17 (A)If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of (B)silence.

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Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

124 (B)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    (C)let Israel now say—
if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
    when people rose up against us,

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17 O Lord, (A)let me not be put to shame,
    for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go (B)silently to Sheol.

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13 I was (A)pushed hard,[a] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:13 Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard

16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. (A)May it not be charged against them! 17 But (B)the Lord stood by me and (C)strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and (D)all the Gentiles might hear it. So (E)I was rescued (F)from the lion's mouth.

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17 (A)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into (B)silence.

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(A)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
    (B)light up my eyes, lest (C)I sleep the sleep of death,

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(A)Look to the (B)right and see:
    (C)there is none who takes notice of me;
(D)no refuge remains to me;
    no one cares for my soul.

I cry to you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my (E)refuge,
    my (F)portion in (G)the land of the living.”

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The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of (A)Ascents.

125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[a] of (A)the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us (B)rely not on ourselves (C)but on God (D)who raises the dead. 10 (E)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. (F)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

32 Behold, (A)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when (B)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and (C)will leave me alone. (D)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

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