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<pb/><t>We do not see our <f>ⓤ</f>signs; </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>there is no longer any prophet, </t><t>and there is none among us who knows how long.</t>


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<t>How long, O God, <f>ⓦ</f>is the foe to scoff? </t><t>Is the enemy to revile your name forever?</t>


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<t>Why <f>ⓧ</f>do you hold back your hand, your right hand? </t><t>Take it from the fold of your garment <f>[3]</f> and destroy them! </t>


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<pb/><t>Yet <f>ⓨ</f>God my King is from of old, </t><t>working salvation in the midst of the earth.</t>


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<t>You <f>ⓩ</f>divided the sea by your might; </t><t>you <f>ⓐ</f>broke the heads of <f>ⓑ</f>the sea monsters <f>[4]</f> on the waters.</t>


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<t>You crushed the heads of <f>ⓒ</f>Leviathan; </t><t>you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.</t>


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<t>Yours is the day, yours also the night; </t><t>you have established <f>ⓕ</f>the heavenly lights and the sun.</t>


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<t>You have <f>ⓖ</f>fixed all the boundaries of the earth; </t><t>you have made <f>ⓗ</f>summer and winter. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>a foolish people reviles your name.</t>


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<t>Do not deliver the soul of your <f>ⓚ</f>dove to the wild beasts; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>do not forget the life of your poor forever. </t>


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<pb/><t>Have regard for <f>ⓜ</f>the covenant, </t><t>for <f>ⓝ</f>the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.</t>


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<t>Let not <f>ⓞ</f>the downtrodden <f>ⓟ</f>turn back in shame; </t><t>let <f>ⓠ</f>the poor and needy praise your name. </t>


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<pb/><t>Arise, O God, <f>ⓡ</f>defend your cause; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!</t>


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<t>Do not forget the clamor of your foes, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! </t>


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<f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t>We give thanks to you, O God; </t><t>we give thanks, for your name is <f>ⓒ</f>near. </t><t>We <f>[1]</f> recount your wondrous deeds. </t>


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<t>When the earth <f>ⓕ</f>totters, and all its inhabitants, </t><t>it is I who keep steady its <f>ⓖ</f>pillars. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<t>I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ </t><t>and to the wicked, <f>ⓗ</f>‘Do not lift up your horn;</t>


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<pb/><t>For not from the east or from the west </t><t>and not from the wilderness comes <f>ⓘ</f>lifting up,</t>


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<t>but it is <f>ⓙ</f>God who executes judgment, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>putting down one and lifting up another.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> For in the hand of the LORD there is <f>ⓜ</f>a cup </t><t>with foaming wine, <f>ⓝ</f>well mixed, </t><t>and he pours out from it, </t><t>and all the wicked of the earth </t><t>shall <f>ⓞ</f>drain it down to the dregs. </t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. </t>


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<t>His <f>ⓓ</f>abode has been established in <f>ⓔ</f>Salem, </t><t>his <f>ⓕ</f>dwelling place in Zion.</t>


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<t>There he <f>ⓖ</f>broke the flashing arrows, </t><t>the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>they sank into sleep; </t><t>all the men of war </t><t>were unable to use their hands.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> But you, you are to be feared! </t><t>Who can <f>ⓝ</f>stand before you </t><t>when once your anger is roused?</t>


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<t>when God <f>ⓟ</f>arose to establish judgment, </t><t>to save all the humble of the earth. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t>Surely <f>ⓠ</f>the wrath of man shall praise you; </t><t>the remnant <f>[1]</f> of wrath you will put on like a belt.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; </t><t>let all around him <f>ⓢ</f>bring gifts </t><t>to him who <f>ⓣ</f>is to be feared,</t>


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<t>who <f>ⓤ</f>cuts off the spirit of princes, </t><t>who <f>ⓥ</f>is to be feared by the kings of the earth. </t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; </t><t>in <f>ⓔ</f>the night my <f>ⓕ</f>hand is stretched out without wearying; </t><t>my soul <f>ⓖ</f>refuses to be comforted.</t>


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<t>When I remember God, I <f>ⓗ</f>moan; </t><t>when I meditate, my spirit faints. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<t>I said, <f>[1]</f> “Let me remember my <f>ⓚ</f>song in the night; </t><t>let me <f>ⓛ</f>meditate in my heart.” </t><t>Then my spirit made a diligent search:</t>


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<t>Has his steadfast love forever ceased? </t><t>Are his <f>ⓞ</f>promises at an end for all time?</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Has God forgotten to be gracious? </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t>Then I said, “I will appeal to this, </t><t>to the years of the <f>ⓡ</f>right hand of the Most High.” <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>I will remember the deeds of the LORD; </t><t>yes, I will <f>ⓢ</f>remember your wonders of old.</t>


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<t>You are the God who <f>ⓧ</f>works wonders; </t><t>you have <f>ⓨ</f>made known your might among the peoples.</t>


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<t>You <f>ⓩ</f>with your arm redeemed your people, </t><t>the children of Jacob and Joseph. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t>When <f>ⓐ</f>the waters saw you, O God, </t><t>when the waters saw you, they were afraid; </t><t>indeed, the deep trembled.</t>


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<t>The clouds poured out water; </t><t>the skies <f>ⓑ</f>gave forth thunder; </t><t>your <f>ⓒ</f>arrows flashed on every side.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>your lightnings lighted up the world; </t><t>the earth <f>ⓕ</f>trembled and shook.</t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓖ</f>way was through the sea, </t><t>your path through the great waters; </t><t>yet your footprints <f>ⓗ</f>were unseen. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <pb/><t><f>ⓑ</f> Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; </t><t>incline your ears to the words of my mouth!</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> I will open my mouth <f>ⓓ</f>in a parable; </t><t>I will utter dark sayings from of old,</t>


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<t>We will not <f>ⓕ</f>hide them from their children, </t><t>but <f>ⓖ</f>tell to the coming generation </t><t>the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>the wonders that he has done. </t>


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<pb/><t>He established <f>ⓘ</f>a testimony in <f>ⓙ</f>Jacob </t><t>and appointed a law in <f>ⓚ</f>Israel, </t><t>which he commanded our fathers </t><t>to teach to their children,</t>


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<t>that <f>ⓛ</f>the next generation might know them, </t><t>the children yet unborn, </t><t>and arise and tell them to their children,</t>


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<t>so that they should set their hope in God </t><t>and not forget <f>ⓜ</f>the works of God, </t><t>but <f>ⓝ</f>keep his commandments;</t>


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<t>and that they should not be <f>ⓞ</f>like their fathers, </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>a stubborn and rebellious generation, </t><t>a generation <f>ⓠ</f>whose heart was not steadfast, </t><t>whose spirit was not faithful to God. </t>


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<pb/><t>The Ephraimites, armed with <f>[2]</f> the bow, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>turned back on the day of battle.</t>


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<t>In the sight of their fathers <f>ⓥ</f>he performed wonders </t><t>in the land of Egypt, in <f>ⓦ</f>the fields of Zoan.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓧ</f>divided the sea and let them pass through it, </t><t>and made the waters <f>ⓨ</f>stand like a heap.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> In the daytime he led them with a cloud, </t><t>and all the night with a fiery light.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓐ</f>split rocks in the wilderness </t><t>and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.</t>


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<t>He made streams come out of <f>ⓑ</f>the rock </t><t>and caused waters to flow down like rivers. </t>


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<pb/><t>Yet they sinned still more against him, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>rebelling against the Most High in the desert.</t>


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<t>They spoke against God, saying, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>“Can God <f>ⓕ</f>spread a table in the wilderness?</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> He struck the rock so that water gushed out </t><t>and streams overflowed. </t><t>Can he also give bread </t><t>or provide meat for his people?” </t>


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<pb/><t>Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>a fire was kindled against Jacob; </t><t>his anger rose against Israel,</t>


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<t>and he <f>ⓚ</f>rained down on them manna to eat </t><t>and gave them <f>ⓛ</f>the grain of heaven.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓞ</f>caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, </t><t>and by his power he led out the south wind;</t>


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<t>he rained meat on them like <f>ⓟ</f>dust, </t><t>winged birds like <f>ⓠ</f>the sand of the seas;</t>


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<t>But before they had satisfied their craving, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>while the food was still in their mouths,</t>


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<t>the anger of God rose against them, </t><t>and he killed <f>ⓥ</f>the strongest of them </t><t>and laid low <f>ⓦ</f>the young men of Israel. </t>


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<pb/><t>In spite of all this, they <f>ⓧ</f>still sinned; </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>despite his wonders, they did not believe.</t>


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<t>So he made <f>ⓩ</f>their days <f>ⓐ</f>vanish like <f>[3]</f> a breath, <f>[4]</f> </t><t>and their years in terror.</t>


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<t>They remembered that God was their <f>ⓒ</f>rock, </t><t>the Most High God their <f>ⓓ</f>redeemer.</t>


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<t>But they <f>ⓔ</f>flattered him with their mouths; </t><t>they <f>ⓕ</f>lied to him with their tongues.</t>


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<t>Their <f>ⓖ</f>heart was not <f>ⓗ</f>steadfast toward him; </t><t>they were not faithful to his covenant.</t>


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<t>Yet he, being <f>ⓘ</f>compassionate, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>atoned for their iniquity </t><t>and did not destroy them; </t><t>he restrained his anger often </t><t>and did not stir up all his wrath.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓚ</f>remembered that they were but <f>ⓛ</f>flesh, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>a wind that passes and comes not again.</t>


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<t>How often they <f>ⓝ</f>rebelled against him in the wilderness </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>grieved him in <f>ⓟ</f>the desert!</t>


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<t>They <f>ⓢ</f>did not remember his power <f>[5]</f> </t><t>or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> when he performed his <f>ⓤ</f>signs in Egypt </t><t>and his <f>ⓥ</f>marvels in <f>ⓦ</f>the fields of Zoan.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓧ</f>turned their rivers to blood, </t><t>so that they could not drink of their streams.</t>


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<t>He sent among them swarms of <f>ⓨ</f>flies, which devoured them, </t><t>and <f>ⓩ</f>frogs, which destroyed them.</t>


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<t>He gave their crops to <f>ⓐ</f>the destroying locust </t><t>and the fruit of their labor to the locust.</t>


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<t>He let loose on them his burning anger, </t><t>wrath, indignation, and distress, </t><t>a company of <f>ⓓ</f>destroying angels.</t>


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<t>He made a path for his anger; </t><t>he did not spare them from death, </t><t>but gave their lives over to the plague.</t>


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<t>He struck down every <f>ⓔ</f>firstborn in Egypt, </t><t>the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of <f>ⓕ</f>Ham.</t>


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<t>Then he led out his people <f>ⓖ</f>like sheep </t><t>and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> He led them in safety, so that they <f>ⓘ</f>were not afraid, </t><t>but <f>ⓙ</f>the sea overwhelmed their enemies.</t>


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<t>And he brought them to his <f>ⓚ</f>holy land, </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>to the mountain which his right hand had <f>ⓜ</f>won.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓝ</f>drove out nations before them; </t><t>he <f>ⓞ</f>apportioned them for a possession </t><t>and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. </t>


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<pb/><t>Yet they <f>ⓟ</f>tested and <f>ⓠ</f>rebelled against the Most High God </t><t>and did not keep his testimonies,</t>


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<t>but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; </t><t>they twisted like <f>ⓡ</f>a deceitful bow.</t>


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<t>For they <f>ⓢ</f>provoked him to anger with their <f>ⓣ</f>high places; </t><t>they <f>ⓤ</f>moved him to jealousy with their <f>ⓥ</f>idols.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓧ</f>forsook his dwelling at <f>ⓨ</f>Shiloh, </t><t>the tent where he dwelt among mankind,</t>


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<t>and delivered his <f>ⓩ</f>power to captivity, </t><t>his <f>ⓐ</f>glory to the hand of the foe.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓑ</f>gave his people over to the sword </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>vented his wrath on his heritage.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Fire devoured their young men, </t><t>and their young women had no <f>ⓔ</f>marriage song.</t>


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<t>Their <f>ⓕ</f>priests fell by the sword, </t><t>and their <f>ⓖ</f>widows made no lamentation.</t>


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<t>Then the Lord <f>ⓗ</f>awoke as from sleep, </t><t>like a strong man shouting because of wine.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓛ</f>built his sanctuary like the high heavens, </t><t>like the earth, which he has founded forever.</t>


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<t>from <f>ⓝ</f>following the nursing ewes he brought him </t><t>to <f>ⓞ</f>shepherd Jacob his people, </t><t>Israel his <f>ⓟ</f>inheritance.</t>


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<t>With <f>ⓠ</f>upright heart he shepherded them </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>guided them with his skillful hand. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> O God, <f>ⓑ</f>the nations have come into your <f>ⓒ</f>inheritance; </t><t>they have defiled your <f>ⓓ</f>holy temple; </t><t>they have <f>ⓔ</f>laid Jerusalem in ruins.</t>


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<t>They have given <f>ⓕ</f>the bodies of your servants </t><t>to the birds of the heavens for food, </t><t>the flesh of your <f>ⓖ</f>faithful to <f>ⓗ</f>the beasts of the earth.</t>


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<t>They have poured out their blood like water </t><t>all around Jerusalem, </t><t>and there was <f>ⓘ</f>no one to bury them.</t>


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<t>We have become <f>ⓙ</f>a taunt to our neighbors, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>mocked and derided by those around us. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> How long, O LORD? Will you be angry <f>ⓜ</f>forever? </t><t>Will your <f>ⓝ</f>jealousy <f>ⓞ</f>burn like fire?</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Pour out your anger on the nations </t><t>that <f>ⓠ</f>do not know you, </t><t>and on the kingdoms </t><t>that <f>ⓡ</f>do not call upon your name!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓢ</f> Do not remember against us <f>ⓣ</f>our former iniquities; <f>[1]</f> </t><t>let your compassion come speedily to meet us, </t><t>for we are <f>ⓤ</f>brought very low.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Help us, O God of our salvation, </t><t>for the glory of your name; </t><t>deliver us, and <f>ⓦ</f>atone for our sins, </t><t>for your <f>ⓧ</f>name's sake!</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> Why should the nations say, </t><t>“Where is their God?” </t><t>Let <f>ⓩ</f>the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants </t><t>be known among the nations before our eyes! </t>


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<pb/><t>Let <f>ⓐ</f>the groans of the prisoners come before you; </t><t>according to your great power, preserve those <f>ⓑ</f>doomed to die!</t>


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<t>Return <f>ⓒ</f>sevenfold into the <f>ⓓ</f>lap of our neighbors </t><t>the <f>ⓔ</f>taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!</t>


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<t>But we your people, the <f>ⓕ</f>sheep of your pasture, </t><t>will <f>ⓖ</f>give thanks to you forever; </t><t>from generation to generation we will recount your praise. </t>


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<f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t>Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, </t><t>you who lead <f>ⓒ</f>Joseph like <f>ⓓ</f>a flock. </t><t>You who are <f>ⓔ</f>enthroned upon the cherubim, <f>ⓕ</f>shine forth.</t>


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<t>Before <f>ⓖ</f>Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>stir up your might </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>come to save us! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> Restore us, <f>[1]</f> O God; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>let your face shine, that we may be saved! </t>


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<pb/><t>O <f>ⓛ</f>LORD God of hosts, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?</t>


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<t>You have fed them with <f>ⓝ</f>the bread of tears </t><t>and given them tears to drink in full measure.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> You make us an object of contention for our <f>ⓟ</f>neighbors, </t><t>and our enemies laugh among themselves. </t>


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<pb/><t>You brought <f>ⓡ</f>a vine out of Egypt; </t><t>you <f>ⓢ</f>drove out the nations and planted it.</t>


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<t>It sent out its branches to <f>ⓤ</f>the sea </t><t>and its shoots to <f>ⓥ</f>the River. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>Why then have you <f>ⓦ</f>broken down its walls, </t><t>so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> The boar from the forest ravages it, </t><t>and all that move in the field feed on it. </t>


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<pb/><t>Turn again, O God of hosts! </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>Look down from heaven, and see; </t><t>have regard for this vine,</t>


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<t>the stock that your right hand planted, </t><t>and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.</t>


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<t>They have <f>ⓩ</f>burned it with fire; they have <f>ⓐ</f>cut it down; </t><t>may they perish at <f>ⓑ</f>the rebuke of your face!</t>


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<t>But <f>ⓒ</f>let your hand be on the man of your right hand, </t><t>the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!</t>


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<t>Then we shall not turn back from you; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>give us life, and we will call upon your name! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! </t><t>Let your face shine, that we may be saved! </t>


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<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Sing aloud to God our strength; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>shout for joy to the God of Jacob!</t>


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<t>Raise a song; sound <f>ⓔ</f>the tambourine, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>the sweet lyre with <f>ⓖ</f>the harp.</t>


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<t>He made it <f>ⓘ</f>a decree in <f>ⓙ</f>Joseph </t><t>when he <f>ⓚ</f>went out over <f>[3]</f> the land of Egypt. </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>I hear a language <f>ⓜ</f>I had not known:</t>


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<t>“I <f>ⓝ</f>relieved your <f>[4]</f> shoulder of <f>ⓞ</f>the burden; </t><t>your hands were freed from the basket.</t>


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<t>In distress you <f>ⓟ</f>called, and I delivered you; </t><t>I <f>ⓠ</f>answered you in the secret place of thunder; </t><t>I <f>ⓡ</f>tested you at the waters of Meribah. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! </t><t>O Israel, if you would but listen to me!</t>


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<t>There shall be no <f>ⓣ</f>strange god among you; </t><t>you shall not bow down to a <f>ⓤ</f>foreign god.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> I am the LORD your God, </t><t>who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. </t>


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<pb/><t>“But my people did not listen to my voice; </t><t>Israel <f>ⓧ</f>would not submit to me.</t>


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<t>So I <f>ⓨ</f>gave them over to their <f>ⓩ</f>stubborn hearts, </t><t>to follow their own <f>ⓐ</f>counsels.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Oh, that my people would listen to me, </t><t>that Israel would <f>ⓒ</f>walk in my ways!</t>


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<t>Those who hate the LORD would <f>ⓔ</f>cringe toward him, </t><t>and their fate would last forever.</t>


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<t>But he would feed you <f>[5]</f> with <f>ⓕ</f>the finest of the wheat, </t><t>and with <f>ⓖ</f>honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> God <f>ⓒ</f>has taken his place in the divine council; </t><t>in the midst of <f>ⓓ</f>the gods he <f>ⓔ</f>holds judgment:</t>


text:
<t>“How long will you judge unjustly </t><t>and <f>ⓕ</f>show partiality to <f>ⓖ</f>the wicked? <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<t><f>ⓗ</f> Give justice to <f>ⓘ</f>the weak and the fatherless; </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓚ</f> Rescue the weak and the needy; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> They have neither knowledge nor understanding, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>they walk about in darkness; </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>all the foundations of the earth are <f>ⓟ</f>shaken. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓢ</f> Arise, O God, judge the earth; </t><t>for you shall <f>ⓣ</f>inherit all the nations! </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> O God, do not keep silence; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>do not hold your peace or be still, O God!</t>


text:
<t>For behold, your enemies <f>ⓒ</f>make an uproar; </t><t>those who hate you have <f>ⓓ</f>raised their heads.</t>


text:
<t>They lay <f>ⓔ</f>crafty plans against your people; </t><t>they consult together against your <f>ⓕ</f>treasured ones.</t>


text:
<t>They say, “Come, <f>ⓖ</f>let us wipe them out as a nation; </t><t>let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”</t>


text:
<t>the tents of <f>ⓗ</f>Edom and <f>ⓘ</f>the Ishmaelites, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>Moab and <f>ⓚ</f>the Hagrites,</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Gebal and <f>ⓜ</f>Ammon and <f>ⓝ</f>Amalek, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>Philistia with the inhabitants of <f>ⓟ</f>Tyre;</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Asshur also has joined them; </t><t>they are the strong arm of <f>ⓡ</f>the children of Lot. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>Do to them as you did to <f>ⓢ</f>Midian, </t><t>as to <f>ⓣ</f>Sisera and Jabin at <f>ⓤ</f>the river Kishon,</t>


text:
<t>Make their nobles like <f>ⓧ</f>Oreb and Zeeb, </t><t>all their princes like <f>ⓨ</f>Zebah and Zalmunna,</t>


text:
<pb/><t>O my God, make them like <f>ⓐ</f>whirling dust, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>like <f>ⓑ</f>chaff before the wind.</t>


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<t>so may you pursue them <f>ⓔ</f>with your tempest </t><t>and terrify them with your hurricane!</t>


text:
<t>that they may <f>ⓗ</f>know that you alone, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>whose name is the LORD, </t><t>are <f>ⓙ</f>the Most High over all the earth. </t>


text:
<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t>How <f>ⓒ</f>lovely is your <f>ⓓ</f>dwelling place, </t><t>O LORD of hosts!</t>


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<t>My soul <f>ⓔ</f>longs, yes, <f>ⓕ</f>faints </t><t>for the courts of the LORD; </t><t>my heart and flesh sing for joy </t><t>to <f>ⓖ</f>the living God. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Even the sparrow finds a home, </t><t>and the swallow a nest for herself, </t><t>where she may lay her young, </t><t>at your altars, O LORD of hosts, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>my King and my God.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓘ</f> Blessed are those who dwell in your house, </t><t>ever <f>ⓙ</f>singing your praise! <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>Blessed are those whose strength is in you, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>in whose heart are the highways to Zion. <f>[2]</f></t>


text:
<t>As they go through the Valley of Baca </t><t>they make it a place of springs; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>the early rain also covers it with <f>ⓜ</f>pools.</t>


text:
<t>They go <f>ⓝ</f>from strength to strength; </t><t>each one <f>ⓞ</f>appears before God in Zion. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>O <f>ⓟ</f>LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; </t><t>give ear, O God of Jacob! <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>For a day <f>ⓢ</f>in your courts is better </t><t>than a thousand elsewhere. </t><t>I would rather be <f>ⓣ</f>a doorkeeper in the house of my God </t><t>than dwell in the tents of wickedness.</t>


text:
<t>For the LORD God is <f>ⓤ</f>a sun and <f>ⓥ</f>shield; </t><t>the LORD bestows favor and honor. </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>No good thing does he withhold </t><t>from those who <f>ⓧ</f>walk uprightly.</t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> LORD, you were <f>ⓑ</f>favorable to your land; </t><t>you <f>ⓒ</f>restored the fortunes of Jacob.</t>


text:
<t>You <f>ⓓ</f>forgave the iniquity of your people; </t><t>you <f>ⓔ</f>covered all their sin. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Restore us again, O God of our salvation, </t><t>and put away your indignation toward us!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓗ</f> Will you be angry with us forever? </t><t>Will you prolong your anger to all generations?</t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, </t><t>for he will <f>ⓛ</f>speak peace to his people, to his <f>ⓜ</f>saints; </t><t>but let them not <f>ⓝ</f>turn back to <f>ⓞ</f>folly.</t>


text:
<t>Surely his <f>ⓟ</f>salvation is near to those who fear him, </t><t>that <f>ⓠ</f>glory may dwell in our land. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓡ</f> Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>righteousness and peace kiss each other.</t>


