You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(A)Are they not in Your book?

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“Return and tell Hezekiah (A)the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: (B)“I have heard your prayer, I have seen (C)your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

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A Book of Remembrance

16 Then those (A)who feared the Lord (B)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So (C)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who [a]meditate on His name.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:16 Or esteem

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.

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17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne (A)will shepherd them and lead them to [a]living fountains of waters. (B)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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  1. Revelation 7:17 NU, M fountains of the waters of life

(A)Those who sow in tears
Shall reap in joy.
He who continually goes [a]forth weeping,
Bearing [b]seed for sowing,
Shall doubtless come again [c]with (B)rejoicing,
Bringing his sheaves with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:6 to and fro
  2. Psalm 126:6 Lit. a bag of seed for sowing
  3. Psalm 126:6 with shouts of joy

16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

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The Lord shall (A)preserve[a] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

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  1. Psalm 121:8 keep

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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  1. Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them

(A)In all their affliction He was [a]afflicted,
(B)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
(C)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And (D)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Kt., LXX, Syr. not afflicted

12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

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  1. Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne

13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 (A)He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, (B)He rebuked kings for their sakes,

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