He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.(A)

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He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;(A)

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“I deserted you for a brief moment,(A)
but I will take you back with great compassion.
In a surge of anger
I hid My face(B) from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,”(C)
says the Lord your Redeemer.

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)
In a surge of anger(E)
    I hid(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(G)
    I will have compassion(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(I)

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17 For our momentary light affliction[a](A) is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:17 See note at 2Co 1:4.

17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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