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<t>Yes, <f>ⓣ</f>the LORD will give what is good, </t><t>and our land <f>ⓤ</f>will yield its increase.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, </t><t>for I am <f>ⓒ</f>poor and needy.</t>


text:
<t>Preserve my life, for I am <f>ⓓ</f>godly; </t><t>save your servant, who <f>ⓔ</f>trusts in you — you are my God.</t>


text:
<t>For you, O Lord, are good and <f>ⓗ</f>forgiving, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>There is <f>ⓜ</f>none like you among the gods, O Lord, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>nor are there any works like yours.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓞ</f> All the nations you have made shall come </t><t>and worship before you, O Lord, </t><t>and shall glorify your name.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓢ</f> Teach me your way, O LORD, </t><t>that I may <f>ⓣ</f>walk in your truth; </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>unite my heart to fear your name.</t>


text:
<t>I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, </t><t>and I will glorify your name forever.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓥ</f> For great is your steadfast love toward me; </t><t>you have <f>ⓦ</f>delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>O God, insolent men have <f>ⓧ</f>risen up against me; </t><t>a band of ruthless men seeks my life, </t><t>and they do not set you before them.</t>


text:
<t>But you, O Lord, are a God <f>ⓨ</f>merciful and gracious, </t><t>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓩ</f> Turn to me and be gracious to me; </t><t>give your strength to <f>ⓐ</f>your servant, </t><t>and save <f>ⓑ</f>the son of your maidservant.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓒ</f> Show me a sign of your <f>ⓓ</f>favor, </t><t>that those who hate me may see and be put to shame </t><t>because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. </t>


text:
<t><f>ⓔ</f> Glorious things of you are spoken, </t><t>O <f>ⓕ</f>city of God. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>Among those who <f>ⓖ</f>know me I mention <f>ⓗ</f>Rahab and Babylon; </t><t>behold, Philistia and Tyre, with <f>ⓘ</f>Cush <f>[1]</f> — </t><t>“This one was born there,” they say.</t>


text:
<t>And of Zion it shall be said, </t><t>“This one and that one were born in her”; </t><t>for the Most High himself will <f>ⓙ</f>establish her.</t>


text:
<t>The LORD records as he <f>ⓚ</f>registers the peoples, </t><t>“This one was born there.” <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> Singers and <f>ⓜ</f>dancers alike say, </t><t>“All my <f>ⓝ</f>springs are in you.” </t>


text:
<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <f>ⓒ</f> <pb/><t>O LORD, <f>ⓓ</f>God of my salvation, </t><t>I <f>ⓔ</f>cry out day and night before you.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>For my soul is full of troubles, </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>my life draws near to <f>ⓗ</f>Sheol.</t>


text:
<t>I am counted among those who <f>ⓘ</f>go down to the pit; </t><t>I am a man who has no strength,</t>


text:
<t>like one set loose among the dead, </t><t>like the slain that lie in the grave, </t><t>like those whom <f>ⓙ</f>you remember no more, </t><t>for they are <f>ⓚ</f>cut off from your hand.</t>


text:
<t>You have put me in <f>ⓛ</f>the depths of the pit, </t><t>in the <f>ⓜ</f>regions dark and <f>ⓝ</f>deep.</t>


text:
<t>Your wrath <f>ⓞ</f>lies heavy upon me, </t><t>and you overwhelm me with <f>ⓟ</f>all your waves. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>You have caused <f>ⓠ</f>my companions to shun me; </t><t>you have made me <f>ⓡ</f>a horror <f>[2]</f> to them. </t><t>I am <f>ⓢ</f>shut in so that I cannot escape;</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓣ</f> my eye grows dim through sorrow. </t><t>Every day I call upon you, O LORD; </t><t>I <f>ⓤ</f>spread out my hands to you.</t>


text:
<t>Do you work wonders for the dead? </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>Do the departed rise up to praise you? <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<t>Are your <f>ⓦ</f>wonders known in <f>ⓧ</f>the darkness, </t><t>or your righteousness in the land of <f>ⓨ</f>forgetfulness? </t>


text:
<pb/><t>But I, O LORD, cry <f>ⓩ</f>to you; </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>in the morning my prayer comes before you.</t>


text:
<t>O LORD, why <f>ⓑ</f>do you cast my soul away? </t><t>Why <f>ⓒ</f>do you hide your face from me?</t>


text:
<t>Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, </t><t>I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. <f>[3]</f></t>


text:
<t>They <f>ⓔ</f>surround me like a flood <f>ⓕ</f>all day long; </t><t>they <f>ⓖ</f>close in on me together.</t>


text:
<t>You have caused <f>ⓗ</f>my beloved and my friend to shun me; </t><t>my companions have become darkness. <f>[4]</f> </t>


text:
<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <pb/><t><f>ⓑ</f> I will sing of <f>ⓒ</f>the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; </t><t>with my mouth I will make known your <f>ⓓ</f>faithfulness to all generations.</t>


text:
<t>For I said, <f>ⓔ</f>“Steadfast love will be built up forever; </t><t>in the heavens <f>ⓕ</f>you will establish your <f>ⓖ</f>faithfulness.”</t>


text:
<t>You have said, “I have made <f>ⓗ</f>a covenant with my <f>ⓘ</f>chosen one; </t><t>I have <f>ⓙ</f>sworn to David my servant:</t>


text:
<t>‘I will establish your <f>ⓚ</f>offspring forever, </t><t>and build your <f>ⓛ</f>throne for all generations.’” <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>Let <f>ⓜ</f>the heavens praise your <f>ⓝ</f>wonders, O LORD, </t><t>your faithfulness in the assembly of <f>ⓞ</f>the holy ones!</t>


text:
<t>For <f>ⓟ</f>who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>Who among the heavenly beings <f>[2]</f> is like the LORD,</t>


text:
<t>a God greatly <f>ⓡ</f>to be feared in the council of <f>ⓢ</f>the holy ones, </t><t>and awesome above all <f>ⓣ</f>who are around him?</t>


text:
<t>O LORD God of hosts, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>who is mighty as you are, O <f>ⓥ</f>LORD, </t><t>with your faithfulness all around you?</t>


text:
<t>You <f>ⓧ</f>crushed <f>ⓨ</f>Rahab like a carcass; </t><t>you <f>ⓩ</f>scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓐ</f> The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>the world and all that is in it, you have <f>ⓒ</f>founded them.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> The north and the south, you have created them; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>Tabor and <f>ⓕ</f>Hermon <f>ⓖ</f>joyously praise your name.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓗ</f> Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.</t>


text:
<t>Blessed are the people who know <f>ⓙ</f>the festal shout, </t><t>who walk, O LORD, in <f>ⓚ</f>the light of your face,</t>


text:
<t>who exult in your <f>ⓛ</f>name all the day </t><t>and in your righteousness are <f>ⓜ</f>exalted.</t>


text:
<t>For you are <f>ⓝ</f>the glory of their strength; </t><t>by your favor our <f>ⓞ</f>horn is exalted.</t>


text:
<t>For our <f>ⓟ</f>shield belongs to the LORD, </t><t>our king to <f>ⓠ</f>the Holy One of Israel. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓡ</f> Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, <f>[3]</f> and said: </t><t>“I have <f>ⓢ</f>granted help to one who is <f>ⓣ</f>mighty; </t><t>I have exalted one <f>ⓤ</f>chosen from the people.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓥ</f> I have found David, my servant; </t><t>with my holy oil I have <f>ⓦ</f>anointed him,</t>


text:
<t>so that my <f>ⓧ</f>hand shall be established with him; </t><t>my arm also shall strengthen him.</t>


text:
<t>My <f>ⓐ</f>faithfulness and my <f>ⓑ</f>steadfast love shall be with him, </t><t>and in my name shall his <f>ⓒ</f>horn be exalted.</t>


text:
<t>He shall cry to me, ‘You are my <f>ⓕ</f>Father, </t><t>my God, and <f>ⓖ</f>the Rock of my salvation.’</t>


text:
<t>And I will make him the <f>ⓗ</f>firstborn, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>the highest of the kings of the earth.</t>


text:
<t>My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, </t><t>and my <f>ⓙ</f>covenant will stand firm <f>[4]</f> for him.</t>


text:
<t>I will establish his <f>ⓚ</f>offspring forever </t><t>and his <f>ⓛ</f>throne as <f>ⓜ</f>the days of the heavens.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓝ</f> If his children forsake my law </t><t>and do not walk according to my rules, <f>[5]</f></t>


text:
<t>then I will punish their transgression with <f>ⓞ</f>the rod </t><t>and their iniquity with stripes,</t>


text:
<t>I will not violate my <f>ⓟ</f>covenant </t><t>or alter the word that went forth from my lips.</t>


text:
<t>His <f>ⓢ</f>offspring shall endure forever, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>his <f>ⓤ</f>throne as long as <f>ⓥ</f>the sun before me.</t>


text:
<t>Like <f>ⓦ</f>the moon it shall be established forever, </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>a faithful witness in the skies.” <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>But now you have <f>ⓨ</f>cast off and rejected; </t><t>you are full of wrath against your <f>ⓩ</f>anointed.</t>


text:
<t>You have <f>ⓐ</f>renounced <f>ⓑ</f>the covenant with your servant; </t><t>you have <f>ⓒ</f>defiled his <f>ⓓ</f>crown in the dust.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓕ</f> All who pass by plunder him; </t><t>he has become <f>ⓖ</f>the scorn of his neighbors.</t>


text:
<t>You have also turned back the edge of his sword, </t><t>and you have not made him stand in battle.</t>


text:
<t>You have cut short <f>ⓗ</f>the days of his youth; </t><t>you have <f>ⓘ</f>covered him with shame. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? </t><t>How long will your wrath <f>ⓚ</f>burn like fire?</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓛ</f> Remember <f>ⓜ</f>how short my <f>ⓝ</f>time is! </t><t>For what vanity you have created all the children of man!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓞ</f> What man can live and never <f>ⓟ</f>see death? </t><t>Who can deliver his soul from the power of <f>ⓠ</f>Sheol? <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


text:
<pb/><t>Lord, where is your <f>ⓡ</f>steadfast love of old, </t><t>which by your <f>ⓢ</f>faithfulness you swore to David?</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓣ</f> Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, </t><t>and how I bear in my <f>ⓤ</f>heart the insults <f>[6]</f> of all the many nations,</t>


text:
<t>with which your enemies mock, O LORD, </t><t>with which they mock <f>ⓥ</f>the footsteps of your <f>ⓦ</f>anointed. </t>


text:
<f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t>Lord, you have been our <f>ⓒ</f>dwelling place <f>[1]</f> </t><t>in all generations.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> Before the <f>ⓔ</f>mountains were brought forth, </t><t>or ever you had formed the earth and the world, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>from everlasting to everlasting you are God. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>You return man to dust </t><t>and say, <f>ⓖ</f>“Return, <f>ⓗ</f>O children of man!” <f>[2]</f></t>


text:
<t>For <f>ⓘ</f>a thousand years in your sight </t><t>are but as <f>ⓙ</f>yesterday when it is past, </t><t>or as <f>ⓚ</f>a watch in the night. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>You <f>ⓛ</f>sweep them away as with a flood; they are like <f>ⓜ</f>a dream, </t><t>like <f>ⓝ</f>grass that is renewed in the morning:</t>


text:
<t>in <f>ⓞ</f>the morning it flourishes and is renewed; </t><t>in the evening it <f>ⓟ</f>fades and <f>ⓠ</f>withers. </t>


text:
<t>You have <f>ⓡ</f>set our iniquities before you, </t><t>our <f>ⓢ</f>secret sins in the light of your presence. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For all our days pass away under your wrath; </t><t>we bring our years to an end like a sigh.</t>


text:
<t>The years of our life are seventy, </t><t>or even by reason of strength eighty; </t><t>yet their span <f>[3]</f> is but toil and trouble; </t><t>they are soon gone, and we fly away.</t>


text:
<t>Satisfy us in the <f>ⓧ</f>morning with your steadfast love, </t><t>that we may <f>ⓨ</f>rejoice and be glad all our days.</t>


text:
<t>Make us glad for as many days as you have <f>ⓩ</f>afflicted us, </t><t>and for as many years as we have seen evil.</t>


text:
<t>Let your <f>ⓐ</f>work be shown to your servants, </t><t>and your glorious power to their children.</t>


text:
<t>Let the <f>ⓑ</f>favor <f>[4]</f> of the Lord our God be upon us, </t><t>and establish <f>ⓒ</f>the work of our hands upon us; </t><t>yes, establish the work of our hands! </t>


text:
<pb/><t>He who dwells in <f>ⓐ</f>the shelter of the Most High </t><t>will abide in <f>ⓑ</f>the shadow of the Almighty.</t>


text:
<t>I will say <f>[1]</f> to the LORD, “My <f>ⓒ</f>refuge and my <f>ⓓ</f>fortress, </t><t>my God, in whom I <f>ⓔ</f>trust.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For he will deliver you from <f>ⓕ</f>the snare of the fowler </t><t>and from the deadly pestilence.</t>


text:
<t>He will <f>ⓖ</f>cover you with his pinions, </t><t>and under his <f>ⓗ</f>wings you will <f>ⓘ</f>find refuge; </t><t>his <f>ⓙ</f>faithfulness is <f>ⓚ</f>a shield and buckler.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓛ</f> You will not fear <f>ⓜ</f>the terror of the night, </t><t>nor the arrow that flies by day,</t>


text:
<t>nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, </t><t>nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>A thousand may fall at your side, </t><t>ten thousand at your right hand, </t><t>but it will not come near you.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>Because you have made the LORD your <f>ⓞ</f>dwelling place — </t><t>the Most High, who is my <f>ⓟ</f>refuge <f>[2]</f> — </t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> no evil shall be allowed to befall you, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>no plague come near your tent. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓢ</f> For he will command his <f>ⓣ</f>angels concerning you </t><t>to <f>ⓤ</f>guard you in all your ways.</t>


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<t>On their hands they will bear you up, </t><t>lest you <f>ⓥ</f>strike your foot against a stone.</t>


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<t>You will tread on <f>ⓦ</f>the lion and the <f>ⓧ</f>adder; </t><t>the young lion and <f>ⓨ</f>the serpent you will <f>ⓩ</f>trample underfoot. </t>


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<pb/><t>“Because he <f>ⓐ</f>holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; </t><t>I will protect him, because he <f>ⓑ</f>knows my name.</t>


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<t>When he <f>ⓒ</f>calls to me, I will answer him; </t><t>I will be with him in trouble; </t><t>I will rescue him and <f>ⓓ</f>honor him.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> It is good to give thanks to the LORD, </t><t>to sing praises to your name, <f>ⓑ</f>O Most High;</t>


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<t>to declare your <f>ⓒ</f>steadfast love in <f>ⓓ</f>the morning, </t><t>and your <f>ⓔ</f>faithfulness by <f>ⓕ</f>night,</t>


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<t>to the music of <f>ⓖ</f>the lute and <f>ⓗ</f>the harp, </t><t>to the melody of <f>ⓘ</f>the lyre.</t>


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<t>For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your <f>ⓙ</f>work; </t><t>at <f>ⓚ</f>the works of your hands I sing for joy. </t>


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<pb/><t>How <f>ⓛ</f>great are your works, O LORD! </t><t>Your <f>ⓜ</f>thoughts are very <f>ⓝ</f>deep!</t>


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<t>that though <f>ⓞ</f>the wicked sprout like grass </t><t>and all <f>ⓟ</f>evildoers flourish, </t><t>they are doomed to destruction forever;</t>


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<t>For behold, your enemies, O LORD, </t><t>for behold, your enemies shall perish; </t><t>all evildoers shall be <f>ⓡ</f>scattered. </t>


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<pb/><t>But you have exalted my <f>ⓢ</f>horn like that of <f>ⓣ</f>the wild ox; </t><t>you have <f>ⓤ</f>poured over me <f>[1]</f> fresh oil.</t>


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<t>My <f>ⓥ</f>eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; </t><t>my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> The righteous flourish like the palm tree </t><t>and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.</t>


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<t>They are planted in the house of the LORD; </t><t>they flourish in <f>ⓧ</f>the courts of our God.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> to declare that the LORD is upright; </t><t>he is my <f>ⓩ</f>rock, and there is <f>ⓐ</f>no unrighteousness in him. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> The LORD reigns; he is <f>ⓑ</f>robed in majesty; </t><t>the LORD is <f>ⓒ</f>robed; he has <f>ⓓ</f>put on strength as his belt. </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>Yes, the world is established; <f>ⓕ</f>it shall never be moved.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> The floods have lifted up, O LORD, </t><t>the floods have lifted up their voice; </t><t>the floods lift up their roaring.</t>


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<t>Mightier than the thunders of many waters, </t><t>mightier than the waves of the sea, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>the LORD <f>ⓚ</f>on high is mighty! </t>


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<pb/><t>Your <f>ⓛ</f>decrees are very trustworthy; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>holiness befits your house, </t><t>O LORD, forevermore. </t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> Rise up, O <f>ⓓ</f>judge of the earth; </t><t>repay to the <f>ⓔ</f>proud what they deserve!</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> He who planted the ear, does he not hear? </t><t>He who formed the eye, does he not see?</t>


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<t>He who <f>ⓟ</f>disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? </t><t>He who <f>ⓠ</f>teaches man knowledge — </t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> the LORD — knows the thoughts of man, </t><t>that they are <f>ⓢ</f>but a breath. <f>[1]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓣ</f> Blessed is the man whom you <f>ⓤ</f>discipline, O LORD, </t><t>and whom you teach out of your law,</t>


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<t>to give him <f>ⓥ</f>rest from <f>ⓦ</f>days of trouble, </t><t>until <f>ⓧ</f>a pit is dug for the wicked.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> For the LORD will not forsake his <f>ⓩ</f>people; </t><t>he will not abandon his <f>ⓐ</f>heritage;</t>


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<t>for <f>ⓑ</f>justice will return to the righteous, </t><t>and all the upright in heart will <f>ⓒ</f>follow it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f> Who rises up for me against the wicked? </t><t>Who stands up for me against evildoers?</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> If the LORD had not been my help, </t><t>my soul would soon have lived in the land of <f>ⓕ</f>silence.</t>


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<t>When I thought, <f>ⓖ</f>“My foot slips,” </t><t>your steadfast love, O LORD, <f>ⓗ</f>held me up.</t>


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<t>Can <f>ⓘ</f>wicked rulers be allied with you, </t><t>those who frame <f>[2]</f> injustice by <f>ⓙ</f>statute?</t>


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<t>They <f>ⓚ</f>band together against the life of the righteous </t><t>and condemn <f>ⓛ</f>the innocent to death. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>But the LORD has become my <f>ⓜ</f>stronghold, </t><t>and my God <f>ⓝ</f>the rock of my <f>ⓞ</f>refuge.</t>


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<t>He will bring back on them <f>ⓟ</f>their iniquity </t><t>and <f>ⓠ</f>wipe them out for their wickedness; </t><t>the LORD our God will wipe them out. </t>


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<pb/><t>Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; </t><t>let us <f>ⓐ</f>make a joyful noise to <f>ⓑ</f>the rock of our salvation!</t>


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<t>Let us <f>ⓒ</f>come into his presence with thanksgiving; </t><t>let us <f>ⓓ</f>make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!</t>


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<pb/><t>Oh come, let us worship and bow down; </t><t>let us <f>ⓘ</f>kneel before the LORD, our <f>ⓙ</f>Maker!</t>


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<t>For he is our <f>ⓚ</f>God, </t><t>and we are the people of his <f>ⓛ</f>pasture, </t><t>and the sheep of his hand. </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>Today, if you <f>ⓝ</f>hear his voice,</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> do not harden your hearts, as at <f>ⓟ</f>Meribah, </t><t>as on the day at <f>ⓠ</f>Massah in the wilderness,</t>


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<t>when your fathers put me to the <f>ⓡ</f>test </t><t>and put me to the proof, though they had seen my <f>ⓢ</f>work.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> For forty years I loathed that generation </t><t>and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, </t><t>and they have not known <f>ⓤ</f>my ways.”</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Oh sing to the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>a new song; </t><t>sing to the LORD, all the earth!</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓓ</f>great is the LORD, and <f>ⓔ</f>greatly to be praised; </t><t>he is to be feared above <f>ⓕ</f>all gods.</t>


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<t>For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, </t><t>but the LORD <f>ⓖ</f>made the heavens.</t>


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<t>Splendor and majesty are before him; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. </t>


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<pb/><t>Ascribe to the LORD, O <f>ⓘ</f>families of the peoples, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!</t>


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<t>Ascribe to the LORD <f>ⓚ</f>the glory due his name; </t><t>bring <f>ⓛ</f>an offering, and <f>ⓜ</f>come into his courts!</t>


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<t>Worship the LORD in <f>ⓝ</f>the splendor of holiness; <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>tremble before him, all the earth! </t>


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<pb/><t>Say among the nations, <f>ⓟ</f>“The LORD reigns! </t><t>Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; </t><t>he will <f>ⓠ</f>judge the peoples with equity.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Let <f>ⓡ</f>the heavens be glad, and let <f>ⓢ</f>the earth rejoice; </t><t>let <f>ⓣ</f>the sea roar, and all that fills it;</t>


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<t>let <f>ⓤ</f>the field exult, and everything in it! </t><t>Then shall all <f>ⓥ</f>the trees of the forest sing for joy</t>


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<t>before the LORD, for he comes, </t><t>for he comes <f>ⓦ</f>to judge the earth. </t><t>He will judge the world in righteousness, </t><t>and the peoples in his faithfulness. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> The LORD reigns, <f>ⓑ</f>let the earth rejoice; </t><t>let the many <f>ⓒ</f>coastlands be glad!</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.</t>


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<t>The mountains <f>ⓘ</f>melt like <f>ⓙ</f>wax before the LORD, </t><t>before <f>ⓚ</f>the Lord of all the earth. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> The heavens proclaim his righteousness, </t><t>and all <f>ⓜ</f>the peoples see his glory.</t>


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<t>All worshipers of images are <f>ⓝ</f>put to shame, </t><t>who make their boast in <f>ⓞ</f>worthless idols; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>worship him, all you gods! </t>


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<pb/><t>Zion hears and <f>ⓠ</f>is glad, </t><t>and the daughters of Judah rejoice, </t><t>because of your judgments, O LORD.</t>


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<t>For you, O LORD, are <f>ⓡ</f>most high over all the earth; </t><t>you are exalted far above <f>ⓢ</f>all gods. </t>


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<pb/><t>O you who love the LORD, <f>ⓣ</f>hate evil! </t><t>He <f>ⓤ</f>preserves the lives of his <f>ⓥ</f>saints; </t><t>he <f>ⓦ</f>delivers them from the hand of the wicked.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Light <f>ⓨ</f>is sown <f>[1]</f> for the righteous, </t><t>and joy for the upright in heart.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, </t><t>and <f>ⓐ</f>give thanks to his holy name! </t>


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<pb/><t>Oh sing to the LORD <f>ⓐ</f>a new song, </t><t>for he has done <f>ⓑ</f>marvelous things! </t><t>His <f>ⓒ</f>right hand and his holy arm </t><t>have worked salvation for him.</t>


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<t>The LORD has <f>ⓓ</f>made known his salvation; </t><t>he has <f>ⓔ</f>revealed his righteousness in <f>ⓕ</f>the sight of the nations.</t>


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<t>He has <f>ⓖ</f>remembered his <f>ⓗ</f>steadfast love and faithfulness </t><t>to the house of Israel. </t><t>All <f>ⓘ</f>the ends of the earth have seen </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>the salvation of our God. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>break forth into joyous song and sing praises!</t>


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<t>Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, </t><t>with the lyre and the <f>ⓜ</f>sound of melody!</t>


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<t>With <f>ⓝ</f>trumpets and the sound of <f>ⓞ</f>the horn </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓠ</f> Let the sea roar, and <f>ⓡ</f>all that fills it; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>the world and those who dwell in it!</t>


