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24 The Lord will hold your hand,
and if you stumble,
    you still won't fall.

25 As long as I can remember,
good people have never
    been left helpless,
and their children have never
    gone begging for food.
26 They gladly give and lend,
and their children
    turn out good.

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24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,(A)
    for the Lord upholds(B) him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken(C)
    or their children begging(D) bread.
26 They are always generous and lend freely;(E)
    their children will be a blessing.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed