner

Psalm 143

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

A Psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;
    answer me in your righteousness.(A)
Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous before you.(B)

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24 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.(A)

25 With the loyal you show yourself loyal;
    with the blameless you show yourself blameless;(B)

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As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.(A)

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    the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.[b]
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.(A)

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  1. 31.3 Gk: Heb me
  2. 31.3 Or to him long ago

14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
    he will not abandon his heritage;(A)
15 for justice will return to the righteous,
    and all the upright in heart will follow it.

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The Lord judges the peoples;
    judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.(A)

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
    O righteous God.(B)
10 God is my shield,
    who saves the upright in heart.(C)

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17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
    on those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to children’s children,

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