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<t>before the LORD, for he comes </t><t>to <f>ⓥ</f>judge the earth. </t><t>He will judge the world with righteousness, </t><t>and the peoples with equity. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> The LORD reigns; <f>ⓑ</f>let the peoples tremble! </t><t>He <f>ⓒ</f>sits enthroned upon the cherubim; <f>ⓓ</f>let the earth quake!</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> The King in his might <f>ⓙ</f>loves justice. <f>[1]</f> </t><t>You have established equity; </t><t>you have executed justice </t><t>and righteousness in Jacob.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Exalt the LORD our God; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>worship at his <f>ⓜ</f>footstool! </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>Holy is he! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> Moses and Aaron were among his <f>ⓟ</f>priests, </t><t>Samuel also was among those who <f>ⓠ</f>called upon his name. </t><t>They <f>ⓡ</f>called to the LORD, and he answered them.</t>


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<t>In <f>ⓢ</f>the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them; </t><t>they <f>ⓣ</f>kept his testimonies </t><t>and the statute that he gave them. </t>


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<pb/><t>O LORD our God, you answered them; </t><t>you were <f>ⓤ</f>a forgiving God to them, </t><t>but <f>ⓥ</f>an avenger of their wrongdoings.</t>


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<t>Exalt the LORD our God, </t><t>and worship at his <f>ⓦ</f>holy mountain; </t><t>for the LORD our God is holy! </t>


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<pb/><t>Know that <f>ⓔ</f>the LORD, he is God! </t><t>It is he who <f>ⓕ</f>made us, and <f>ⓖ</f>we are his; <f>[1]</f> </t><t>we are his <f>ⓗ</f>people, and <f>ⓘ</f>the sheep of his pasture. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> Enter his gates with thanksgiving, </t><t>and his <f>ⓚ</f>courts with praise! </t><t>Give thanks to him; <f>ⓛ</f>bless his name! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> For the LORD is good; </t><t>his steadfast love endures forever, </t><t>and his <f>ⓝ</f>faithfulness to all generations. </t>


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<pb/><t>I will sing of <f>ⓐ</f>steadfast love and justice; </t><t>to you, O LORD, I will make music.</t>


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<t>I will <f>ⓑ</f>ponder the way <f>ⓒ</f>that is blameless. </t><t>Oh when will you <f>ⓓ</f>come to me? </t><t>I will <f>ⓔ</f>walk with <f>ⓕ</f>integrity of heart </t><t>within my house;</t>


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<t>I will not set before my eyes </t><t>anything <f>ⓖ</f>that is worthless. </t><t>I hate the work of those who <f>ⓗ</f>fall away; </t><t>it shall not cling to me.</t>


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<pb/><t>Whoever slanders his neighbor <f>ⓚ</f>secretly </t><t>I will <f>ⓛ</f>destroy. </t><t>Whoever has a <f>ⓜ</f>haughty look and an <f>ⓝ</f>arrogant heart </t><t>I will not endure. </t>


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<pb/><t>I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, </t><t>that they may dwell with me; </t><t>he who walks in <f>ⓞ</f>the way that is blameless </t><t>shall minister to me. </t>


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<pb/><t>No one who <f>ⓟ</f>practices deceit </t><t>shall dwell in my house; </t><t>no one who utters lies </t><t>shall <f>ⓠ</f>continue before my eyes. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓡ</f> Morning by morning I will destroy </t><t>all the wicked in the land, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>cutting off all <f>ⓣ</f>the evildoers </t><t>from <f>ⓤ</f>the city of the LORD. </t>


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<f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> <pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Hear my prayer, O LORD; </t><t>let my cry <f>ⓓ</f>come to you!</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Do not hide your face from me </t><t>in <f>ⓕ</f>the day of my distress! </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Incline your ear to me; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>answer me speedily <f>ⓘ</f>in the day when I call! </t>


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<pb/><t>For my days <f>ⓙ</f>pass away like smoke, </t><t>and my <f>ⓚ</f>bones burn like a furnace.</t>


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<t>My heart is <f>ⓛ</f>struck down like grass and <f>ⓜ</f>has withered; </t><t>I <f>ⓝ</f>forget to eat my bread.</t>


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<t>I am like <f>ⓟ</f>a desert owl of the wilderness, </t><t>like an owl <f>[1]</f> of the waste places;</t>


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<t>All the day my enemies taunt me; </t><t>those who <f>ⓡ</f>deride me <f>ⓢ</f>use my name for a curse.</t>


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<t>because of your indignation and anger; </t><t>for you have <f>ⓤ</f>taken me up and <f>ⓥ</f>thrown me down.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>But you, O LORD, are <f>ⓨ</f>enthroned forever; </t><t>you <f>ⓩ</f>are remembered throughout all generations.</t>


text:
<t>You will <f>ⓐ</f>arise and have <f>ⓑ</f>pity on Zion; </t><t>it is the time to favor her; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>the appointed time has come.</t>


text:
<t>Nations will <f>ⓔ</f>fear the name of the LORD, </t><t>and all <f>ⓕ</f>the kings of the earth will fear your glory.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>Let this be <f>ⓙ</f>recorded for <f>ⓚ</f>a generation to come, </t><t>so that <f>ⓛ</f>a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:</t>


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<t>that he <f>ⓜ</f>looked down from his holy height; </t><t>from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,</t>


text:
<t>to hear <f>ⓝ</f>the groans of the prisoners, </t><t>to set free <f>ⓞ</f>those who were doomed to die,</t>


text:
<t>that they may <f>ⓟ</f>declare in Zion the name of the LORD, </t><t>and in Jerusalem his praise,</t>


text:
<t>“O my God,” <f>ⓢ</f>I say, “take me not away </t><t>in the midst of my days — </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>you whose years endure </t><t>throughout all generations!” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>the heavens are the work of your hands.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓦ</f> They will perish, but <f>ⓧ</f>you will remain; </t><t>they will all wear out like a garment. </t><t>You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓩ</f> The children of your servants <f>ⓐ</f>shall dwell secure; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>their offspring shall be established before you. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Bless the LORD, O my soul, </t><t>and all that is within me, </t><t>bless his holy name!</t>


text:
<t>who <f>ⓕ</f>redeems your life from the pit, </t><t>who <f>ⓖ</f>crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,</t>


text:
<t>who <f>ⓗ</f>satisfies you with good </t><t>so that your youth is renewed like <f>ⓘ</f>the eagle's. </t>


text:
<t>The LORD is <f>ⓜ</f>merciful and gracious, </t><t>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.</t>


text:
<t>He does not deal with us <f>ⓟ</f>according to our sins, </t><t>nor repay us according to our iniquities.</t>


text:
<t>For <f>ⓠ</f>as high as the heavens are above the earth, </t><t>so great is his <f>ⓡ</f>steadfast love toward <f>ⓢ</f>those who fear him;</t>


text:
<t>as far as the east is from the west, </t><t>so far does he <f>ⓣ</f>remove our transgressions from us.</t>


text:
<t>As <f>ⓤ</f>a father shows compassion to his children, </t><t>so the LORD shows compassion <f>ⓥ</f>to those who fear him.</t>


text:
<pb/><t>As for man, his days are like <f>ⓧ</f>grass; </t><t>he flourishes like <f>ⓨ</f>a flower of the field;</t>


text:
<t>for <f>ⓩ</f>the wind passes over it, and <f>ⓐ</f>it is gone, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>its place knows it no more.</t>


text:
<t>But <f>ⓒ</f>the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on <f>ⓓ</f>those who fear him, </t><t>and his righteousness to <f>ⓔ</f>children's children,</t>


text:
<t>The LORD has <f>ⓗ</f>established his throne in the heavens, </t><t>and his <f>ⓘ</f>kingdom rules over all. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Bless the LORD, O you <f>ⓙ</f>his angels, </t><t>you <f>ⓚ</f>mighty ones who <f>ⓛ</f>do his word, </t><t>obeying the voice of his word!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓞ</f> Bless the LORD, all his works, </t><t>in all places of his dominion. </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>Bless the LORD, O my soul! </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Bless the LORD, O my soul! </t><t>O LORD my God, you are <f>ⓑ</f>very great! </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>You are clothed with splendor and majesty,</t>


text:
<t>covering yourself with light as with a garment, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>stretching out the heavens <f>ⓔ</f>like a tent.</t>


text:
<t>He <f>ⓕ</f>lays the beams of his <f>ⓖ</f>chambers on the waters; </t><t>he makes <f>ⓗ</f>the clouds his chariot; </t><t>he rides on <f>ⓘ</f>the wings of the wind;</t>


text:
<t>You <f>ⓝ</f>covered it with the deep as with a garment; </t><t>the waters stood above the mountains.</t>


text:
<t>At <f>ⓞ</f>your rebuke they fled; </t><t>at <f>ⓟ</f>the sound of your thunder they <f>ⓠ</f>took to flight.</t>


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<t>The mountains rose, the valleys sank down </t><t>to the place that you <f>ⓡ</f>appointed for them.</t>


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<t>You set <f>ⓢ</f>a boundary that they may not pass, </t><t>so that they <f>ⓣ</f>might not again cover the earth. </t>


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<t>they <f>ⓤ</f>give drink to every beast of the field; </t><t>the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> From your lofty abode you <f>ⓦ</f>water the mountains; </t><t>the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. </t>


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<pb/><t>You cause <f>ⓧ</f>the grass to grow for the livestock </t><t>and <f>ⓨ</f>plants for man to cultivate, </t><t>that he may bring forth <f>ⓩ</f>food from the earth</t>


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<t>and <f>ⓐ</f>wine to gladden the heart of man, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>oil to make his face shine </t><t>and bread to <f>ⓒ</f>strengthen man's heart. </t>


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<pb/><t>The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>the cedars of Lebanon <f>ⓔ</f>that he planted.</t>


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<t>The high mountains are for <f>ⓕ</f>the wild goats; </t><t>the rocks are a refuge for <f>ⓖ</f>the rock badgers. </t>


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<pb/><t>He made the moon to mark the <f>ⓗ</f>seasons; <f>[1]</f> </t><t>the sun knows its time for setting.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> You make darkness, and it is night, </t><t>when all the beasts of the forest creep about.</t>


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<pb/><t>O LORD, how manifold are your works! </t><t>In <f>ⓜ</f>wisdom have you made them all; </t><t>the earth is full of your creatures.</t>


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<t>Here is the sea, great and wide, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>which teems with creatures innumerable, </t><t>living things both small and great.</t>


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<t>There go the ships, </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>Leviathan, which you formed to <f>ⓟ</f>play in it. <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<t>When you give it to them, they gather it up; </t><t>when you <f>ⓢ</f>open your hand, they are filled with good things.</t>


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<t>When you <f>ⓣ</f>hide your face, they are <f>ⓤ</f>dismayed; </t><t>when you <f>ⓥ</f>take away their breath, they die </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>return to their dust.</t>


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<t>When you <f>ⓧ</f>send forth your Spirit, <f>[3]</f> they are created, </t><t>and you <f>ⓨ</f>renew the face of the ground. </t>


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<pb/><t>May the glory of the LORD <f>ⓩ</f>endure forever; </t><t>may the LORD <f>ⓐ</f>rejoice in his works,</t>


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<t>who looks on the earth and it <f>ⓑ</f>trembles, </t><t>who <f>ⓒ</f>touches the mountains and they smoke!</t>


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<t>I will sing to the LORD <f>ⓓ</f>as long as I live; </t><t>I will sing praise to my God while I have being.</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓕ</f>sinners be consumed from the earth, </t><t>and let the wicked be no more! </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Bless the LORD, O my soul! </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Oh give thanks to the LORD; <f>ⓑ</f>call upon his name; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>make known his deeds among the peoples!</t>


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<t>Remember the <f>ⓖ</f>wondrous works that he has done, </t><t>his miracles, and <f>ⓗ</f>the judgments he uttered,</t>


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<t>O offspring of <f>ⓘ</f>Abraham, his servant, </t><t>children of Jacob, his <f>ⓙ</f>chosen ones! </t>


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<t>He <f>ⓛ</f>remembers his covenant forever, </t><t>the word that he commanded, for <f>ⓜ</f>a thousand generations,</t>


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<t>which he confirmed to <f>ⓟ</f>Jacob as a statute, </t><t>to Israel as an everlasting covenant,</t>


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<t>saying, <f>ⓠ</f>“To you I will give the land of Canaan </t><t>as <f>ⓡ</f>your portion for an inheritance.” </t>


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<pb/><t>When they were <f>ⓢ</f>few in number, </t><t>of little account, and <f>ⓣ</f>sojourners in it,</t>


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<pb/><t>When he <f>ⓧ</f>summoned a famine on the land </t><t>and <f>ⓨ</f>broke all supply <f>[1]</f> of bread,</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> The king sent and <f>ⓕ</f>released him; </t><t>the ruler of the peoples set him free;</t>


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<pb/><t>Then <f>ⓗ</f>Israel came to Egypt; </t><t>Jacob <f>ⓘ</f>sojourned in <f>ⓙ</f>the land of Ham.</t>


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<t>And the LORD <f>ⓚ</f>made his people very fruitful </t><t>and made them stronger than their foes.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓛ</f>turned their hearts to hate his people, </t><t>to <f>ⓜ</f>deal craftily with his servants. </t>


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<t>He <f>ⓡ</f>sent darkness, and made the land dark; </t><t>they <f>ⓢ</f>did not rebel <f>[3]</f> against his words.</t>


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<t>He spoke, and there came <f>ⓥ</f>swarms of flies, </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>and gnats throughout their country.</t>


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<t>He struck down their vines and fig trees, </t><t>and <f>ⓨ</f>shattered the trees of their country.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓐ</f>struck down all the firstborn in their land, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>the firstfruits of all their strength. </t>


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<pb/><t>Then he brought out Israel with <f>ⓒ</f>silver and gold, </t><t>and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Egypt was glad when they departed, </t><t>for <f>ⓔ</f>dread of them had fallen upon it. </t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> They asked, and he <f>ⓗ</f>brought quail, </t><t>and gave them <f>ⓘ</f>bread from heaven in abundance.</t>


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<t>He opened the rock, and <f>ⓙ</f>water gushed out; </t><t>it flowed through <f>ⓚ</f>the desert like a river.</t>


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<pb/><t>So he brought his people out with joy, </t><t>his <f>ⓝ</f>chosen ones with <f>ⓞ</f>singing.</t>


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<t>And he <f>ⓟ</f>gave them the lands of the nations, </t><t>and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,</t>


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<t>that they might <f>ⓠ</f>keep his statutes </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>observe his laws. </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>Oh give thanks to the LORD, <f>ⓒ</f>for he is good, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>for his steadfast love endures forever!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓕ</f> Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; </t><t>help me when you save them, <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>that I may look upon the prosperity of your <f>ⓖ</f>chosen ones, </t><t>that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, </t><t>that I may glory with your inheritance. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Both we and <f>ⓘ</f>our fathers have sinned; </t><t>we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.</t>


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<t>Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, </t><t>did not consider your wondrous works; </t><t>they <f>ⓙ</f>did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, </t><t>but <f>ⓚ</f>rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.</t>


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<t>Yet he saved them <f>ⓛ</f>for his name's sake, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>that he might make known his mighty power.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓝ</f>rebuked the Red Sea, and it <f>ⓞ</f>became dry, </t><t>and he <f>ⓟ</f>led them through the deep as through a desert.</t>


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<t>So he <f>ⓠ</f>saved them from the hand of the foe </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>redeemed them from the power of the enemy.</t>


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<pb/><t>But they soon <f>ⓥ</f>forgot his works; </t><t>they did not wait for <f>ⓦ</f>his counsel.</t>


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<t>But they had <f>ⓧ</f>a wanton craving in the wilderness, </t><t>and <f>ⓨ</f>put God to the test in the desert;</t>


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<pb/><t>When men in the camp <f>ⓑ</f>were jealous of Moses </t><t>and Aaron, <f>ⓒ</f>the holy one of the LORD,</t>


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<t>They <f>ⓖ</f>exchanged the glory of God <f>[2]</f> </t><t>for the image of an ox that eats grass.</t>


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<t>Therefore <f>ⓙ</f>he said he would destroy them — </t><t>had not Moses, his <f>ⓚ</f>chosen one, </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>stood in the breach before him, </t><t>to turn away his wrath from destroying them. </t>


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<pb/><t>Then they <f>ⓜ</f>despised <f>ⓝ</f>the pleasant land, </t><t>having <f>ⓞ</f>no faith in his promise.</t>


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<t>Therefore he <f>ⓠ</f>raised his hand and swore to them </t><t>that he would make them fall in the wilderness,</t>


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<t>and would make their offspring fall among the nations, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>scattering them among the lands. </t>


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<pb/><t>Then they <f>ⓢ</f>yoked themselves to the <f>ⓣ</f>Baal of Peor, </t><t>and ate sacrifices offered to <f>ⓤ</f>the dead;</t>


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<t>And that was <f>ⓦ</f>counted to him as righteousness </t><t>from generation to generation forever. </t>


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<pb/><t>They <f>ⓧ</f>angered him at the waters of Meribah, </t><t>and it went ill with Moses on their account,</t>


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<t>for they <f>ⓨ</f>made his spirit bitter, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>and he <f>ⓩ</f>spoke rashly with his lips. </t>


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<t>they poured out innocent blood, </t><t>the blood of their sons and daughters, </t><t>whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, </t><t>and the land was <f>ⓖ</f>polluted with blood.</t>


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<t>Thus they <f>ⓗ</f>became unclean by their acts, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>played the whore in their deeds. </t>


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<pb/><t>Then <f>ⓙ</f>the anger of the LORD was kindled against <f>ⓚ</f>his people, </t><t>and he abhorred his <f>ⓛ</f>heritage;</t>


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<t>he <f>ⓜ</f>gave them into the hand of the nations, </t><t>so that those who hated them ruled over them.</t>


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<t>Their enemies <f>ⓝ</f>oppressed them, </t><t>and they were brought into subjection under their power.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> Many times he delivered them, </t><t>but they were rebellious in their <f>ⓟ</f>purposes </t><t>and were <f>ⓠ</f>brought low through their iniquity. </t>


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<t>For their sake he <f>ⓢ</f>remembered his covenant, </t><t>and <f>ⓣ</f>relented according to <f>ⓤ</f>the abundance of his steadfast love.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> Save us, O LORD our God, </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>gather us from among the nations, </t><t>that we may give thanks to your holy name </t><t>and glory in your praise. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓨ</f> Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, </t><t>from everlasting to everlasting! </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>And let all the people say, “Amen!” </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Oh give thanks to the LORD, <f>ⓑ</f>for he is good, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever!</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓒ</f>the redeemed of the LORD say so, </t><t>whom he has <f>ⓓ</f>redeemed from trouble <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>and <f>ⓔ</f>gathered in from the lands, </t><t>from the east and from the west, </t><t>from the north and from the south. </t>


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<pb/><t>Some <f>ⓕ</f>wandered in desert wastes, </t><t>finding no way <f>ⓖ</f>to a city to dwell in;</t>


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<t>Then they <f>ⓘ</f>cried to the LORD in their trouble, </t><t>and he delivered them from their distress.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, </t><t>for his wondrous works to the children of man!</t>


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<t>For he <f>ⓜ</f>satisfies the longing soul, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>and the hungry soul he fills with good things. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> Some sat in darkness and in <f>ⓟ</f>the shadow of death, </t><t>prisoners in <f>ⓠ</f>affliction and in irons,</t>


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<t>for they <f>ⓡ</f>had rebelled against the words of God, </t><t>and <f>ⓢ</f>spurned the counsel of the Most High.</t>


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<t>So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; </t><t>they fell down, <f>ⓣ</f>with none to help.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, </t><t>and he delivered them from their distress.</t>


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<t>He brought them out of <f>ⓥ</f>darkness and the shadow of death, </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>burst their bonds apart.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, </t><t>for his wondrous works to the children of man!</t>


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<pb/><t>Some were <f>ⓩ</f>fools through their sinful ways, </t><t>and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> they loathed any kind of food, </t><t>and they <f>ⓑ</f>drew near to <f>ⓒ</f>the gates of death.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, </t><t>and he delivered them from their distress.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓔ</f>sent out his word and <f>ⓕ</f>healed them, </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>delivered them from their destruction.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, </t><t>for his wondrous works to the children of man!</t>


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<t>And let them <f>ⓘ</f>offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>tell of his deeds in <f>ⓚ</f>songs of joy! </t>


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<t>For he <f>ⓜ</f>commanded and <f>ⓝ</f>raised the stormy wind, </t><t>which lifted up the waves of the sea.</t>


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<t>They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; </t><t>their courage <f>ⓞ</f>melted away in their evil plight;</t>


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<t>they reeled and <f>ⓟ</f>staggered like drunken men </t><t>and <f>ⓠ</f>were at their wits' end. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, </t><t>and he delivered them from their distress.</t>


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<t>Then they were glad that the waters <f>[3]</f> were quiet, </t><t>and he brought them to their desired haven.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, </t><t>for his wondrous works to the children of man!</t>


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<t>Let them <f>ⓤ</f>extol him in <f>ⓥ</f>the congregation of the people, </t><t>and praise him in the assembly of the elders. </t>


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<t>He <f>ⓨ</f>turns a desert into pools of water, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>a parched land into springs of water.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> By his blessing they multiply greatly, </t><t>and he does not let their livestock diminish. </t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> he pours contempt on princes </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>makes them wander <f>ⓔ</f>in trackless wastes;</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓕ</f>he raises up the needy out of affliction </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>makes their families like flocks.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The upright see it and are glad, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>all wickedness shuts its mouth. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; </t><t>let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> My heart is steadfast, O God! </t><t>I will sing and make melody with all my being! <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; </t><t>I will sing praises to you among the nations.</t>


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<t>For your steadfast love is great <f>ⓑ</f>above the heavens; </t><t>your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. </t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> That your beloved ones may be delivered, </t><t>give salvation by your right hand and answer me! </t>


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<pb/><t>God has promised in his holiness: <f>[2]</f> </t><t>“With exultation I will divide up Shechem </t><t>and portion out the Valley of Succoth.</t>


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<t>Moab is my washbasin; </t><t>upon Edom I cast my shoe; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>over Philistia I shout in triumph.” </t>


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<t>For wicked and <f>ⓒ</f>deceitful mouths are opened against me, </t><t>speaking against me with lying tongues.</t>


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<t>In return for my love they <f>ⓔ</f>accuse me, </t><t>but I <f>ⓕ</f>give myself to prayer. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Appoint a wicked man <f>ⓘ</f>against him; </t><t>let an accuser stand <f>ⓙ</f>at his right hand.</t>


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<t>When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; </t><t>let his <f>ⓚ</f>prayer be counted as sin!</t>


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<t>May his children <f>ⓟ</f>wander about and beg, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!</t>


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<t>May <f>ⓡ</f>the creditor seize all that he has; </t><t>may <f>ⓢ</f>strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!</t>


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<t>Let there be none to <f>ⓣ</f>extend kindness to him, </t><t>nor any to <f>ⓤ</f>pity his fatherless children!</t>


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<t>May his <f>ⓥ</f>posterity be cut off; </t><t>may his <f>ⓦ</f>name be blotted out in the second generation!</t>


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<t>May <f>ⓧ</f>the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, </t><t>and let not the sin of his mother be <f>ⓨ</f>blotted out!</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Let them be before the LORD continually, </t><t>that he may <f>ⓐ</f>cut off the memory of them from the earth! </t>


