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Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time,
    that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.

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Seek the Lord while you can find him.
    Call on him now while he is near.

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When you go through deep waters,
    I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
    you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
    you will not be burned up;
    the flames will not consume you.

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For God says,

“At just the right time, I heard you.
    On the day of salvation, I helped you.”[a]

Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:2 Isa 49:8 (Greek version).

34 You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”

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I will boast only in the Lord;
    let all who are helpless take heart.
Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;
    let us exalt his name together.

I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.
    He freed me from all my fears.
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;
    no shadow of shame will darken their faces.

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You can be sure of this:
    The Lord set apart the godly for himself.
    The Lord will answer when I call to him.

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Building on a Solid Foundation

24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

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I hear the tumult of the raging seas
    as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

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28 “When they cry for help, I will not answer.
    Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

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He has given me a new song to sing,
    a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be amazed.
    They will put their trust in the Lord.

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12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,

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Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. 10 For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

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