Psalm 51:9-13

Common English Bible

⁹Hide your face from my sins;
    wipe away all my guilty deeds!
¹⁰Create a clean heart for me, God;
    put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!
¹¹Please don’t throw me out of your presence;
    please don’t take your holy spirit away from me.
¹²Return the joy of your salvation to me
    and sustain me with a willing spirit.
¹³Then I will teach wrongdoers your ways,
    and sinners will come back to you.

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Psalm 139:5-10

Common English Bible

⁵You surround me—front and back.
You put your hand on me.
⁶That kind of knowledge is too much for me;
it’s so high above me that I can’t reach it.

⁷Where could I go to get away from your spirit?
    Where could I go to escape your presence?
⁸If I went up to heaven, you would be there.
    If I went down to the grave,^[a] you would be there too!
⁹If I could fly on the wings of dawn,
    stopping to rest only on the far side of the ocean—
¹⁰        even there your hand would guide me;
        even there your strong hand would hold me tight!

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Psalm 139:8 Heb Sheol

Isaiah 11:1-3

Common English Bible

A shoot from Jesse’s stump

11 A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse;
    a branch will sprout^[a] from his roots.
²The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him,
    a spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    a spirit of planning and strength,
    a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
³He will delight in fearing the Lord.
He won’t judge by appearances,
    nor decide by hearsay.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 11:1 LXX, Vulg; MT bear fruit

Joel 2:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷You will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
        and that I am the Lord your God—no other exists;
        never again will my people be put to shame.
²⁸After that I will pour out my spirit upon everyone;
        your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
        your old men will dream dreams,
        and your young men will see visions.
²⁹In those days, I will also pour out my
    spirit on the male and female slaves.