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<pb/><t>For he did not remember to show kindness, </t><t>but pursued <f>ⓑ</f>the poor and needy </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>the brokenhearted, to put them to death.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> He loved to curse; let curses come <f>[2]</f> upon him! </t><t>He did not delight in blessing; may it be far <f>[3]</f> from him!</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓔ</f>clothed himself with cursing as his coat; </t><t>may it <f>ⓕ</f>soak <f>[4]</f> into his body like water, </t><t>like oil into his bones!</t>


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<t>May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, </t><t>like a belt that he puts on every day!</t>


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<t>May this be the reward of my <f>ⓖ</f>accusers from the LORD, </t><t>of those who speak evil against my life! </t>


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<pb/><t>But you, O GOD my Lord, </t><t>deal on my behalf <f>ⓗ</f>for your name's sake; </t><t>because your <f>ⓘ</f>steadfast love is good, deliver me!</t>


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<t>My knees are weak <f>ⓜ</f>through fasting; </t><t>my <f>ⓝ</f>body has become gaunt, with no fat.</t>


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<t>I am <f>ⓞ</f>an object of scorn to my accusers; </t><t>when they see me, they <f>ⓟ</f>wag their heads. </t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Let them curse, but you will bless! </t><t>They arise and are put to shame, but <f>ⓣ</f>your servant will be glad!</t>


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<t>May my accusers be <f>ⓤ</f>clothed with dishonor; </t><t>may they <f>ⓥ</f>be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak! </t>


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<pb/><t>With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD; </t><t>I will <f>ⓦ</f>praise him in the midst of the throng.</t>


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<t>For he stands <f>ⓧ</f>at the right hand of the needy one, </t><t>to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> The LORD says to my Lord: </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>“Sit at my right hand, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>until I make your enemies your <f>ⓓ</f>footstool.” </t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD sends forth <f>ⓔ</f>from Zion </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>your mighty scepter. </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Rule in the midst of your enemies!</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Your people will <f>ⓘ</f>offer themselves freely </t><t>on the day of your <f>ⓙ</f>power, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>in <f>ⓚ</f>holy garments; <f>[2]</f> </t><t>from the womb of the morning, </t><t>the dew of your youth will be yours. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> The LORD has <f>ⓜ</f>sworn </t><t>and will <f>ⓝ</f>not change his mind, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>“You are <f>ⓟ</f>a priest <f>ⓠ</f>forever </t><t>after the order of <f>ⓡ</f>Melchizedek.” </t>


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<pb/><t>The Lord is at your <f>ⓢ</f>right hand; </t><t>he will <f>ⓣ</f>shatter kings on <f>ⓤ</f>the day of his wrath.</t>


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<t>He will <f>ⓥ</f>execute judgment among the nations, </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>filling them with corpses; </t><t>he will <f>ⓧ</f>shatter chiefs <f>[4]</f> </t><t>over the wide earth.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f>Praise the LORD! </t><t>I <f>ⓑ</f>will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, </t><t>in the company of <f>ⓒ</f>the upright, in the congregation.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Full of splendor and majesty is his work, </t><t>and his <f>ⓖ</f>righteousness endures forever.</t>


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<t>He has <f>ⓗ</f>caused his wondrous works to be remembered; </t><t>the LORD is gracious and merciful.</t>


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<t>He has shown his people the power of his works, </t><t>in giving them the inheritance of the nations.</t>


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<t>The works of his hands are faithful and just; </t><t>all his precepts are <f>ⓙ</f>trustworthy;</t>


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<t>they are <f>ⓚ</f>established forever and ever, </t><t>to be performed with <f>ⓛ</f>faithfulness and uprightness.</t>


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<t>He sent <f>ⓜ</f>redemption to his people; </t><t>he has <f>ⓝ</f>commanded his covenant forever. </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>Holy and awesome is his name!</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; </t><t>all those who practice it have <f>ⓠ</f>a good understanding. </t><t>His <f>ⓡ</f>praise endures forever! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f>Praise the LORD! </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, </t><t>who <f>ⓒ</f>greatly delights in his commandments!</t>


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<t>His <f>ⓓ</f>offspring will be mighty in the land; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>the generation of the upright will be blessed.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Wealth and riches are in his house, </t><t>and his <f>ⓖ</f>righteousness endures forever.</t>


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<t>Light dawns in the darkness <f>ⓗ</f>for the upright; </t><t>he is gracious, merciful, and <f>ⓘ</f>righteous.</t>


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<t>It is well with the man who <f>ⓙ</f>deals generously and lends; </t><t>who conducts his affairs with justice.</t>


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<t>He is not <f>ⓜ</f>afraid of bad news; </t><t>his <f>ⓝ</f>heart is firm, <f>ⓞ</f>trusting in the LORD.</t>


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<t>His heart is steady; <f>[2]</f> he will not be afraid, </t><t>until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.</t>


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<t>He has <f>ⓟ</f>distributed freely; he has given to the poor; </t><t>his righteousness endures forever; </t><t>his <f>ⓠ</f>horn is exalted in honor.</t>


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<t>The wicked man sees it and is angry; </t><t>he <f>ⓡ</f>gnashes his teeth and <f>ⓢ</f>melts away; </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>the desire of the wicked will perish! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>Praise, O <f>ⓒ</f>servants of the LORD, </t><t>praise the name of the LORD! </t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> From the rising of the sun to its setting, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>the name of the LORD is <f>ⓖ</f>to be praised! </t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD is <f>ⓗ</f>high above all nations, </t><t>and his <f>ⓘ</f>glory above the heavens!</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓝ</f>gives the barren woman a home, </t><t>making her the joyous mother of children. </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t>When <f>ⓐ</f>Israel went out from Egypt, </t><t>the house of Jacob from <f>ⓑ</f>a people of strange language,</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, </t><t>at the presence of the God of Jacob,</t>


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<t>who turns <f>ⓘ</f>the rock into <f>ⓙ</f>a pool of water, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>the flint into a spring of water. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! </t>


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<t>They have hands, but do not feel; </t><t>feet, but do not walk; </t><t>and they do not make a sound in their throat.</t>


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<pb/><t>O <f>ⓙ</f>Israel, <f>[1]</f> <f>ⓚ</f>trust in the LORD! </t><t>He is their <f>ⓛ</f>help and their shield.</t>


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<t>O <f>ⓜ</f>house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! </t><t>He is their help and <f>ⓝ</f>their shield.</t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; </t><t>he will bless <f>ⓟ</f>the house of Israel; </t><t>he will bless <f>ⓠ</f>the house of Aaron;</t>


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<pb/><t>The heavens are the LORD's heavens, </t><t>but the earth he has given to the children of man.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> The dead do not praise the LORD, </t><t>nor do any who go down into <f>ⓧ</f>silence.</t>


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<t>But <f>ⓨ</f>we will bless the LORD </t><t>from this time forth and forevermore. </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t>I <f>ⓐ</f>love the LORD, because he has <f>ⓑ</f>heard </t><t>my voice and my pleas for mercy.</t>


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<t>Because he <f>ⓒ</f>inclined his ear to me, </t><t>therefore I will call on him as long as I live.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The snares of death encompassed me; </t><t>the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; </t><t>I suffered distress and anguish.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓕ</f> Gracious is the LORD, and <f>ⓖ</f>righteous; </t><t>our God is <f>ⓗ</f>merciful.</t>


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<t>Return, O my soul, to your <f>ⓚ</f>rest; </t><t>for the LORD has <f>ⓛ</f>dealt bountifully with you. </t>


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<pb/><t>For <f>ⓜ</f>you have delivered my soul from death, </t><t>my eyes from tears, </t><t>my feet from stumbling;</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> I believed, <f>ⓟ</f>even when <f>[1]</f> I spoke: </t><t>“I am greatly afflicted”;</t>


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<t>O LORD, I am your <f>ⓨ</f>servant; </t><t>I am your servant, <f>ⓩ</f>the son of your maidservant. </t><t>You have <f>ⓐ</f>loosed my bonds.</t>


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<t>I will <f>ⓑ</f>offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>call on the name of the LORD.</t>


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<t>in <f>ⓔ</f>the courts of the house of the LORD, </t><t>in your midst, O Jerusalem. </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<t>For <f>ⓑ</f>great is his steadfast love toward us, </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> Out of my distress I <f>ⓕ</f>called on the LORD; </t><t>the LORD answered me and set me <f>ⓖ</f>free.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The LORD is on my side as my helper; </t><t>I shall <f>ⓚ</f>look in triumph on those who hate me. </t>


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<t>They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; </t><t>in the name of the LORD I cut them off!</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> They surrounded me like bees; </t><t>they went out like <f>ⓠ</f>a fire among thorns; </t><t>in the name of the LORD I cut them off!</t>


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<t>Glad songs of salvation </t><t>are in the tents of the righteous: </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>“The right hand of the LORD <f>ⓤ</f>does valiantly,</t>


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<t>the right hand of the LORD exalts, </t><t>the right hand of the LORD <f>ⓥ</f>does valiantly!” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> I shall not die, but I shall live, </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>recount the deeds of the LORD.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓩ</f> Open to me the gates of righteousness, </t><t>that I may enter through them </t><t>and give thanks to the LORD.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! </t><t>We <f>ⓕ</f>bless you from the house of the LORD.</t>


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<t>The LORD is God, </t><t>and he has made <f>ⓖ</f>his light to shine upon us. </t><t>Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, </t><t>up to <f>ⓗ</f>the horns of the altar! </t>


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<pb/><t>You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; </t><t>you are my God; I will <f>ⓘ</f>extol you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>[1]</f> Blessed are those whose <f>ⓐ</f>way is blameless, </t><t>who <f>ⓑ</f>walk in the law of the LORD!</t>


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<t>Blessed are those who <f>ⓒ</f>keep his <f>ⓓ</f>testimonies, </t><t>who <f>ⓔ</f>seek him with their whole heart,</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Then I shall not be put to shame, </t><t>having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.</t>


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<t>I will praise you with an upright heart, </t><t>when I learn <f>ⓙ</f>your righteous rules. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<pb/><t>How can <f>ⓛ</f>a young man keep his way pure? </t><t>By guarding it according to your word.</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> With my whole heart I seek you; </t><t>let me not <f>ⓝ</f>wander from your commandments!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> Deal bountifully with your servant, </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>that I may live and keep your word.</t>


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<t>You rebuke <f>ⓑ</f>the insolent, <f>ⓒ</f>accursed ones, </t><t>who <f>ⓓ</f>wander from your commandments.</t>


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<t>Take away from me <f>ⓔ</f>scorn and contempt, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>for I have kept your testimonies.</t>


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<t>Even though <f>ⓖ</f>princes sit plotting against me, </t><t>your servant will <f>ⓗ</f>meditate on your statutes.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> My soul clings to the dust; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>give me life <f>ⓜ</f>according to your word!</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Make me understand the way of your precepts, </t><t>and I will <f>ⓠ</f>meditate on your wondrous works.</t>


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<t>I will run in the way of your commandments </t><t>when you <f>ⓥ</f>enlarge my heart! <f>[5]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; </t><t>and I will keep it <f>ⓧ</f>to the end. <f>[6]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> Give me understanding, that I may keep your law </t><t>and observe it with my whole heart.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; </t><t>and <f>ⓔ</f>give me life in your ways.</t>


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<t>Behold, I <f>ⓘ</f>long for your precepts; </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>in your righteousness give me life! </t>


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<pb/><t>Let your <f>ⓚ</f>steadfast love come to me, O LORD, </t><t>your salvation <f>ⓛ</f>according to your promise;</t>


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<t>then <f>ⓜ</f>shall I have an answer for him <f>ⓝ</f>who taunts me, </t><t>for I trust in your word.</t>


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<t>And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, </t><t>for my <f>ⓞ</f>hope is in your rules.</t>


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<t>I will also speak of your testimonies <f>ⓡ</f>before kings </t><t>and shall not be put to shame,</t>


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<t>I will <f>ⓣ</f>lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, </t><t>and I will <f>ⓤ</f>meditate on your statutes. </t>


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<pb/><t>Remember <f>ⓥ</f>your word to your servant, </t><t>in which you have made me <f>ⓦ</f>hope.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> The insolent utterly deride me, </t><t>but I do not <f>ⓐ</f>turn away from your law.</t>


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<t>I <f>ⓖ</f>entreat your favor with all my heart; </t><t>be gracious to me <f>ⓗ</f>according to your promise.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>teach me your statutes! </t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> The insolent <f>ⓦ</f>smear me with lies, </t><t>but with my whole heart I <f>ⓧ</f>keep your precepts;</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> The law of your mouth is better to me </t><t>than thousands of gold and silver pieces. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Your hands have made and fashioned me; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.</t>


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<t>Those who fear you shall see me and <f>ⓔ</f>rejoice, </t><t>because I have <f>ⓕ</f>hoped in your word.</t>


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<t>I know, O LORD, that your rules are <f>ⓖ</f>righteous, </t><t>and that in <f>ⓗ</f>faithfulness you have afflicted me.</t>


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<t>Let your <f>ⓘ</f>mercy come to me, that I may live; </t><t>for your law is my <f>ⓙ</f>delight.</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓚ</f>the insolent be put to <f>ⓛ</f>shame, </t><t>because they have <f>ⓜ</f>wronged me with falsehood; </t><t>as for me, I will <f>ⓝ</f>meditate on your precepts.</t>


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<t>May my heart be <f>ⓟ</f>blameless in your statutes, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>that I may not be put to shame! </t>


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<t>For I have <f>ⓥ</f>become like a <f>ⓦ</f>wineskin in the smoke, </t><t>yet I have not forgotten your statutes.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> How long must your servant endure? <f>[7]</f> </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>When will you judge those who persecute me?</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> The insolent have <f>ⓐ</f>dug pitfalls for me; </t><t>they do not live according to your law.</t>


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<t>All your commandments are <f>ⓑ</f>sure; </t><t>they persecute me <f>ⓒ</f>with falsehood; <f>ⓓ</f>help me!</t>


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<t>In your steadfast love <f>ⓔ</f>give me life, </t><t>that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth. </t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓖ</f>faithfulness endures to all generations; </t><t>you have <f>ⓗ</f>established the earth, and it <f>ⓘ</f>stands fast.</t>


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<t>I have seen a limit to all perfection, </t><t>but your commandment is exceedingly <f>ⓝ</f>broad. </t>


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<t>I have more understanding than all my teachers, </t><t>for <f>ⓡ</f>your testimonies are my meditation.</t>


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<t>I am severely <f>ⓐ</f>afflicted; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>give me life, O LORD, according to your word!</t>


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<t>Accept <f>ⓒ</f>my freewill offerings of praise, O LORD, </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>teach me your rules.</t>


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<t>The wicked have laid <f>ⓖ</f>a snare for me, </t><t>but <f>ⓗ</f>I do not stray from your precepts.</t>


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<t>Your testimonies are <f>ⓘ</f>my heritage forever, </t><t>for they are <f>ⓙ</f>the joy of my heart.</t>


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<t>I <f>ⓚ</f>incline my heart to perform your statutes </t><t>forever, <f>ⓛ</f>to the end. <f>[9]</f> </t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Depart from me, you evildoers, </t><t>that I may <f>ⓢ</f>keep the commandments of my God.</t>


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<t>Uphold me <f>ⓣ</f>according to your promise, that I may live, </t><t>and let me not be <f>ⓤ</f>put to shame in my <f>ⓥ</f>hope!</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Hold me up, that I may be safe </t><t>and have regard for your statutes continually!</t>


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<t>You <f>ⓧ</f>spurn all who <f>ⓨ</f>go astray from your statutes, </t><t>for their cunning is in vain.</t>


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<t>All the wicked of the earth you discard like <f>ⓩ</f>dross, </t><t>therefore <f>ⓐ</f>I love your testimonies.</t>


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<t>My <f>ⓔ</f>eyes long for your salvation </t><t>and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.</t>


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<t>Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, </t><t>and <f>ⓕ</f>teach me your statutes.</t>


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<t>I am your <f>ⓖ</f>servant; <f>ⓗ</f>give me understanding, </t><t>that I may know your testimonies!</t>


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<t>The unfolding of your words gives light; </t><t>it imparts <f>ⓜ</f>understanding to the simple.</t>


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<t>I <f>ⓝ</f>open my mouth and <f>ⓞ</f>pant, </t><t>because I <f>ⓟ</f>long for your commandments.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Turn to me and be gracious to me, </t><t>as is your way with those who love your name.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Keep steady my steps according to your promise, </t><t>and let no iniquity <f>ⓢ</f>get dominion over me.</t>


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<t>You have appointed your testimonies in <f>ⓩ</f>righteousness </t><t>and in all <f>ⓐ</f>faithfulness.</t>


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<t>Your testimonies are righteous forever; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>give me understanding that I may <f>ⓘ</f>live. </t>


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<pb/><t>With my <f>ⓙ</f>whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! </t><t>I will <f>ⓚ</f>keep your statutes.</t>


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<t>My eyes are awake before <f>ⓝ</f>the watches of the night, </t><t>that I may meditate on your promise.</t>


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<t>Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; </t><t>O LORD, <f>ⓞ</f>according to your justice <f>ⓟ</f>give me life.</t>


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<pb/><t>Look on my <f>ⓣ</f>affliction and deliver me, </t><t>for <f>ⓤ</f>I do not forget your law.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Plead my cause and redeem me; </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>give me life according to your promise!</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Salvation is far from the wicked, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>for they do not seek your statutes.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, </t><t>but I do not <f>ⓒ</f>swerve from your testimonies.</t>


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<t>I look at <f>ⓓ</f>the faithless with <f>ⓔ</f>disgust, </t><t>because they do not keep your commands.</t>


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<t>Consider how I <f>ⓕ</f>love your precepts! </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Give me life according to your steadfast love.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The sum of your word is <f>ⓘ</f>truth, </t><t>and every one of your <f>ⓙ</f>righteous rules endures forever. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> Princes persecute me <f>ⓛ</f>without cause, </t><t>but my heart <f>ⓜ</f>stands in awe of your words.</t>


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<t>Great <f>ⓡ</f>peace have those who love your law; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>nothing can make them stumble.</t>


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<pb/><t>Let my <f>ⓦ</f>cry come before you, O LORD; </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>give me understanding <f>ⓨ</f>according to your word!</t>


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<t>I have <f>ⓖ</f>gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, </t><t>for I do not <f>ⓗ</f>forget your commandments. </t>


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<pb/><t>What shall be given to you, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>and what more shall be done to you, </t><t>you deceitful tongue?</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> A warrior's <f>ⓓ</f>sharp arrows, </t><t>with glowing <f>ⓔ</f>coals of the broom tree! </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to me, that I sojourn in <f>ⓕ</f>Meshech, </t><t>that I dwell among <f>ⓖ</f>the tents of <f>ⓗ</f>Kedar!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> I <f>ⓑ</f>lift up my eyes to <f>ⓒ</f>the hills. </t><t>From where does my help come?</t>


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<pb/><t>He will not <f>ⓕ</f>let your foot be moved; </t><t>he who <f>ⓖ</f>keeps you will not slumber.</t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD is your keeper; </t><t>the LORD is your <f>ⓗ</f>shade on your <f>ⓘ</f>right hand.</t>


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<t>The LORD will keep </t><t>your <f>ⓝ</f>going out and your coming in </t><t>from this time forth and forevermore. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> I was glad when they said to me, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>“Let us go to the house of the LORD!”</t>


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<t>to which the tribes <f>ⓔ</f>go up, </t><t>the tribes of the LORD, </t><t>as was <f>ⓕ</f>decreed for <f>[1]</f> Israel, </t><t>to give thanks to the name of the LORD.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> To you I <f>ⓑ</f>lift up my eyes, </t><t>O you who are <f>ⓒ</f>enthroned in the heavens!</t>


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<t>Behold, as the eyes of servants </t><t>look to the hand of their master, </t><t>as the eyes of a maidservant </t><t>to the hand of her mistress, </t><t>so our eyes look to the LORD our God, </t><t>till he has mercy upon us. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f> Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, </t><t>for we have had more than enough of <f>ⓔ</f>contempt.</t>


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<t>Our soul has had more than enough </t><t>of <f>ⓕ</f>the scorn of <f>ⓖ</f>those who are at ease, </t><t>of the contempt of <f>ⓗ</f>the proud. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> If it had not been the LORD who was on our side — </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>let Israel now say — </t>


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<t>then they would have <f>ⓓ</f>swallowed us up alive, </t><t>when their anger was kindled against us;</t>


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<t>then <f>ⓔ</f>the flood would have <f>ⓕ</f>swept us away, </t><t>the torrent would have gone <f>ⓖ</f>over us;</t>


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<t>We have escaped like a bird </t><t>from <f>ⓗ</f>the snare of the fowlers; </t><t>the snare is broken, </t><t>and we have escaped! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Those who <f>ⓑ</f>trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, </t><t>which <f>ⓒ</f>cannot be moved, but abides forever.</t>


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<t>As the mountains surround Jerusalem, </t><t>so <f>ⓓ</f>the LORD surrounds his people, </t><t>from this time forth and forevermore.</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓔ</f>the scepter of wickedness shall not <f>ⓕ</f>rest </t><t>on <f>ⓖ</f>the land allotted to the righteous, </t><t>lest the righteous <f>ⓗ</f>stretch out </t><t>their hands to do wrong.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, </t><t>and to those who are <f>ⓙ</f>upright in their hearts!</t>


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<t>But those who <f>ⓚ</f>turn aside to their <f>ⓛ</f>crooked ways </t><t>the LORD will lead away with <f>ⓜ</f>evildoers! </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>Peace be upon Israel! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> When the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>restored the fortunes of Zion, </t><t>we were like those who <f>ⓒ</f>dream.</t>


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<t>Then our <f>ⓓ</f>mouth was filled with laughter, </t><t>and our tongue with shouts of joy; </t><t>then they said among the nations, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>“The LORD has done great things for them.”</t>


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<t>He who goes out weeping, </t><t>bearing the seed for sowing, </t><t>shall come home with shouts of joy, </t><t>bringing his sheaves with him. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Unless the LORD builds the house, </t><t>those who build it labor in vain. </t><t>Unless the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>watches over the city, </t><t>the watchman stays awake in vain.</t>


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<t>It is in vain that you rise up early </t><t>and go late to rest, </t><t>eating the bread of anxious <f>ⓒ</f>toil; </t><t>for he gives to his <f>ⓓ</f>beloved <f>ⓔ</f>sleep. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓕ</f>children are a heritage from the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>the fruit of the womb a reward.</t>


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<t>Like arrows in the hand of <f>ⓗ</f>a warrior </t><t>are the children <f>[1]</f> of one's youth.</t>


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<t>Blessed is the man </t><t>who fills his quiver with them! </t><t>He shall not be put to shame </t><t>when he speaks with his enemies <f>ⓘ</f>in the gate. <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f> Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, </t><t>who <f>ⓒ</f>walks in his ways!</t>


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<t>You <f>ⓓ</f>shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; </t><t>you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. </t>


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<pb/><t>Your wife will be like <f>ⓔ</f>a fruitful vine </t><t>within your house; </t><t>your children will be like <f>ⓕ</f>olive shoots </t><t>around your table.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> The LORD bless you <f>ⓗ</f>from Zion! </t><t>May you see <f>ⓘ</f>the prosperity of Jerusalem </t><t>all the days of your life!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> “Greatly <f>[1]</f> have they <f>ⓑ</f>afflicted me <f>ⓒ</f>from my youth” — </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>let Israel now say — </t>


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<t>“Greatly have they <f>ⓔ</f>afflicted me <f>ⓕ</f>from my youth, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>yet they have not prevailed against me.</t>


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<t>Let them be like <f>ⓛ</f>the grass on the housetops, </t><t>which <f>ⓜ</f>withers before it grows up,</t>


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<t>nor do those who pass by say, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>“The blessing of the LORD be upon you! </t><t>We <f>ⓞ</f>bless you in the name of the LORD!” </t>


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<t>O Lord, hear my voice! </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>Let your ears be attentive </t><t>to <f>ⓓ</f>the voice of my pleas for mercy! </t>


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<pb/><t>I <f>ⓘ</f>wait for the LORD, <f>ⓙ</f>my soul waits, </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>in his word I hope;</t>


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<t>my soul <f>ⓛ</f>waits for the Lord </t><t>more than <f>ⓜ</f>watchmen for <f>ⓝ</f>the morning, </t><t>more than watchmen for the morning. </t>


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<pb/><t>O Israel, <f>ⓞ</f>hope in the LORD! </t><t>For <f>ⓟ</f>with the LORD there is steadfast love, </t><t>and with him is plentiful redemption.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> O LORD, my heart is not <f>ⓑ</f>lifted up; </t><t>my eyes are not <f>ⓒ</f>raised too high; </t><t>I do not <f>ⓓ</f>occupy myself with things </t><t>too great and <f>ⓔ</f>too marvelous for me.</t>


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<t>But I have calmed and quieted my soul, </t><t>like a weaned <f>ⓕ</f>child with its mother; </t><t>like a weaned child is my soul within me. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, </t><t>all <f>ⓑ</f>the hardships he endured,</t>


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<t>until I <f>ⓕ</f>find a place for the LORD, </t><t>a dwelling place for <f>ⓖ</f>the Mighty One of Jacob.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, we heard of it in <f>ⓗ</f>Ephrathah; </t><t>we found it in <f>ⓘ</f>the fields of Jaar.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> Arise, O LORD, and go to your <f>ⓜ</f>resting place, </t><t>you and the ark of your <f>ⓝ</f>might.</t>


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<t>Let your <f>ⓞ</f>priests be <f>ⓟ</f>clothed with righteousness, </t><t>and let your <f>ⓠ</f>saints shout for joy.</t>


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<t>For the sake of your servant David, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>do not turn away the face of <f>ⓢ</f>your anointed one. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓣ</f> The LORD swore to David a sure oath </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>from which he will not turn back: </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>“One of the sons of your body <f>[1]</f> </t><t>I will set on your throne.</t>


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<t>If your sons keep my covenant </t><t>and my testimonies that I shall teach them, </t><t>their sons also forever </t><t>shall <f>ⓦ</f>sit on your throne.” </t>


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<pb/><t>For the LORD has <f>ⓧ</f>chosen Zion; </t><t>he has <f>ⓨ</f>desired it for his dwelling place:</t>


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<t>“This is my <f>ⓩ</f>resting place forever; </t><t>here I will <f>ⓐ</f>dwell, for I have desired it.</t>


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<t>I will abundantly <f>ⓑ</f>bless her provisions; </t><t>I will <f>ⓒ</f>satisfy her poor with bread.</t>


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<t>Her <f>ⓓ</f>priests I will clothe with salvation, </t><t>and her <f>ⓔ</f>saints will shout for joy.</t>


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<t>There I will make <f>ⓕ</f>a horn to sprout for David; </t><t>I have prepared <f>ⓖ</f>a lamp for <f>ⓗ</f>my anointed.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Behold, how good and pleasant it is </t><t>when <f>ⓑ</f>brothers dwell in unity! <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>It is like the precious <f>ⓒ</f>oil on <f>ⓓ</f>the head, </t><t>running down on the beard, </t><t>on the beard of Aaron, </t><t>running down on <f>ⓔ</f>the collar of his robes!</t>


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<t>It is like <f>ⓕ</f>the dew of <f>ⓖ</f>Hermon, </t><t>which falls on <f>ⓗ</f>the mountains of Zion! </t><t>For there the LORD <f>ⓘ</f>has commanded the blessing, </t><t>life forevermore. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Come, bless the LORD, all you <f>ⓑ</f>servants of the LORD, </t><t>who <f>ⓒ</f>stand <f>ⓓ</f>by night in the house of the LORD!</t>


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<pb/><t>May the LORD <f>ⓖ</f>bless you <f>ⓗ</f>from Zion, </t><t>he who <f>ⓘ</f>made heaven and earth! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t>Praise the name of the LORD, </t><t>give praise, O <f>ⓑ</f>servants of the LORD,</t>


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<t>who <f>ⓒ</f>stand in the house of the LORD, </t><t>in <f>ⓓ</f>the courts of the house of our God!</t>


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<t>Praise the LORD, for <f>ⓔ</f>the LORD is good; </t><t>sing to his name, <f>ⓕ</f>for it is pleasant! <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>For the LORD has <f>ⓖ</f>chosen Jacob for himself, </t><t>Israel as his <f>ⓗ</f>own possession. </t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, </t><t>in heaven and on earth, </t><t>in the seas and all deeps.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, </t><t>who <f>ⓛ</f>makes lightnings for the rain </t><t>and brings forth the wind from his <f>ⓜ</f>storehouses. </t>


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<pb/><t>He it was who <f>ⓝ</f>struck down the firstborn of Egypt, </t><t>both of man and of beast;</t>


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<t>who in your midst, O Egypt, </t><t>sent <f>ⓞ</f>signs and wonders </t><t>against Pharaoh and all his servants;</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Sihon, king of the Amorites, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>Og, king of Bashan, </t><t>and <f>ⓢ</f>all the kingdoms of Canaan,</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> Your name, O LORD, endures forever, </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>your renown, <f>[2]</f> O LORD, throughout all ages.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> For the LORD will vindicate his people </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>have compassion on his servants. </t>


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<t>Blessed be the LORD <f>ⓐ</f>from Zion, </t><t>he who <f>ⓑ</f>dwells in Jerusalem! </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>for his steadfast love endures forever.</t>


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<pb/><t>to him who alone <f>ⓔ</f>does great wonders, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>to him who <f>ⓕ</f>by understanding <f>ⓖ</f>made the heavens, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>to him who <f>ⓗ</f>spread out the earth <f>ⓘ</f>above the waters, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<pb/><t>to him who <f>ⓚ</f>struck down the firstborn of Egypt, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>and <f>ⓛ</f>brought Israel out from among them, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>with <f>ⓜ</f>a strong hand and an outstretched arm, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>to him who <f>ⓝ</f>divided the Red Sea in two, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> and made Israel pass through the midst of it, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓟ</f>overthrew <f>[1]</f> Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<t>to him who <f>ⓠ</f>led his people through the wilderness, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever; </t>


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<pb/><t>to him <f>ⓡ</f>who struck down great kings, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<pb/><t>It is he who <f>ⓣ</f>remembered us in our low estate, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever;</t>


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<pb/><t>Give thanks to <f>ⓦ</f>the God of heaven, </t><t>for his steadfast love endures forever. </t>


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<pb/><t>By the waters of Babylon, </t><t>there we sat down and wept, </t><t>when we remembered Zion.</t>


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<t>For there our captors </t><t>required of us songs, </t><t>and our tormentors, mirth, saying, </t><t>“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” </t>


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<t>Let my <f>ⓒ</f>tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, </t><t>if I do not remember you, </t><t>if I do not set Jerusalem </t><t>above my highest joy! </t>


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<pb/><t>Remember, O LORD, against the <f>ⓓ</f>Edomites </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>the day of Jerusalem, </t><t>how they said, <f>ⓕ</f>“Lay it bare, lay it bare, </t><t>down to its foundations!”</t>


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<t>O daughter of Babylon, <f>ⓖ</f>doomed to be destroyed, </t><t>blessed shall he be who <f>ⓗ</f>repays you </t><t>with what you have done to us!</t>


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<t>Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>dashes them against the rock! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; </t><t>before <f>ⓑ</f>the gods I sing your praise;</t>


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<t>I bow down <f>ⓒ</f>toward your <f>ⓓ</f>holy temple </t><t>and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, </t><t>for you have exalted above all things </t><t>your name and your word. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, </t><t>for they have heard the words of your mouth,</t>


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<t>and they shall sing of <f>ⓕ</f>the ways of the LORD, </t><t>for great is the glory of the LORD.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, </t><t>but the haughty he knows from afar. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Though I walk in the midst of trouble, </t><t>you <f>ⓘ</f>preserve my life; </t><t>you <f>ⓙ</f>stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, </t><t>and your <f>ⓚ</f>right hand delivers me.</t>


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<t>The LORD will <f>ⓛ</f>fulfill his purpose for me; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. </t><t>Do not forsake <f>ⓝ</f>the work of your hands. </t>


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<t>You <f>ⓑ</f>know when I sit down and when I rise up; </t><t>you <f>ⓒ</f>discern my thoughts from afar.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Such knowledge is <f>ⓗ</f>too wonderful for me; </t><t>it is high; I cannot attain it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> Where shall I go from your Spirit? </t><t>Or where <f>ⓙ</f>shall I flee from your presence?</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> If I ascend to heaven, you are there! </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!</t>


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<t>If I say, <f>ⓝ</f>“Surely the darkness shall cover me, </t><t>and the light about me be night,”</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> even the darkness is not dark to you; </t><t>the night is bright as the day, </t><t>for darkness is as light with you. </t>


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<pb/><t>For you <f>ⓟ</f>formed my inward parts; </t><t>you <f>ⓠ</f>knitted me together in my mother's womb.</t>


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<t>I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>Wonderful are your works; </t><t>my soul knows it very well.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> My frame was not hidden from you, </t><t>when I was being made in secret, </t><t>intricately woven in <f>ⓣ</f>the depths of the earth.</t>


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<t>Your eyes saw my unformed substance; </t><t>in your <f>ⓤ</f>book were written, every one of them, </t><t>the days that were formed for me, </t><t>when as yet there was none of them. </t>


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<pb/><t>How precious to me are your <f>ⓥ</f>thoughts, O God! </t><t>How vast is the sum of them!</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> If I would count them, they are more than <f>ⓧ</f>the sand. </t><t>I awake, and I am still with you. </t>


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<pb/><t>Oh that you would <f>ⓨ</f>slay the wicked, O God! </t><t>O <f>ⓩ</f>men of blood, <f>ⓐ</f>depart from me!</t>


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<t>They <f>ⓑ</f>speak against you with malicious intent; </t><t>your enemies <f>ⓒ</f>take your name in vain. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? </t><t>And do I not <f>ⓔ</f>loathe those who <f>ⓕ</f>rise up against you?</t>


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<pb/><t>Search me, O God, and know my heart! </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Try me and know my thoughts! <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>And see if there be any grievous way in me, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>lead me in <f>ⓘ</f>the way everlasting! <f>[4]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; </t><t>preserve me from <f>ⓑ</f>violent men,</t>


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<t>They make <f>ⓓ</f>their tongue sharp as <f>ⓔ</f>a serpent's, </t><t>and <f>ⓕ</f>under their lips is the <f>ⓖ</f>venom of asps. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t>Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; </t><t>preserve me from <f>ⓗ</f>violent men, </t><t>who have planned to trip up my feet.</t>


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<t>The arrogant have <f>ⓘ</f>hidden a trap for me, </t><t>and with cords they have spread <f>ⓙ</f>a net; <f>[1]</f> </t><t>beside the way they have set <f>ⓚ</f>snares for me. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> I say to the LORD, You are my God; </t><t>give ear to <f>ⓜ</f>the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!</t>


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<t>O LORD, my Lord, <f>ⓝ</f>the strength of my salvation, </t><t>you have covered my head in the day of battle.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; </t><t>do not further their <f>[2]</f> evil plot, or <f>ⓟ</f>they will be exalted! <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t>As for the head of those who surround me, </t><t>let <f>ⓠ</f>the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓡ</f>burning coals fall upon them! </t><t>Let them be cast into fire, </t><t>into miry pits, no more to rise!</t>


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<t>Let not the slanderer be established in the land; </t><t>let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! </t>


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<pb/><t>I know that the LORD will <f>ⓢ</f>maintain the cause of the afflicted, </t><t>and <f>ⓣ</f>will execute justice for the needy.</t>


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<t>Surely <f>ⓤ</f>the righteous shall give thanks to your name; </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>the upright shall dwell in your presence. </t>


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<pb/><t>O LORD, I call upon you; <f>ⓐ</f>hasten to me! </t><t>Give ear to my voice when I call to you!</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓑ</f>my prayer be counted as incense before you, </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>the lifting up of my hands as <f>ⓓ</f>the evening sacrifice! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>keep watch over the door of my lips!</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Do not let my heart incline to any evil, </t><t>to busy myself with wicked deeds </t><t>in company with men who <f>ⓗ</f>work iniquity, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>let me not eat of their delicacies! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> Let a righteous man strike me — it is a kindness; </t><t>let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head; </t><t>let my head not refuse it. </t><t>Yet <f>ⓚ</f>my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.</t>


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<t>When their judges are <f>ⓛ</f>thrown over the cliff, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.</t>


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<t>As when one plows and breaks up the earth, </t><t>so shall our bones <f>ⓜ</f>be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>But <f>ⓝ</f>my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord; </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless! <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>Keep me from <f>ⓟ</f>the trap that they have laid for me </t><t>and from the snares of evildoers!</t>


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<f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f> <pb/><t>With my voice I <f>ⓑ</f>cry out to the LORD; </t><t>with my voice I <f>ⓒ</f>plead for mercy to the LORD.</t>


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<pb/><t>When my spirit <f>ⓔ</f>faints within me, </t><t>you know my way! </t><t>In the path where I walk </t><t>they have <f>ⓕ</f>hidden a trap for me.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Look to the <f>ⓗ</f>right and see: </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>there is none who takes notice of me; </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>no refuge remains to me; </t><t>no one cares for my soul. </t>


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<pb/><t>I cry to you, O LORD; </t><t>I say, “You are my <f>ⓚ</f>refuge, </t><t>my <f>ⓛ</f>portion in <f>ⓜ</f>the land of the living.”</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Attend to my cry, </t><t>for <f>ⓞ</f>I am brought very low! </t><t>Deliver me from my persecutors, </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>for they are too strong for me!</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Bring me out of prison, </t><t>that I may give thanks to your name! </t><t>The righteous will surround me, </t><t>for you will <f>ⓡ</f>deal bountifully with me. </t>


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<pb/><t>Hear my prayer, O LORD; </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>give ear to my pleas for mercy! </t><t>In your <f>ⓑ</f>faithfulness answer me, in your <f>ⓒ</f>righteousness!</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Enter not into judgment with your servant, </t><t>for no one living is righteous <f>ⓔ</f>before you. </t>


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<pb/><t>For the enemy has pursued my soul; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>he has crushed my life to the ground; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> I remember the days of old; </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>I meditate on all that you have done; </t><t>I ponder the work of your hands.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> I stretch out my hands to you; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>my soul thirsts for you like <f>ⓜ</f>a parched land. <pb/><i>Selah</i> <pb/></t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓝ</f> Answer me quickly, O LORD! </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>My spirit fails! </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>Hide not your face from me, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>lest I be like those who go down to the pit.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, </t><t>for in you I <f>ⓢ</f>trust. </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>Make me know the way I should go, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>for to you I lift up my soul. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! </t><t>I have fled to you for refuge. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Teach me to do your will, </t><t>for you are my God! </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>Let your good Spirit <f>ⓨ</f>lead me </t><t>on <f>ⓩ</f>level ground! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> For your name's sake, O LORD, <f>ⓑ</f>preserve my life! </t><t>In your righteousness <f>ⓒ</f>bring my soul out of trouble!</t>


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<t>And in your steadfast love you will <f>ⓓ</f>cut off my enemies, </t><t>and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, </t><t>for I am your <f>ⓔ</f>servant. </t>


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<pb/><t>Blessed be the LORD, my <f>ⓐ</f>rock, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>who trains my hands for war, </t><t>and my fingers for battle;</t>


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<t>he is my <f>ⓒ</f>steadfast love and my <f>ⓓ</f>fortress, </t><t>my <f>ⓔ</f>stronghold and my deliverer, </t><t>my <f>ⓕ</f>shield and he in whom I take refuge, </t><t>who <f>ⓖ</f>subdues peoples <f>[1]</f> under me. </t>


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<pb/><t>O LORD, <f>ⓗ</f>what is man that you <f>ⓘ</f>regard him, </t><t>or the son of man that you think of him?</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>Touch the mountains so that they smoke!</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>send out your arrows and rout them!</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Stretch out your hand from on high; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, </t><t>from the hand <f>ⓢ</f>of foreigners,</t>


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<t>whose mouths speak <f>ⓣ</f>lies </t><t>and whose right hand is <f>ⓤ</f>a right hand of falsehood. </t>


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<pb/><t>I will sing <f>ⓥ</f>a new song to you, O God; </t><t>upon <f>ⓦ</f>a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,</t>


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<t>who gives victory to kings, </t><t>who <f>ⓧ</f>rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.</t>


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<t>Rescue me and deliver me </t><t>from the hand <f>ⓨ</f>of foreigners, </t><t>whose mouths speak <f>ⓩ</f>lies </t><t>and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. </t>


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<pb/><t>May our sons in their youth </t><t>be like <f>ⓐ</f>plants full grown, </t><t>our daughters like <f>ⓑ</f>corner pillars </t><t>cut for the structure of a palace;</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> may our granaries be full, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>providing all kinds of produce; </t><t>may our sheep bring forth thousands </t><t>and ten thousands in our fields;</t>


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<t>may our cattle be heavy with young, </t><t>suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; <f>[2]</f> </t><t>may there be no <f>ⓔ</f>cry of distress in our streets!</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! </t>


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<f>[1]</f> <pb/><t> <f>ⓐ</f> I will extol you, my God and <f>ⓑ</f>King, </t><t>and bless your name forever and ever.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, </t><t>and his <f>ⓔ</f>greatness is unsearchable. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓕ</f> One generation shall commend your works to another, </t><t>and shall declare your mighty acts.</t>


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<t>On <f>ⓖ</f>the glorious splendor of your majesty, </t><t>and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.</t>


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<t>They shall speak of <f>ⓗ</f>the might of your awesome deeds, </t><t>and I will declare your greatness.</t>


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<t>They shall pour forth the fame of your <f>ⓘ</f>abundant goodness </t><t>and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. </t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD is <f>ⓙ</f>gracious and merciful, </t><t>slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, </t><t>and all your <f>ⓜ</f>saints shall bless you!</t>


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<t>to <f>ⓝ</f>make known to the children of man your <f>[2]</f> <f>ⓞ</f>mighty deeds, </t><t>and <f>ⓟ</f>the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, </t><t>and your dominion endures throughout all generations. </t> <pb/><t>[The LORD is faithful in all his words </t><t>and kind in all his works.] <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>The LORD <f>ⓡ</f>upholds all who are falling </t><t>and <f>ⓢ</f>raises up all who are bowed down.</t>


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<t>The LORD is <f>ⓨ</f>near to all who call on him, </t><t>to all who call on him <f>ⓩ</f>in truth.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓐ</f>fulfills the desire of those who fear him; </t><t>he also <f>ⓑ</f>hears their cry and saves them.</t>


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<pb/><t>My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. </t>


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<t>I will praise the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>as long as I live; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f> Put not your trust in princes, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>in a son of man, in whom there is <f>ⓕ</f>no salvation.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓖ</f>his breath departs, he returns to the earth; </t><t>on that very day his plans perish. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, </t><t>whose <f>ⓘ</f>hope is in the LORD his God,</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> who made heaven and earth, </t><t>the sea, and all that is in them, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>who keeps faith forever;</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> who executes justice for the oppressed, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>who gives food to the hungry. </t> <pb/><t><f>ⓝ</f>The LORD sets the prisoners free;</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>the LORD loves the righteous.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> The LORD watches over the sojourners; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>he upholds the widow and the fatherless, </t><t>but <f>ⓣ</f>the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> The LORD will reign forever, </t><t>your God, O Zion, to all generations. </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t>For <f>ⓑ</f>it is good to sing praises to our God; </t><t>for <f>ⓒ</f>it is pleasant, <f>[1]</f> and <f>ⓓ</f>a song of praise is fitting.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓘ</f>determines the number of the stars; </t><t>he <f>ⓙ</f>gives to all of them their names.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Great is our Lord, and <f>ⓛ</f>abundant in power; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>his understanding is beyond measure.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; </t><t>make melody to our God on <f>ⓟ</f>the lyre!</t>


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<t>He covers the heavens with clouds; </t><t>he prepares <f>ⓠ</f>rain for the earth; </t><t>he makes <f>ⓡ</f>grass grow on the hills.</t>


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<t>His delight is not in <f>ⓤ</f>the strength of the horse, </t><t>nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,</t>


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<t>but the LORD <f>ⓥ</f>takes pleasure in those who fear him, </t><t>in those who <f>ⓦ</f>hope in his steadfast love. </t>


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<t>For he strengthens <f>ⓧ</f>the bars of your gates; </t><t>he blesses your children within you.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓨ</f>makes peace in your borders; </t><t>he <f>ⓩ</f>fills you with the <f>ⓐ</f>finest of the wheat.</t>


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<t>He hurls down his crystals of <f>ⓔ</f>ice like crumbs; </t><t>who can stand before his <f>ⓕ</f>cold?</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓖ</f>sends out his word, and melts them; </t><t>he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓘ</f>has not dealt thus with any other nation; </t><t>they do not know his rules. <f>[4]</f> </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t>Praise the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>from the heavens; </t><t>praise him <f>ⓒ</f>in the heights!</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Let them praise the name of the LORD! </t><t>For <f>ⓗ</f>he commanded and they were created.</t>


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<t>And he <f>ⓘ</f>established them forever and ever; </t><t>he gave <f>ⓙ</f>a decree, and it shall not <f>ⓚ</f>pass away. <f>[1]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>Praise the LORD <f>ⓛ</f>from the earth, </t><t>you <f>ⓜ</f>great sea creatures and all deeps,</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> fire and hail, <f>ⓞ</f>snow and mist, </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>stormy wind <f>ⓠ</f>fulfilling his word! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓧ</f> Let them praise the name of the LORD, </t><t>for <f>ⓨ</f>his name alone is exalted; </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>his majesty is above earth and heaven.</t>


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<t>He has <f>ⓐ</f>raised up a horn for his people, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>praise for all his saints, </t><t>for the people of Israel who are <f>ⓒ</f>near to him. </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t>Sing to the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>a new song, </t><t>his praise in <f>ⓒ</f>the assembly of the godly!</t>


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<t>Let Israel <f>ⓓ</f>be glad in <f>ⓔ</f>his Maker; </t><t>let the children of Zion rejoice in their <f>ⓕ</f>King!</t>


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<t>Let them praise his name with <f>ⓖ</f>dancing, </t><t>making melody to him with <f>ⓗ</f>tambourine and <f>ⓘ</f>lyre!</t>


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<t>For the LORD <f>ⓙ</f>takes pleasure in his people; </t><t>he <f>ⓚ</f>adorns the humble with salvation.</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓝ</f>the high praises of God be in their throats </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>two-edged swords in their hands,</t>


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<t>to execute on them the judgment <f>ⓠ</f>written! </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>This is honor for all his godly ones. </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>Praise the LORD! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Praise the LORD! </t><t>Praise God in his <f>ⓑ</f>sanctuary; </t><t>praise him in <f>ⓒ</f>his mighty heavens! <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>Praise him for his <f>ⓓ</f>mighty deeds; </t><t>praise him according to his excellent <f>ⓔ</f>greatness! </t>


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<pb/><t>Praise him with <f>ⓕ</f>trumpet sound; </t><t>praise him with <f>ⓖ</f>lute and <f>ⓗ</f>harp!</t>


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<t>Praise him with <f>ⓘ</f>tambourine and <f>ⓙ</f>dance; </t><t>praise him with <f>ⓚ</f>strings and <f>ⓛ</f>pipe!</t>


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<t>to receive instruction in wise dealing, </t><t>in <f>ⓑ</f>righteousness, justice, and equity;</t>


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<t>to give prudence to <f>ⓒ</f>the simple, </t><t>knowledge and <f>ⓓ</f>discretion to the youth — </t>


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<t>Let the wise hear and <f>ⓔ</f>increase in learning, </t><t>and the one who understands obtain guidance,</t>


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<t>to understand a proverb and a saying, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>the words of the wise and their <f>ⓖ</f>riddles. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; </t><t>fools despise wisdom and instruction. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> Hear, my son, your father's instruction, </t><t>and forsake not your mother's teaching,</t>


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<t>for they are <f>ⓙ</f>a graceful garland for your head </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>pendants for your neck.</t>


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<t>If they say, “Come with us, <f>ⓜ</f>let us lie in wait for blood; </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>let us ambush the innocent without reason;</t>


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<t>like Sheol let us <f>ⓞ</f>swallow them alive, </t><t>and whole, like <f>ⓟ</f>those who go down to the pit;</t>


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<t>my son, <f>ⓠ</f>do not walk in the way with them; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>hold back your foot from their paths,</t>


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<t>but these men <f>ⓤ</f>lie in wait for their own blood; </t><t>they <f>ⓥ</f>set an ambush for their own lives.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Such are the ways of everyone who is <f>ⓧ</f>greedy for unjust gain; </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>it takes away the life of its possessors. </t>


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<t>at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; </t><t>at <f>ⓐ</f>the entrance of the city gates she speaks:</t>


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<t>“How long, O <f>ⓑ</f>simple ones, will you love being simple? </t><t>How long will <f>ⓒ</f>scoffers delight in their scoffing </t><t>and fools <f>ⓓ</f>hate knowledge?</t>


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<t>If you turn at my reproof, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>behold, I will <f>ⓔ</f>pour out my spirit to you; </t><t>I will make my words known to you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Because I have called and <f>ⓖ</f>you refused to listen, </t><t>have <f>ⓗ</f>stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,</t>


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<t>because you have <f>ⓘ</f>ignored all my counsel </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>would have none of my reproof,</t>


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<t>I also <f>ⓚ</f>will laugh at your calamity; </t><t>I will mock when <f>ⓛ</f>terror strikes you,</t>


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<t>when terror strikes you like <f>ⓜ</f>a storm </t><t>and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, </t><t>when distress and anguish come upon you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; </t><t>they will seek me diligently but will not find me.</t>


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<t>therefore they shall eat <f>ⓢ</f>the fruit of their way, </t><t>and have <f>ⓣ</f>their fill of their own devices.</t>


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<t>For the simple are killed by <f>ⓤ</f>their turning away, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>the complacency of fools destroys them;</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓦ</f>whoever listens to me will dwell secure </t><t>and will be <f>ⓧ</f>at ease, without dread of disaster.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> My son, <f>ⓑ</f>if you receive my words </t><t>and treasure up my commandments with you,</t>


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<t>he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; </t><t>he is <f>ⓗ</f>a shield to those who <f>ⓘ</f>walk in integrity,</t>


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<t>guarding the paths of justice </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>watching over the way of his <f>ⓚ</f>saints.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Then you will understand <f>ⓜ</f>righteousness and justice </t><t>and equity, every good path;</t>


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<t>men whose <f>ⓢ</f>paths are crooked, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>and who are <f>ⓤ</f>devious in their ways. </t>


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<pb/><t>So <f>ⓥ</f>you will be delivered from the forbidden <f>[1]</f> woman, </t><t>from <f>ⓦ</f>the adulteress <f>[2]</f> with <f>ⓧ</f>her smooth words,</t>


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<t>who forsakes <f>ⓨ</f>the companion of her youth </t><t>and forgets <f>ⓩ</f>the covenant of her God;</t>


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<t>For the upright <f>ⓑ</f>will inhabit the land, </t><t>and those with integrity will remain in it,</t>


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<t>but the wicked will be <f>ⓒ</f>cut off from the land, </t><t>and the treacherous will be <f>ⓓ</f>rooted out of it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> My son, do not forget my teaching, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>but let your heart keep my commandments,</t>


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<pb/><t>Let not <f>ⓔ</f>steadfast love and <f>ⓕ</f>faithfulness forsake you; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>bind them around your neck; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>write them on the tablet of your heart.</t>


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<t>So you will <f>ⓘ</f>find favor and <f>ⓙ</f>good success <f>[1]</f> </t><t>in the sight of God and man. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> Trust in the LORD with all your heart, </t><t>and <f>ⓛ</f>do not lean on your own understanding.</t>


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<t>In all your ways <f>ⓜ</f>acknowledge him, </t><t>and he <f>ⓝ</f>will make straight your paths.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> Be not wise in your own eyes; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.</t>


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<t>It will be <f>ⓠ</f>healing to your flesh <f>[2]</f> </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>refreshment <f>[3]</f> to your bones. </t>


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<pb/><t>Honor the LORD with your wealth </t><t>and with <f>ⓢ</f>the firstfruits of all your produce;</t>


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<t>then your <f>ⓣ</f>barns will be filled with plenty, </t><t>and your vats will be bursting with wine. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline </t><t>or be weary of his reproof,</t>


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<t>for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, </t><t>as <f>ⓥ</f>a father the son in whom he delights. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, </t><t>and the one who gets understanding,</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> for the gain from her is better than gain from silver </t><t>and her profit better than <f>ⓨ</f>gold.</t>


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<t>She is more precious than <f>ⓩ</f>jewels, </t><t>and <f>ⓐ</f>nothing you desire can compare with her.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Long life is in her right hand; </t><t>in her left hand are <f>ⓒ</f>riches and honor.</t>


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<t>She is <f>ⓔ</f>a tree of life to those who <f>ⓕ</f>lay hold of her; </t><t>those who hold her fast are called blessed. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; </t><t>by understanding <f>ⓗ</f>he established the heavens;</t>


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<t>by his knowledge <f>ⓘ</f>the deeps broke open, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>the clouds drop down the dew. </t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Then you will walk on your way securely, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>and your foot will not stumble.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> If you lie down, you will not be afraid; </t><t>when you lie down, <f>ⓠ</f>your sleep will be sweet.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Do not be afraid of sudden terror </t><t>or of <f>ⓢ</f>the ruin <f>[4]</f> of the wicked, when it comes,</t>


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<t>for the LORD will be your confidence </t><t>and will <f>ⓣ</f>keep your foot from being caught.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, <f>[5]</f> </t><t>when it is in your power to do it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, </t><t>tomorrow I will give it” — when you have it with you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Do not plan evil against your neighbor, </t><t>who <f>ⓧ</f>dwells trustingly beside you.</t>


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<t>for <f>ⓑ</f>the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>but the upright are <f>ⓒ</f>in his confidence.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, </t><t>but he <f>ⓔ</f>blesses the dwelling of the righteous.</t>


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<t>Toward the <f>ⓕ</f>scorners he <f>ⓖ</f>is scornful, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>but to the humble he gives favor. <f>[6]</f></t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, </t><t>and be attentive, that you may <f>ⓑ</f>gain <f>[1]</f> insight,</t>


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<t>When I was a son with my father, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>tender, <f>ⓔ</f>the only one in the sight of my mother,</t>


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<t>he <f>ⓕ</f>taught me and said to me, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>“Let your heart hold fast my words; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>keep my commandments, and live.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Get wisdom; get <f>ⓙ</f>insight; </t><t>do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, </t><t>and whatever you get, get <f>ⓜ</f>insight.</t>


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<t>Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; </t><t>she will <f>ⓝ</f>honor you <f>ⓞ</f>if you embrace her.</t>


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<t>She will place on your head <f>ⓟ</f>a graceful garland; </t><t>she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓠ</f> Hear, <f>ⓡ</f>my son, and accept my words, </t><t>that <f>ⓢ</f>the years of your life may be many.</t>


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<t>I have <f>ⓣ</f>taught you the way of wisdom; </t><t>I have led you in the paths of uprightness.</t>


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<t>When you walk, <f>ⓤ</f>your step will not be hampered, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>if you run, you will not stumble.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; </t><t>guard her, for she is your <f>ⓧ</f>life.</t>


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<t>For they <f>ⓩ</f>cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; </t><t>they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.</t>


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<t>But <f>ⓑ</f>the path of the righteous is like <f>ⓒ</f>the light of dawn, </t><t>which shines <f>ⓓ</f>brighter and brighter until <f>ⓔ</f>full day.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> The way of the wicked is like deep <f>ⓖ</f>darkness; </t><t>they do not know over what they <f>ⓗ</f>stumble. </t>


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<t>For they are <f>ⓛ</f>life to those who find them, </t><t>and healing to all their <f>[2]</f> flesh.</t>


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<t>Keep your heart with all vigilance, </t><t>for <f>ⓜ</f>from it flow <f>ⓝ</f>the springs of life.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Ponder <f>[3]</f> the path of your feet; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>then all your ways will be sure.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> My son, be attentive to my wisdom; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>incline your ear to my understanding,</t>


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<t>For the lips of <f>ⓔ</f>a forbidden <f>[1]</f> woman drip honey, </t><t>and her speech <f>[2]</f> is <f>ⓕ</f>smoother than oil,</t>


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<t>but in the end she is <f>ⓖ</f>bitter as <f>ⓗ</f>wormwood, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>sharp as <f>ⓙ</f>a two-edged sword.</t>


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<t>she <f>ⓛ</f>does not ponder the path of life; </t><t>her ways wander, and she does not know it. </t>


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<pb/><t>And <f>ⓜ</f>now, O sons, listen to me, </t><t>and do not depart from the words of my mouth.</t>


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<t>lest strangers take their fill of your strength, </t><t>and your <f>ⓝ</f>labors go to the house of a foreigner,</t>


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<t>Should your <f>ⓣ</f>springs be scattered abroad, </t><t>streams of water <f>ⓤ</f>in the streets?</t>


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<t>Let your <f>ⓦ</f>fountain be blessed, </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>rejoice in <f>ⓨ</f>the wife of your youth,</t>


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<t>a lovely <f>ⓩ</f>deer, a graceful doe. </t><t>Let her breasts <f>ⓐ</f>fill you at all times with delight; </t><t>be intoxicated <f>[4]</f> always in her love.</t>


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<t>Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with <f>ⓑ</f>a forbidden woman </t><t>and embrace the bosom of <f>ⓒ</f>an adulteress? <f>[5]</f></t>


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<t>For <f>ⓓ</f>a man's ways are <f>ⓔ</f>before the eyes of the LORD, </t><t>and he <f>ⓕ</f>ponders <f>[6]</f> all his paths.</t>


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<t>The <f>ⓖ</f>iniquities of the wicked <f>ⓗ</f>ensnare him, </t><t>and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> He dies for lack of discipline, </t><t>and because of his great folly he is <f>ⓙ</f>led astray. </t>


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<pb/><t>My son, if you have put up <f>ⓐ</f>security for your neighbor, </t><t>have <f>ⓑ</f>given your pledge for a stranger,</t>


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<t>if you are <f>ⓒ</f>snared in the words of your mouth, </t><t>caught in the words of your mouth,</t>


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<t>then do this, my son, and save yourself, </t><t>for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: </t><t>go, hasten, <f>[1]</f> and <f>ⓓ</f>plead urgently with your neighbor.</t>


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<t>save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, <f>[2]</f> </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>like a bird from the hand of the fowler. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Go to <f>ⓗ</f>the ant, O <f>ⓘ</f>sluggard; </t><t>consider her ways, and <f>ⓙ</f>be wise.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> How long will you lie there, <f>ⓟ</f>O sluggard? </t><t>When will you arise from your sleep?</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> A little sleep, a little slumber, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>a little <f>ⓢ</f>folding of the hands to rest,</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> A worthless person, a wicked man, </t><t>goes about with <f>ⓥ</f>crooked speech,</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> winks with his eyes, signals <f>[3]</f> with his feet, </t><t>points with his finger,</t>


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<t>with <f>ⓧ</f>perverted heart <f>ⓨ</f>devises evil, </t><t>continually <f>ⓩ</f>sowing discord;</t>


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<t>therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>in a moment he will be broken <f>ⓑ</f>beyond healing. </t>


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<pb/><t>There are <f>ⓒ</f>six things that the LORD hates, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>seven that are an abomination to him:</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> haughty eyes, <f>ⓕ</f>a lying tongue, </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>hands that shed innocent blood,</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> a heart that devises wicked plans, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>feet that make haste to run to evil,</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> a false witness who <f>ⓚ</f>breathes out lies, </t><t>and one who <f>ⓛ</f>sows discord among brothers. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> My son, keep your father's commandment, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>and forsake not your mother's teaching.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> When you walk, they <f>[4]</f> will lead you; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>when you lie down, they will <f>ⓢ</f>watch over you; </t><t>and when you awake, they will talk with you.</t>


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<t>For the commandment is <f>ⓣ</f>a lamp and the teaching a light, </t><t>and the <f>ⓤ</f>reproofs of discipline are the way of life,</t>


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<t>to preserve you from the evil woman, <f>[5]</f> </t><t>from the smooth tongue of <f>ⓥ</f>the adulteress. <f>[6]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Do not desire her beauty in your heart, </t><t>and do not let her capture you with her <f>ⓧ</f>eyelashes;</t>


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<t>for <f>ⓨ</f>the price of a prostitute is only <f>ⓩ</f>a loaf of bread, <f>[7]</f> </t><t>but a married woman <f>[8]</f> <f>ⓐ</f>hunts down a precious life.</t>


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<t>So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; </t><t>none who touches her <f>ⓔ</f>will go unpunished.</t>


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<t>People do not despise a thief if he steals </t><t>to <f>ⓕ</f>satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓖ</f>if he is caught, he will pay <f>ⓗ</f>sevenfold; </t><t>he will give all the goods of his house.</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓘ</f>jealousy makes a man furious, </t><t>and he will not spare when <f>ⓙ</f>he takes revenge.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> keep my commandments and live; </t><t>keep my teaching as <f>ⓓ</f>the apple of your eye;</t>


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<t>to keep you from <f>ⓖ</f>the forbidden <f>[1]</f> woman, </t><t>from <f>ⓗ</f>the adulteress <f>[2]</f> with her smooth words. </t>


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<t>and I have seen among <f>ⓙ</f>the simple, </t><t>I have perceived among the youths, </t><t>a young man <f>ⓚ</f>lacking sense,</t>


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<pb/><t>And behold, the woman meets him, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>now in the street, now in the market, </t><t>and <f>ⓢ</f>at every corner she <f>ⓣ</f>lies in wait.</t>


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<t>I have spread my couch with <f>ⓧ</f>coverings, </t><t>colored linens from <f>ⓨ</f>Egyptian linen;</t>


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<pb/><t>With much seductive speech she persuades him; </t><t>with <f>ⓒ</f>her smooth talk she compels him.</t>


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<t>All at once he follows her, </t><t>as an ox goes to the slaughter, </t><t>or as a stag is caught fast <f>[5]</f></t>


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<t>till an arrow pierces its liver; </t><t>as <f>ⓓ</f>a bird rushes into a snare; </t><t>he does not know that it will cost him his life. </t>


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<pb/><t>And <f>ⓔ</f>now, O sons, listen to me, </t><t>and be attentive to the words of my mouth.</t>


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<t>beside <f>ⓓ</f>the gates in front of <f>ⓔ</f>the town, </t><t>at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:</t>


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<t>Hear, for I will speak <f>ⓚ</f>noble things, </t><t>and from my lips will come <f>ⓛ</f>what is right,</t>


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<t>All the words of my mouth are righteous; </t><t>there is nothing <f>ⓝ</f>twisted or crooked in them.</t>


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<t>They are all <f>ⓞ</f>straight to him who understands, </t><t>and right to those who find knowledge.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Take my instruction instead of silver, </t><t>and knowledge rather than choice gold,</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> for wisdom is better than jewels, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>all that you may desire cannot compare with her. </t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> The fear of the LORD is <f>ⓤ</f>hatred of evil. </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>Pride and arrogance and the way of evil </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>perverted speech I hate.</t>


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<t>I have <f>ⓧ</f>counsel and <f>ⓨ</f>sound wisdom; </t><t>I have insight; <f>ⓩ</f>I have strength.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Riches and honor are with me, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>enduring wealth and <f>ⓕ</f>righteousness.</t>


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<t>My fruit is <f>ⓖ</f>better than <f>ⓗ</f>gold, even fine gold, </t><t>and my yield than <f>ⓘ</f>choice silver.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> “The LORD <f>ⓚ</f>possessed <f>[2]</f> me at the beginning of his work, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>the first of his acts <f>ⓛ</f>of old.</t>


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<t>Ages ago I was <f>ⓜ</f>set up, </t><t>at the first, <f>ⓝ</f>before the beginning of the earth.</t>


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<t>When there were no <f>ⓞ</f>depths I was <f>ⓟ</f>brought forth, </t><t>when there were no springs abounding with water.</t>


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<t>Before the mountains <f>ⓠ</f>had been shaped, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>before the hills, I was brought forth,</t>


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<t>When he <f>ⓢ</f>established the heavens, I was there; </t><t>when he drew <f>ⓣ</f>a circle on the face of the deep,</t>


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<t>when he <f>ⓤ</f>made firm the skies above, </t><t>when he established <f>[4]</f> the fountains of the deep,</t>


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<t>when he <f>ⓥ</f>assigned to the sea its <f>ⓦ</f>limit, </t><t>so that the waters might not transgress his command, </t><t>when he marked out <f>ⓧ</f>the foundations of the earth,</t>


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<t>then <f>ⓨ</f>I was beside him, like a master workman, </t><t>and I was daily his <f>[5]</f> <f>ⓩ</f>delight, </t><t>rejoicing before him always,</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> rejoicing in his <f>ⓑ</f>inhabited world </t><t>and delighting in the children of man. </t>


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<pb/><t>“And now, <f>ⓒ</f>O sons, listen to me: </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>blessed are those who keep my ways.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Blessed is the one who listens to me, </t><t>watching daily at my gates, </t><t>waiting beside my doors.</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓖ</f>whoever finds me <f>ⓗ</f>finds life </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>obtains favor from the LORD,</t>


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<t>but he who fails to find me <f>ⓙ</f>injures himself; </t><t>all who <f>ⓚ</f>hate me <f>ⓛ</f>love death.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Wisdom has built her house; </t><t>she has hewn her <f>ⓑ</f>seven <f>ⓒ</f>pillars.</t>


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<t>She has <f>ⓓ</f>slaughtered her beasts; she has <f>ⓔ</f>mixed her wine; </t><t>she has also <f>ⓕ</f>set her table.</t>


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<t>She has <f>ⓖ</f>sent out her young women to <f>ⓗ</f>call </t><t>from <f>ⓘ</f>the highest places in the town,</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>To him who lacks sense she says,</t>


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<t>Leave <f>ⓞ</f>your simple ways, <f>[1]</f> and <f>ⓟ</f>live, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>and walk in the way of insight.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, </t><t>and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>reprove a wise man, and he will love you.</t>


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<t>Give instruction <f>[2]</f> to a wise man, and he will be <f>ⓣ</f>still wiser; </t><t>teach a righteous man, and he will <f>ⓤ</f>increase in learning.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; </t><t>if you scoff, you alone will bear it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓩ</f> The woman Folly is <f>ⓐ</f>loud; </t><t>she is seductive <f>[3]</f> and <f>ⓑ</f>knows nothing.</t>


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<t>She sits at the door of her house; </t><t>she takes a seat on <f>ⓒ</f>the highest places of the town,</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” </t><t>And to him who lacks sense she says,</t>


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<t>But he does not know <f>ⓗ</f>that the dead <f>[4]</f> are there, </t><t>that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> The proverbs of Solomon. <pb/><t><f>ⓑ</f>A wise son makes a glad father, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>but righteousness delivers from death.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.</t>


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<t>He who <f>ⓙ</f>gathers in summer is a prudent son, </t><t>but he who sleeps in harvest is <f>ⓚ</f>a son who brings shame.</t>


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<t>Blessings are on the head of the righteous, </t><t>but <f>ⓛ</f>the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> The memory of the righteous is a blessing, </t><t>but <f>ⓝ</f>the name of the wicked will rot.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> The wise of heart will receive commandments, </t><t>but a babbling fool will come to ruin.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, </t><t>but he who makes his ways crooked <f>ⓠ</f>will be found out.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> The mouth of the righteous is <f>ⓣ</f>a fountain of life, </t><t>but the mouth of the wicked <f>ⓤ</f>conceals violence.</t>


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<t>On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, </t><t>but <f>ⓦ</f>a rod is for the back of him who <f>ⓧ</f>lacks sense.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> A rich man's wealth is his strong city; </t><t>the poverty of the poor is their ruin.</t>


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<t>Whoever heeds instruction is on <f>ⓒ</f>the path to life, </t><t>but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> When words are many, transgression is not lacking, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.</t>


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<t>The tongue of the righteous is <f>ⓕ</f>choice silver; </t><t>the heart of the wicked is of little worth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The blessing of the LORD makes rich, </t><t>and he adds no sorrow with it. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>Doing wrong is <f>ⓘ</f>like a joke to a fool, </t><t>but <f>ⓙ</f>wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> What the wicked dreads <f>ⓛ</f>will come upon him, </t><t>but <f>ⓜ</f>the desire of the righteous will be granted.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓝ</f>the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, </t><t>but <f>ⓞ</f>the righteous is established forever.</t>


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<t>Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, </t><t>so is the sluggard to those who send him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> The fear of the LORD prolongs life, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>but the years of the wicked will be short.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> The hope of the righteous brings joy, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>but the expectation of the wicked will perish.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, </t><t>but destruction to evildoers.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> The righteous will never be removed, </t><t>but <f>ⓥ</f>the wicked will not dwell in the land.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, </t><t>but the perverse tongue will be cut off.</t>


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<t>The lips of the righteous <f>ⓧ</f>know what is acceptable, </t><t>but the mouth of the wicked, <f>ⓨ</f>what is perverse. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>but a just weight is his delight.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> When pride comes, then comes disgrace, </t><t>but with <f>ⓓ</f>the humble is wisdom.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> The integrity of the upright guides them, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>but righteousness delivers from death.</t>


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<t>The righteousness of the blameless <f>ⓘ</f>keeps his way straight, </t><t>but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The righteousness of the upright delivers them, </t><t>but the treacherous <f>ⓚ</f>are taken captive by their lust.</t>


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<t>When the wicked dies, his <f>ⓛ</f>hope will perish, </t><t>and <f>ⓜ</f>the expectation of wealth <f>[1]</f> perishes too.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> The righteous is delivered from trouble, </t><t>and the wicked walks into it instead.</t>


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<t>With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, </t><t>but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, </t><t>and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.</t>


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<t>By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, </t><t>but <f>ⓟ</f>by the mouth of the wicked <f>ⓠ</f>it is overthrown.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓡ</f>belittles his neighbor lacks sense, </t><t>but a man of understanding remains silent.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓢ</f>goes about slandering reveals secrets, </t><t>but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.</t>


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<t>Where there is <f>ⓣ</f>no guidance, a people falls, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, </t><t>but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.</t>


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<t>The wicked earns deceptive wages, </t><t>but one who <f>ⓩ</f>sows righteousness gets a sure reward.</t>


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<t>Whoever is steadfast in righteousness <f>ⓐ</f>will live, </t><t>but <f>ⓑ</f>he who pursues evil will die.</t>


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<t>Those of <f>ⓒ</f>crooked heart are <f>ⓓ</f>an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>but those of <f>ⓔ</f>blameless ways are <f>ⓕ</f>his delight.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Be assured, <f>ⓗ</f>an evil person will not go unpunished, </t><t>but <f>ⓘ</f>the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.</t>


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<t>The desire of the righteous ends only in good, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>the expectation of the wicked in wrath.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> One gives <f>ⓜ</f>freely, yet grows all the richer; </t><t>another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Whoever brings blessing <f>ⓞ</f>will be enriched, </t><t>and <f>ⓟ</f>one who waters will himself be watered.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> The people curse him who holds back grain, </t><t>but <f>ⓡ</f>a blessing is on the head of him who <f>ⓢ</f>sells it.</t>


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<t>Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>but evil comes to <f>ⓣ</f>him who searches for it.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓤ</f>trusts in his riches will fall, </t><t>but the righteous will <f>ⓥ</f>flourish like a green leaf.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓦ</f>troubles his own household will <f>ⓧ</f>inherit the wind, </t><t>and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.</t>


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<t>The fruit of the righteous is <f>ⓨ</f>a tree of life, </t><t>and whoever <f>ⓩ</f>captures souls is wise.</t>


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<t>If <f>ⓐ</f>the righteous is repaid on earth, </t><t>how much more the wicked and the sinner! </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, </t><t>but he who <f>ⓐ</f>hates reproof is <f>ⓑ</f>stupid.</t>


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<t>A good man <f>ⓒ</f>obtains favor from the LORD, </t><t>but a man of evil devices he condemns.</t>


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<t>No one is established by wickedness, </t><t>but the root of <f>ⓓ</f>the righteous will never be moved.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> An excellent wife is <f>ⓕ</f>the crown of her husband, </t><t>but she who <f>ⓖ</f>brings shame is like <f>ⓗ</f>rottenness in his bones.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> The thoughts of the righteous are just; </t><t>the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.</t>


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<t>The words of the wicked <f>ⓙ</f>lie in wait for blood, </t><t>but <f>ⓚ</f>the mouth of the upright delivers them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> The wicked are <f>ⓜ</f>overthrown and are no more, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>but the house of the righteous will stand.</t>


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<t>A man is commended according to his good sense, </t><t>but one of twisted mind is <f>ⓞ</f>despised.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, </t><t>but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Whoever works his land <f>ⓡ</f>will have plenty of bread, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>but he who follows <f>ⓣ</f>worthless pursuits lacks sense.</t>


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<t>Whoever is wicked covets <f>ⓤ</f>the spoil of evildoers, </t><t>but the root of the righteous bears fruit.</t>


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<t>An evil man is ensnared <f>ⓥ</f>by the transgression of his lips, <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>but the righteous escapes from trouble.</t>


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<t>From the fruit of his mouth <f>ⓧ</f>a man is satisfied with good, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, </t><t>but a wise man listens to advice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Whoever speaks <f>[2]</f> the truth gives honest evidence, </t><t>but <f>ⓒ</f>a false witness utters deceit.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, </t><t>but the tongue of the wise brings <f>ⓔ</f>healing.</t>


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<t>Deceit is in the heart of <f>ⓖ</f>those who devise evil, </t><t>but those who plan peace have joy.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Lying lips are <f>ⓙ</f>an abomination to the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>but those who act faithfully are his delight.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> A prudent man conceals knowledge, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>but the heart of fools proclaims folly.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> The hand of the diligent will rule, </t><t>while the slothful will be <f>ⓞ</f>put to forced labor.</t>


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<t>One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, </t><t>but the diligent man will get precious wealth. <f>[4]</f></t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>A wise son hears his father's instruction, </t><t>but <f>ⓐ</f>a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.</t>


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<t>From the fruit of his mouth a man <f>ⓑ</f>eats what is good, </t><t>but the desire of the treacherous <f>ⓒ</f>is for violence.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>he who opens wide his lips <f>ⓕ</f>comes to ruin.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, </t><t>while the soul of the diligent <f>ⓗ</f>is richly supplied.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Righteousness guards him whose <f>ⓙ</f>way is blameless, </t><t>but sin overthrows the wicked.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> One pretends to be rich, <f>[2]</f> yet has nothing; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>another pretends to be poor, <f>[3]</f> yet has great wealth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> The light of the righteous rejoices, </t><t>but <f>ⓞ</f>the lamp of the wicked will be put out.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> By insolence comes nothing but strife, </t><t>but with those who take advice is wisdom.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Wealth gained hastily <f>[4]</f> will dwindle, </t><t>but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.</t>


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<t>Hope deferred makes the heart sick, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>but a desire fulfilled is <f>ⓢ</f>a tree of life.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓣ</f>despises <f>ⓤ</f>the word <f>[5]</f> brings destruction on himself, </t><t>but he who reveres the commandment <f>[6]</f> will be <f>ⓥ</f>rewarded.</t>


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<t>The teaching of the wise is <f>ⓦ</f>a fountain of life, </t><t>that one may <f>ⓧ</f>turn away from the snares of death.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> Good sense wins <f>ⓩ</f>favor, </t><t>but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. <f>[7]</f></t>


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<t>Poverty and disgrace come to him who <f>ⓓ</f>ignores instruction, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>but whoever <f>ⓕ</f>heeds reproof is honored.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, </t><t>but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.</t>


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<t>Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, </t><t>but the companion of fools will suffer harm.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Disaster <f>[8]</f> pursues sinners, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>but the righteous are rewarded with good.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, </t><t>but <f>ⓚ</f>the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.</t>


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<t>The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, </t><t>but it is swept away through <f>ⓛ</f>injustice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> Whoever spares the rod hates his son, </t><t>but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. <f>[9]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, </t><t>but the belly of the wicked suffers want. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> The wisest of women <f>ⓑ</f>builds her house, </t><t>but folly with her own hands <f>ⓒ</f>tears it down.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓓ</f>walks in uprightness fears the LORD, </t><t>but he who is <f>ⓔ</f>devious in his ways despises him.</t>


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<t>By the mouth of a fool comes <f>ⓕ</f>a rod for his back, <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>but the lips of the wise will preserve them.</t>


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<t>Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, </t><t>but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> A faithful witness does not lie, </t><t>but <f>ⓘ</f>a false witness breathes out lies.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> A scoffer seeks wisdom <f>ⓚ</f>in vain, </t><t>but <f>ⓛ</f>knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> Fools mock at the guilt offering, </t><t>but the upright enjoy acceptance. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> The house of the wicked will be destroyed, </t><t>but the tent of the upright will flourish.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> There is a way that seems right to a man, </t><t>but <f>ⓠ</f>its end is the way to death. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>The backslider in heart will be <f>ⓣ</f>filled with the fruit of his ways, </t><t>and <f>ⓤ</f>a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> One who is wise is cautious <f>[4]</f> and <f>ⓧ</f>turns away from evil, </t><t>but a fool is reckless and careless.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>but the rich has many friends.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓒ</f>despises his neighbor is a sinner, </t><t>but <f>ⓓ</f>blessed is he who is generous to the poor.</t>


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<t>Do they not go astray who <f>ⓔ</f>devise evil? </t><t>Those who devise good meet <f>[5]</f> <f>ⓕ</f>steadfast love and faithfulness.</t>


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<t>In the fear of the LORD one has <f>ⓘ</f>strong confidence, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>his children will have <f>ⓚ</f>a refuge.</t>


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<t>The fear of the LORD is <f>ⓛ</f>a fountain of life, </t><t>that one may <f>ⓜ</f>turn away from the snares of death.</t>


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<t>In <f>ⓝ</f>a multitude of people is the glory of a king, </t><t>but without people a prince is ruined.</t>


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<t>Whoever is <f>ⓞ</f>slow to anger has great understanding, </t><t>but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.</t>


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<t>A tranquil <f>[6]</f> heart gives <f>ⓟ</f>life to the flesh, </t><t>but <f>ⓠ</f>envy <f>[7]</f> makes <f>ⓡ</f>the bones rot.</t>


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<t>Whoever oppresses a poor man <f>ⓢ</f>insults his <f>ⓣ</f>Maker, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>but he who is generous to the needy honors him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, </t><t>but <f>ⓦ</f>the righteous finds refuge in his death.</t>


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<t>Wisdom <f>ⓧ</f>rests in the heart of a man of understanding, </t><t>but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools. <f>[8]</f></t>


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<t>A servant who deals wisely has <f>ⓨ</f>the king's favor, </t><t>but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> A soft answer turns away wrath, </t><t>but <f>ⓑ</f>a harsh word stirs up anger.</t>


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<t>The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, </t><t>but <f>ⓒ</f>the mouths of fools pour out folly.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The eyes of the LORD are in every place, </t><t>keeping watch on the evil and the good.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> A gentle <f>[1]</f> tongue is <f>ⓕ</f>a tree of life, </t><t>but <f>ⓖ</f>perverseness in it breaks the spirit.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> A fool <f>ⓘ</f>despises his father's instruction, </t><t>but <f>ⓙ</f>whoever heeds reproof is prudent.</t>


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<t>In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, </t><t>but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> The lips of the wise spread knowledge; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>not so the hearts of fools. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>but <f>ⓝ</f>the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.</t>


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<t>The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>but he loves him <f>ⓞ</f>who pursues righteousness.</t>


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<t>There is <f>ⓟ</f>severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>whoever hates reproof will die.</t>


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<t>Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD; </t><t>how much more <f>ⓡ</f>the hearts of the children of man!</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> A glad heart makes a cheerful face, </t><t>but by <f>ⓥ</f>sorrow of heart the spirit is <f>ⓦ</f>crushed.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, </t><t>but the mouths of fools feed on folly.</t>


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<t>All the days of the afflicted are evil, </t><t>but <f>ⓨ</f>the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Better is a little with the fear of the LORD </t><t>than great treasure and trouble with it.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> Better is a dinner of herbs where love is </t><t>than <f>ⓑ</f>a fattened ox and hatred with it.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> A hot-tempered man <f>ⓓ</f>stirs up strife, </t><t>but he who is <f>ⓔ</f>slow to anger quiets contention.</t>


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<t>The way of <f>ⓕ</f>a sluggard is like a hedge of <f>ⓖ</f>thorns, </t><t>but the path of the upright is <f>ⓗ</f>a level highway.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, </t><t>but a man of understanding <f>ⓚ</f>walks straight ahead.</t>


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<t>To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, </t><t>and <f>ⓜ</f>a word in season, how good it is!</t>


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<t>The path of life leads upward <f>ⓝ</f>for the prudent, </t><t>that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.</t>


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<t>The LORD tears down the house of <f>ⓞ</f>the proud </t><t>but <f>ⓟ</f>maintains <f>ⓠ</f>the widow's boundaries.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>but <f>ⓢ</f>gracious words are pure.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever is <f>ⓣ</f>greedy for unjust gain <f>ⓤ</f>troubles his own household, </t><t>but he who hates <f>ⓥ</f>bribes will live.</t>


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<t>The heart of the righteous <f>ⓦ</f>ponders how to answer, </t><t>but <f>ⓧ</f>the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.</t>


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<t>The LORD is <f>ⓨ</f>far from the wicked, </t><t>but he <f>ⓩ</f>hears the prayer of the righteous.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>good news refreshes <f>[3]</f> the bones.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> The ear that listens to <f>ⓓ</f>life-giving reproof </t><t>will dwell among the wise.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓔ</f>ignores instruction <f>ⓕ</f>despises himself, </t><t>but he who listens to reproof <f>ⓖ</f>gains intelligence.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>humility comes before honor. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>The plans of the heart belong to man, </t><t>but <f>ⓐ</f>the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, </t><t>but the LORD <f>ⓒ</f>weighs the spirit. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> The LORD has made everything for its purpose, </t><t>even <f>ⓕ</f>the wicked for the day of trouble.</t>


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<t>Everyone who is arrogant in heart is <f>ⓖ</f>an abomination to the LORD; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>be assured, he will not go unpunished.</t>


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<t>By <f>ⓘ</f>steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, </t><t>and by <f>ⓙ</f>the fear of the LORD one <f>ⓚ</f>turns away from evil.</t>


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<t>When a man's ways please the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> A just balance and scales are the LORD's; </t><t>all the weights in the bag are his work.</t>


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<t>It is an abomination to kings to do evil, </t><t>for <f>ⓡ</f>the throne is established by righteousness.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Righteous lips are the delight of a king, </t><t>and he loves him who speaks what is right.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓣ</f> A king's wrath is a messenger of death, </t><t>and a wise man will <f>ⓤ</f>appease it.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓥ</f> In the light of a king's face there is life, </t><t>and his <f>ⓦ</f>favor is like <f>ⓧ</f>the clouds that bring the spring rain.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> How much better to get wisdom than <f>ⓩ</f>gold! </t><t>To get understanding is to be chosen rather than <f>ⓐ</f>silver.</t>


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<t>The highway of the upright <f>ⓑ</f>turns aside from evil; </t><t>whoever guards his way preserves his life.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor </t><t>than to <f>ⓔ</f>divide the spoil with the proud.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever gives thought to the word <f>[2]</f> <f>ⓕ</f>will discover good, </t><t>and blessed is he <f>ⓖ</f>who trusts in the LORD.</t>


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<t>The wise of heart is called discerning, </t><t>and sweetness of speech <f>ⓗ</f>increases persuasiveness.</t>


text:
<t>Good sense is <f>ⓘ</f>a fountain of life to him who has it, </t><t>but the instruction of fools is folly.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓙ</f> The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious </t><t>and adds persuasiveness to his lips.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Gracious words are like <f>ⓛ</f>a honeycomb, </t><t>sweetness to the soul and <f>ⓜ</f>health to the body.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓞ</f> A worthless man plots evil, </t><t>and his speech <f>[4]</f> is like <f>ⓟ</f>a scorching fire.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓠ</f> A dishonest man spreads strife, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>a whisperer <f>ⓢ</f>separates close friends.</t>


text:
<t>A man of violence <f>ⓣ</f>entices his neighbor </t><t>and leads him in a way that is not good.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever winks his eyes plans <f>[5]</f> <f>ⓤ</f>dishonest things; </t><t>he who <f>ⓥ</f>purses his lips brings evil to pass.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓦ</f> Gray hair is <f>ⓧ</f>a crown of glory; </t><t>it <f>ⓨ</f>is gained in a righteous life.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓩ</f> Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, </t><t>and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓐ</f> The lot is cast into the lap, </t><t>but its every decision is <f>ⓑ</f>from the LORD. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Better is a dry morsel with quiet </t><t>than a house full of feasting <f>[1]</f> with strife.</t>


text:
<t>A servant who deals wisely will rule over <f>ⓑ</f>a son who acts shamefully </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>and the LORD tests hearts.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever mocks the poor <f>ⓕ</f>insults his Maker; </t><t>he who is <f>ⓖ</f>glad at calamity will not go <f>ⓗ</f>unpunished.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓘ</f> Grandchildren are <f>ⓙ</f>the crown of the aged, </t><t>and the glory of children is their fathers.</t>


text:
<t>Fine speech is not <f>ⓚ</f>becoming to a fool; </t><t>still less is <f>ⓛ</f>false speech to a prince.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓜ</f> A bribe is like a magic <f>[2]</f> stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; </t><t>wherever he turns he prospers.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever <f>ⓝ</f>covers an offense seeks love, </t><t>but he who repeats a matter <f>ⓞ</f>separates close friends.</t>


text:
<t>An evil man seeks only rebellion, </t><t>and <f>ⓟ</f>a cruel messenger will be sent against him.</t>


text:
<t>Let a man meet <f>ⓠ</f>a she-bear robbed of her cubs </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>rather than a fool in his folly.</t>


text:
<t>The beginning of strife is like letting out water, </t><t>so <f>ⓤ</f>quit before the quarrel breaks out.</t>


text:
<t>He who <f>ⓥ</f>justifies the wicked and he who <f>ⓦ</f>condemns the righteous </t><t>are both alike an abomination to the LORD.</t>


text:
<t>One who lacks sense gives a pledge </t><t>and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.</t>


text:
<t>Whoever loves transgression loves strife; </t><t>he who <f>ⓩ</f>makes his door high seeks destruction.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> A man of crooked heart does not discover good, </t><t>and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> A joyful heart is good medicine, </t><t>but a crushed spirit <f>ⓓ</f>dries up the bones.</t>


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<t>The wicked accepts <f>ⓔ</f>a bribe in secret <f>[3]</f> </t><t>to <f>ⓕ</f>pervert the ways of justice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, </t><t>but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> A foolish son is a grief to his father </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>and bitterness to <f>ⓙ</f>her who bore him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, </t><t>nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓛ</f>restrains his words has knowledge, </t><t>and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.</t>


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<t>Even a fool <f>ⓜ</f>who keeps silent is considered wise; </t><t>when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>Whoever <f>ⓐ</f>isolates himself seeks his own desire; </t><t>he breaks out against all sound judgment.</t>


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<t>A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, </t><t>but only <f>ⓑ</f>in expressing his opinion.</t>


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<t>The words of a man's mouth are <f>ⓒ</f>deep waters; </t><t>the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.</t>


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<t>It is not good to <f>ⓓ</f>be partial to <f>[1]</f> the wicked </t><t>or to <f>ⓔ</f>deprive the righteous of justice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; </t><t>they go down into <f>ⓘ</f>the inner parts of the body.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> The name of the LORD is <f>ⓛ</f>a strong tower; </t><t>the righteous man runs into it and <f>ⓜ</f>is safe.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> A rich man's wealth is his strong city, </t><t>and like a high wall in his imagination.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, </t><t>but <f>ⓟ</f>humility comes before honor.</t>


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<t>The one who states his case first seems right, </t><t>until the other comes and examines him.</t>


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<t>A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, </t><t>and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; </t><t>he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Death and life are in the power of the tongue, </t><t>and those who love it will eat its fruits.</t>


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<t>He who finds <f>ⓦ</f>a wife finds <f>ⓧ</f>a good thing </t><t>and <f>ⓨ</f>obtains favor <f>ⓩ</f>from the LORD.</t>


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<t>A man of many companions may come to ruin, </t><t>but <f>ⓑ</f>there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Better is a poor person who <f>ⓑ</f>walks in his integrity </t><t>than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.</t>


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<t>Desire <f>[1]</f> without knowledge is not good, </t><t>and whoever <f>ⓒ</f>makes haste with his feet misses his way.</t>


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<t>When a man's folly <f>ⓓ</f>brings his way to ruin, </t><t>his heart <f>ⓔ</f>rages against the LORD.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Wealth brings many new friends, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>but a poor man is deserted by his friend.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> A false witness will not go unpunished, </t><t>and he who <f>ⓘ</f>breathes out lies will not escape.</t>


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<t>Many seek the favor of a generous man, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>and everyone is a friend to a man who gives <f>ⓙ</f>gifts.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> All a poor man's brothers hate him; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>how much more do his friends go far from him! </t><t>He pursues them with words, but does not have them. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; </t><t>he who keeps understanding will <f>ⓝ</f>discover good.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> A false witness will not go unpunished, </t><t>and he who <f>ⓟ</f>breathes out lies will perish.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, </t><t>much less for <f>ⓡ</f>a slave to rule over princes.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Good sense makes one slow to anger, </t><t>and it is his glory to overlook an offense.</t>


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<t>A king's wrath is like <f>ⓣ</f>the growling of a lion, </t><t>but his <f>ⓤ</f>favor is like <f>ⓥ</f>dew on the grass.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> A foolish son is ruin to his father, </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>a wife's quarreling is <f>ⓨ</f>a continual dripping of rain.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> House and wealth are inherited from fathers, </t><t>but a prudent wife is <f>ⓐ</f>from the LORD.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Slothfulness casts into <f>ⓒ</f>a deep sleep, </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>an idle person will suffer hunger.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓔ</f>keeps the commandment keeps his life; </t><t>he who despises his ways will die.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, </t><t>and he <f>ⓖ</f>will repay him for his <f>ⓗ</f>deed.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Discipline your son, for there is hope; </t><t>do not set your heart on <f>ⓙ</f>putting him to death.</t>


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<t>A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, </t><t>for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.</t>


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<t>Listen to advice and accept instruction, </t><t>that you may gain wisdom in <f>ⓚ</f>the future.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Many are the plans in the mind of a man, </t><t>but <f>ⓜ</f>it is the purpose of the LORD <f>ⓝ</f>that will stand.</t>


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<t>The fear of the LORD <f>ⓞ</f>leads to life, </t><t>and whoever has it rests <f>ⓟ</f>satisfied; </t><t>he will <f>ⓠ</f>not be visited by harm.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> The sluggard buries his hand in <f>ⓢ</f>the dish </t><t>and will not even bring it back to his mouth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> Strike <f>ⓤ</f>a scoffer, and the simple will <f>ⓥ</f>learn prudence; </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.</t>


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<t>He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother </t><t>is <f>ⓧ</f>a son who brings shame and reproach.</t>


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<t>Cease to hear instruction, my son, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</t>


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<t>A worthless witness mocks at justice, </t><t>and the mouth of the wicked <f>ⓩ</f>devours iniquity.</t>


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<t>Condemnation is ready for <f>ⓐ</f>scoffers, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>beating for the backs of fools. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Wine is a mocker, <f>ⓑ</f>strong drink a brawler, </t><t>and whoever <f>ⓒ</f>is led astray by it is not wise. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>The terror of a king is like <f>ⓓ</f>the growling of a lion; </t><t>whoever provokes him to anger <f>ⓔ</f>forfeits his life.</t>


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<t>It is an honor for a man to <f>ⓕ</f>keep aloof from strife, </t><t>but every fool will be quarreling.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>he will seek at harvest and have nothing.</t>


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<t>The purpose in a man's heart is like <f>ⓘ</f>deep water, </t><t>but a man of understanding will draw it out.</t>


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<t>Many a man <f>ⓙ</f>proclaims his own steadfast love, </t><t>but <f>ⓚ</f>a faithful man who can find?</t>


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<t>The righteous who <f>ⓛ</f>walks in his integrity — </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>blessed are his children after him!</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> A king who sits on the throne of judgment </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>winnows all evil with his eyes.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Unequal <f>[2]</f> weights and unequal measures </t><t>are both alike an abomination to the LORD.</t>


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<t>Even a child <f>ⓡ</f>makes himself known by his acts, </t><t>by whether his conduct is pure and upright. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> Love not sleep, lest you <f>ⓥ</f>come to poverty; </t><t>open your eyes, and you will have <f>ⓦ</f>plenty of bread.</t>


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<t>There is gold and abundance of <f>ⓧ</f>costly stones, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, </t><t>and <f>ⓐ</f>hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. <f>[4]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, </t><t>but afterward his mouth will be full of <f>ⓒ</f>gravel.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓖ</f>goes about slandering reveals secrets; </t><t>therefore do not associate with <f>ⓗ</f>a simple babbler. <f>[5]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> If one curses his father or his mother, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning </t><t>will not be blessed in the end.</t>


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<t>Do not say, <f>ⓛ</f>“I will repay evil”; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>false scales are not good.</t>


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<t>It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” </t><t>and to reflect only <f>ⓠ</f>after making vows.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> The spirit <f>[6]</f> of man is the lamp of the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>searching all <f>ⓥ</f>his innermost parts.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, </t><t>and by steadfast love his <f>ⓧ</f>throne is upheld.</t>


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<t>The glory of young men is their strength, </t><t>but <f>ⓨ</f>the splendor of old men is their gray hair.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Blows that wound cleanse away evil; </t><t>strokes make clean <f>ⓐ</f>the innermost parts. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; </t><t>he <f>ⓐ</f>turns it wherever he will.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, </t><t>but the LORD <f>ⓒ</f>weighs the heart.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> To do righteousness and justice </t><t>is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Haughty eyes and a proud heart, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>the lamp <f>[1]</f> of the wicked, are sin.</t>


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<t>The plans of <f>ⓖ</f>the diligent lead surely to abundance, </t><t>but everyone who is <f>ⓗ</f>hasty comes <f>ⓘ</f>only to poverty.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The getting of treasures by a lying tongue </t><t>is a <f>ⓚ</f>fleeting <f>ⓛ</f>vapor and a <f>ⓜ</f>snare of death. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>The violence of the wicked will <f>ⓝ</f>sweep them away, </t><t>because they refuse to do what is just.</t>


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<t>It is <f>ⓟ</f>better to live in a corner of the housetop </t><t>than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓠ</f>a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; </t><t>when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.</t>


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<t>The Righteous One <f>ⓡ</f>observes the house of the wicked; </t><t>he throws the wicked down to ruin.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor </t><t>will himself call out and not be answered.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> A gift in secret averts anger, </t><t>and a concealed bribe, <f>[3]</f> strong wrath.</t>


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<t>One who wanders from the way of good sense </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>will rest in the assembly of the dead.</t>


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<t>Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; </t><t>he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> The wicked is a <f>ⓧ</f>ransom for the righteous, </t><t>and the traitor for the upright.</t>


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<t>It is <f>ⓨ</f>better to live in a desert land </t><t>than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, </t><t>but a foolish man <f>ⓐ</f>devours it.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓑ</f>pursues righteousness and kindness </t><t>will find <f>ⓒ</f>life, righteousness, and honor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> A wise man scales the city of the mighty </t><t>and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>keeps himself out of <f>ⓖ</f>trouble.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> “Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man </t><t>who acts with arrogant pride.</t>


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<t>All day long he craves and craves, </t><t>but the righteous <f>ⓙ</f>gives and does not hold back.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; </t><t>how much more <f>ⓛ</f>when he brings it with evil intent.</t>


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<t>A wicked man puts on a bold face, </t><t>but the upright <f>ⓝ</f>gives thought to <f>[4]</f> his ways.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> The horse is made ready for the day of battle, </t><t>but <f>ⓠ</f>the victory belongs to the LORD. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, </t><t>and favor is better than silver or gold.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> The rich and the poor meet together; </t><t>the LORD is <f>ⓒ</f>the Maker of them all.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The prudent sees danger and hides himself, </t><t>but the simple go on and suffer for it.</t>


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<t>The reward for humility and fear of the LORD </t><t>is <f>ⓔ</f>riches and honor and life. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; </t><t>whoever <f>ⓖ</f>guards his soul will keep far from them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Train up a child in the way he should go; </t><t>even when he is old he will not depart from it.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓙ</f>sows injustice will reap calamity, </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>the rod of his fury will fail.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Whoever has a bountiful <f>[2]</f> eye will be blessed, </t><t>for he <f>ⓜ</f>shares his bread with the poor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Drive out a scoffer, <f>ⓞ</f>and strife will go out, </t><t>and <f>ⓟ</f>quarreling and abuse will cease.</t>


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<t>He who <f>ⓠ</f>loves purity of heart, </t><t>and whose <f>ⓡ</f>speech is gracious, <f>ⓢ</f>will have the king as his friend.</t>


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<t>The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, </t><t>but he <f>ⓣ</f>overthrows the words of the traitor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! </t><t>I shall be killed in the streets!”</t>


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<t>The mouth of <f>ⓥ</f>forbidden <f>[3]</f> women is <f>ⓦ</f>a deep pit; </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.</t>


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<t>Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, </t><t>but <f>ⓨ</f>the rod of discipline drives it far from him.</t>


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<t>Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, </t><t>or gives to the rich, <f>ⓩ</f>will only come to poverty. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Incline your ear, and hear <f>ⓑ</f>the words of the wise, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>and apply your heart to my knowledge,</t>


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<t>for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, </t><t>if all of them are ready on your lips.</t>


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<t>to <f>ⓔ</f>make you know what is right and true, </t><t>that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓕ</f> Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, </t><t>or <f>ⓖ</f>crush the afflicted at <f>ⓗ</f>the gate,</t>


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<t>If you have nothing with which to pay, </t><t>why should <f>ⓚ</f>your bed be taken from under you?</t>


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<t>Do you see a man skillful in his work? </t><t>He will <f>ⓜ</f>stand before kings; </t><t>he will not stand before obscure men. </t>


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<pb/><t>When you sit down to eat with a ruler, </t><t>observe carefully what <f>[1]</f> is before you,</t>


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<t>When your eyes light on it, it is gone, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>for suddenly it sprouts wings, </t><t>flying like an eagle toward heaven.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Do not eat the bread of a man who is <f>ⓕ</f>stingy; <f>[2]</f> </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>do not desire his delicacies,</t>


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<t>for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. <f>[3]</f> </t><t>“Eat and drink!” he says to you, </t><t>but his <f>ⓗ</f>heart is not with you.</t>


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<t>Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, </t><t>for he will despise the good sense of your words.</t>


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<t>Do not withhold <f>ⓛ</f>discipline from a child; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.</t>


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<t>My <f>ⓟ</f>inmost being <f>[4]</f> will exult </t><t>when your lips speak <f>ⓠ</f>what is right.</t>


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<t>Let not your heart <f>ⓡ</f>envy sinners, </t><t>but continue in <f>ⓢ</f>the fear of the LORD all the day.</t>


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<t>for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, </t><t>and <f>ⓩ</f>slumber will clothe them with rags. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Listen to your father who gave you life, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>and do not despise your mother when she is old.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; </t><t>he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.</t>


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<t>For a prostitute is <f>ⓖ</f>a deep pit; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>an adulteress <f>[7]</f> is a narrow <f>ⓘ</f>well.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> Who has woe? Who has sorrow? </t><t>Who has strife? Who has complaining? </t><t>Who has <f>ⓛ</f>wounds without cause? </t><t>Who has <f>ⓜ</f>redness of eyes?</t>


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<t>Do not look at wine when it is red, </t><t>when it sparkles in the cup </t><t>and goes down smoothly.</t>


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<t>You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, </t><t>like one who lies on the top of a mast. <f>[8]</f></t>


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<t>“They <f>ⓡ</f>struck me,” you will say, <f>[9]</f> “but I was not hurt; </t><t>they beat me, but I did not feel it. </t><t>When shall I awake? </t><t>I <f>ⓢ</f>must have another drink.” </t>


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<t>for by <f>ⓗ</f>wise guidance you can wage your war, </t><t>and in <f>ⓘ</f>abundance of counselors there is victory.</t>


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<t>Wisdom is <f>ⓙ</f>too high for a fool; </t><t>in <f>ⓚ</f>the gate he does not open his mouth. </t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> The devising <f>[1]</f> of folly is sin, </t><t>and <f>ⓝ</f>the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. </t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Rescue those who are being taken away to death; </t><t>hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.</t>


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<t>If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>does not he who <f>ⓡ</f>weighs the heart perceive it? </t><t>Does not he who <f>ⓢ</f>keeps watch over your soul know it, </t><t>and will he not repay man <f>ⓣ</f>according to his work? </t>


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<pb/><t>My son, <f>ⓤ</f>eat honey, for it is good, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.</t>


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<t>Know that wisdom is such to your soul; </t><t>if you find it, there will be <f>ⓦ</f>a future, </t><t>and your hope will not be cut off. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓧ</f> Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; </t><t>do no violence to his home;</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> for the righteous falls <f>ⓩ</f>seven times and rises again, </t><t>but <f>ⓐ</f>the wicked stumble in times of calamity. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓑ</f> Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, </t><t>and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Fret not yourself because of evildoers, </t><t>and be not <f>ⓓ</f>envious of the wicked,</t>


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<t>for the evil man has no <f>ⓔ</f>future; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>the lamp of the wicked will be put out. </t>


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<pb/><t>My son, <f>ⓖ</f>fear the LORD and the king, </t><t>and do not join with those who do otherwise,</t>


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<t>for disaster will arise suddenly from them, </t><t>and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? </t>


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<pb/>These also are sayings of <f>ⓗ</f>the wise. <pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f>Partiality in judging is not good.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓙ</f>says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,</t>


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<t>but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, </t><t>and a good blessing will come upon them.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓛ</f> Prepare your work outside; </t><t>get everything ready for yourself in the field, </t><t>and after that build your house. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, </t><t>and do not deceive with your lips.</t>


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<t>Do not say, <f>ⓝ</f>“I will do to him as he has done to me; </t><t>I will pay the man back for what he has done.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> I passed by the field of a sluggard, </t><t>by the vineyard of a man <f>ⓟ</f>lacking sense,</t>


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<t>and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; </t><t>the ground was covered with nettles, </t><t>and its stone <f>ⓠ</f>wall was broken down.</t>


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<pb/><t>It is the glory of God to <f>ⓑ</f>conceal things, </t><t>but the glory of kings is to <f>ⓒ</f>search things out.</t>


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<t>As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, </t><t>so the heart of kings is <f>ⓓ</f>unsearchable.</t>


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<t>Take away <f>ⓔ</f>the dross from the silver, </t><t>and <f>ⓕ</f>the smith has material for a vessel;</t>


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<t>take away <f>ⓖ</f>the wicked from the presence of the king, </t><t>and his <f>ⓗ</f>throne will be established in righteousness.</t>


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<t>Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence </t><t>or stand in the place of the great,</t>


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<t>for <f>ⓘ</f>it is better to be told, “Come up here,” </t><t>than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. </t> <pb/><t>What your eyes have seen</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> do not hastily bring into court, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>for <f>[2]</f> what will you do in the end, </t><t>when your neighbor puts you to shame?</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Argue your case with your neighbor himself, </t><t>and do not reveal another's secret,</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓜ</f>a gold ring or an ornament of gold </t><t>is a wise reprover to <f>ⓝ</f>a listening ear.</t>


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<t>Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest </t><t>is <f>ⓞ</f>a faithful messenger to those who send him; </t><t>he refreshes the soul of his masters.</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓟ</f>clouds and wind without rain </t><t>is a man who <f>ⓠ</f>boasts of a gift he does not give. </t>


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<pb/><t>With <f>ⓡ</f>patience a ruler may be persuaded, </t><t>and a soft tongue will break a bone.</t>


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<t>If you have <f>ⓢ</f>found honey, eat <f>ⓣ</f>only enough for you, </t><t>lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.</t>


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<t>Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, </t><t>lest he have his fill of you and hate you.</t>


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<t>A man who <f>ⓤ</f>bears false witness against his neighbor </t><t>is like a war club, or <f>ⓥ</f>a sword, or a sharp arrow.</t>


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<t>Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble </t><t>is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓦ</f>sings songs to a heavy heart </t><t>is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, </t><t>and like vinegar on soda.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, </t><t>and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> It is better to live in a corner of the housetop </t><t>than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.</t>


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<t>Like cold water to <f>ⓐ</f>a thirsty soul, </t><t>so is <f>ⓑ</f>good news from a far country.</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓒ</f>a muddied spring or a polluted fountain </t><t>is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.</t>


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<t>It is <f>ⓓ</f>not good to eat much honey, </t><t>nor is it glorious to <f>ⓔ</f>seek one's own glory. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>A man <f>ⓕ</f>without self-control </t><t>is like <f>ⓖ</f>a city broken into and left without walls. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>Like snow in summer or <f>ⓐ</f>rain in harvest, </t><t>so <f>ⓑ</f>honor is <f>ⓒ</f>not fitting for a fool.</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓓ</f>a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>a curse that is causeless does not alight.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>a rod for the back of fools.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Answer a fool according to his folly, </t><t>lest he be <f>ⓙ</f>wise in his own eyes.</t>


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<t>Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool </t><t>cuts off his own feet and <f>ⓚ</f>drinks violence.</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓜ</f>a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard </t><t>is a proverb in the mouth of fools.</t>


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<t>Like an archer who wounds everyone </t><t>is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>Do you see a man who is <f>ⓟ</f>wise in his own eyes? </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>There is more hope for a fool than for him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! </t><t>There is a lion in the streets!”</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; </t><t>it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.</t>


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<t>The sluggard is <f>ⓣ</f>wiser in his own eyes </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>than seven men who can answer sensibly.</t>


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<t>Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own </t><t>is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.</t>


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<t>For lack of wood the fire goes out, </t><t>and where there is no <f>ⓦ</f>whisperer, <f>ⓧ</f>quarreling ceases.</t>


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<t>As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, </t><t>so is <f>ⓨ</f>a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> The words of <f>ⓐ</f>a whisperer are like delicious morsels; </t><t>they go down into the inner parts of the body.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Like the <f>ⓒ</f>glaze <f>[2]</f> covering an earthen vessel </t><t>are fervent lips with an evil heart.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> when he speaks graciously, believe him not, </t><t>for there are <f>ⓔ</f>seven abominations in his heart;</t>


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<t>though his hatred be covered with deception, </t><t>his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, </t><t>and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.</t>


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<pb/><t><pb/>Do not boast about tomorrow, </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>for you do not know what a day may bring.</t>


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<t>Let <f>ⓑ</f>another praise you, and not your own mouth; </t><t>a stranger, and not your own lips.</t>


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<t>A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, </t><t>but <f>ⓒ</f>a fool's provocation is heavier than both.</t>


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<t>One who is full loathes <f>ⓖ</f>honey, </t><t>but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Oil and perfume make the heart glad, </t><t>and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>Do not forsake your friend and <f>ⓙ</f>your father's friend, </t><t>and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>Better is a neighbor who is near </t><t>than a brother who is far away.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Be wise, <f>ⓜ</f>my son, and <f>ⓝ</f>make my heart glad, </t><t>that I may <f>ⓞ</f>answer him who reproaches me.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> The prudent sees danger and hides himself, </t><t>but <f>ⓠ</f>the simple go on and suffer for it.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, </t><t>and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, </t><t>rising early in the morning, </t><t>will be counted as cursing.</t>


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<t>to restrain her is to restrain the wind </t><t>or to grasp <f>[3]</f> oil in one's right hand.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, </t><t>and he who <f>ⓤ</f>guards his master will be honored.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Sheol and Abaddon are <f>ⓦ</f>never satisfied, </t><t>and <f>ⓧ</f>never satisfied are the eyes of man.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, </t><t>and a man is tested by his praise.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle </t><t>along with crushed grain, </t><t>yet his folly will not depart from him. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Know well the condition of your flocks, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>give attention to your herds,</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> When the grass is gone and the new growth appears </t><t>and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> There will be enough goats' milk for your food, </t><t>for the food of your household </t><t>and maintenance for your girls. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> The wicked flee when no one pursues, </t><t>but <f>ⓑ</f>the righteous are bold as a lion.</t>


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<t>When a land transgresses, <f>ⓒ</f>it has many rulers, </t><t>but with a man of understanding and knowledge, </t><t>its stability will long continue.</t>


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<t>Those who forsake the law <f>ⓔ</f>praise the wicked, </t><t>but those who keep the law <f>ⓕ</f>strive against them.</t>


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<t>Evil men <f>ⓖ</f>do not understand justice, </t><t>but those who seek the LORD <f>ⓗ</f>understand it completely.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Better is a poor man who <f>ⓙ</f>walks in his integrity </t><t>than a rich man who is <f>ⓚ</f>crooked in his ways.</t>


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<t>The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, </t><t>but <f>ⓛ</f>a companion of gluttons shames his father.</t>


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<t>Whoever multiplies his wealth <f>ⓜ</f>by interest and profit <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>gathers it for him who is <f>ⓞ</f>generous to the poor.</t>


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<t>If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, </t><t>even his <f>ⓟ</f>prayer is an abomination.</t>


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<t>Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>will fall into his own pit, </t><t>but the blameless <f>ⓡ</f>will have a goodly inheritance.</t>


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<t>A rich man is wise in his <f>ⓢ</f>own eyes, </t><t>but a poor man who has understanding <f>ⓣ</f>will find him out.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓤ</f>the righteous triumph, there is great glory, </t><t>but when <f>ⓥ</f>the wicked rise, people hide themselves.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓦ</f>conceals his transgressions will not prosper, </t><t>but he who <f>ⓧ</f>confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.</t>


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<t>Blessed is the one who <f>ⓨ</f>fears the LORD <f>[2]</f> always, </t><t>but whoever <f>ⓩ</f>hardens his heart will fall into calamity.</t>


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<t>Like <f>ⓐ</f>a roaring lion or <f>ⓑ</f>a charging bear </t><t>is <f>ⓒ</f>a wicked ruler over a poor people.</t>


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<t>A ruler who <f>ⓓ</f>lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, </t><t>but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.</t>


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<t>If one is burdened with <f>ⓔ</f>the blood of another, </t><t>he will be a fugitive until death; <f>[3]</f> </t><t>let no one help him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> Whoever <f>ⓖ</f>walks in integrity will be delivered, </t><t>but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, </t><t>but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.</t>


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<t>A faithful man will abound with blessings, </t><t>but whoever hastens to be rich <f>ⓘ</f>will not go unpunished.</t>


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<t>To show <f>ⓙ</f>partiality is not good, </t><t>but for <f>ⓚ</f>a piece of bread a man will do wrong.</t>


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<t>A <f>ⓛ</f>stingy man <f>[4]</f> <f>ⓜ</f>hastens after wealth </t><t>and does not know that <f>ⓝ</f>poverty will come upon him.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓞ</f>rebukes a man will afterward find more favor </t><t>than <f>ⓟ</f>he who flatters with his tongue.</t>


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<t>Whoever robs his father or his mother </t><t>and says, “That is no transgression,” </t><t>is <f>ⓠ</f>a companion to a man who destroys.</t>


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<t>A greedy man <f>ⓡ</f>stirs up strife, </t><t>but the one who trusts in the LORD will <f>ⓢ</f>be enriched.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓣ</f>trusts in his own mind is a fool, </t><t>but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.</t>


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<t>Whoever <f>ⓤ</f>gives to the poor will not want, </t><t>but he who <f>ⓥ</f>hides his eyes will get many a curse.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓦ</f>the wicked rise, <f>ⓧ</f>people hide themselves, </t><t>but when they perish, the righteous increase. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, </t><t>will suddenly be <f>ⓑ</f>broken <f>ⓒ</f>beyond healing.</t>


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<t>When <f>ⓓ</f>the righteous increase, the people rejoice, </t><t>but when <f>ⓔ</f>the wicked rule, the people groan.</t>


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<t>He who <f>ⓕ</f>loves wisdom makes his father glad, </t><t>but <f>ⓖ</f>a companion of prostitutes <f>ⓗ</f>squanders his wealth.</t>


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<t>By justice a king <f>ⓘ</f>builds up the land, </t><t>but he who exacts gifts <f>[1]</f> tears it down.</t>


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<t>An evil man is <f>ⓛ</f>ensnared in his transgression, </t><t>but a righteous man <f>ⓜ</f>sings and rejoices.</t>


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<t>A righteous man <f>ⓝ</f>knows the rights of the poor; </t><t>a wicked man does not <f>ⓞ</f>understand such knowledge.</t>


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<t>If a wise man has an argument with a fool, </t><t>the fool only rages and laughs, and there is <f>ⓠ</f>no quiet.</t>


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<t>Bloodthirsty men <f>ⓡ</f>hate one who is blameless </t><t>and seek the life of the upright. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>The poor man and the oppressor <f>ⓢ</f>meet together; </t><t>the LORD <f>ⓣ</f>gives light to the eyes of both.</t>


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<t>If a king <f>ⓤ</f>faithfully judges the poor, </t><t>his throne will <f>ⓥ</f>be established forever.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> The rod and reproof give wisdom, </t><t>but a child left to himself <f>ⓧ</f>brings shame to his mother.</t>


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<t>When the wicked increase, transgression increases, </t><t>but <f>ⓨ</f>the righteous will look upon their downfall.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; </t><t>he will give delight to your heart.</t>


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<t>Where <f>ⓐ</f>there is no prophetic vision the people <f>ⓑ</f>cast off restraint, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>but blessed is he who <f>ⓒ</f>keeps the law.</t>


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<t>By mere words a servant is not disciplined, </t><t>for though he understands, he will not respond.</t>


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<t>Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>There is more hope for a fool than for him.</t>


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<t>Whoever pampers his servant from childhood </t><t>will in the end find him his heir. <f>[4]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> A man of wrath stirs up strife, </t><t>and one given to anger causes much transgression.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> One's pride will bring him low, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.</t>


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<t>The partner of a thief <f>ⓗ</f>hates his own life; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.</t>


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<t>Many <f>ⓚ</f>seek the face of a ruler, </t><t>but it is from the LORD that a man <f>ⓛ</f>gets justice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, </t><t>but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked. </t>


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<pb/>The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. <f>[1]</f> <pb/><t>The man declares, I am weary, O God; </t><t>I am weary, O God, and worn out. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>Who has <f>ⓒ</f>ascended to heaven and come down? </t><t>Who has <f>ⓓ</f>gathered the wind in his fists? </t><t>Who has <f>ⓔ</f>wrapped up the waters in a garment? </t><t>Who has established all <f>ⓕ</f>the ends of the earth? </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>What is his name, and what is his son's name? </t><t>Surely you know! </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Every word of God proves true; </t><t>he is <f>ⓘ</f>a shield to those who take refuge in him.</t>


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<t>Remove far from me falsehood and lying; </t><t>give me neither poverty nor riches; </t><t>feed me with the food that is <f>ⓛ</f>needful for me,</t>


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<t>lest I be <f>ⓜ</f>full and <f>ⓝ</f>deny you </t><t>and say, <f>ⓞ</f>“Who is the LORD?” </t><t>or lest I be poor and steal </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>and profane the name of my God. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓠ</f> Do not slander a servant to his master, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. </t>


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<pb/><t>There are those <f>[3]</f> who <f>ⓢ</f>curse their fathers </t><t>and do not bless their mothers.</t>


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<t>There are those who are <f>ⓣ</f>clean in their own eyes </t><t>but are not washed of their filth.</t>


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<t>There are those whose teeth are <f>ⓥ</f>swords, </t><t>whose <f>ⓦ</f>fangs are knives, </t><t>to <f>ⓧ</f>devour the poor from off the earth, </t><t>the needy from among mankind. </t>


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<pb/><t>The leech has two daughters: </t><t>Give and Give. <f>[4]</f> </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>Three things are never satisfied; </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>four never say, “Enough”:</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> Sheol, <f>ⓑ</f>the barren womb, </t><t>the land never satisfied with water, </t><t>and the fire that never says, “Enough.” </t>


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<pb/><t>The eye that <f>ⓒ</f>mocks a father </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>scorns to obey a mother </t><t>will <f>ⓔ</f>be picked out by <f>ⓕ</f>the ravens of the valley </t><t>and eaten by the vultures. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Three things are <f>ⓗ</f>too wonderful for me; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>four I do not understand:</t>


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<t>the way of an eagle in the sky, </t><t>the way of a serpent on a rock, </t><t>the way of a ship on the high seas, </t><t>and the way of a man with a virgin. </t>


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<pb/><t>This is the way of an adulteress: </t><t>she eats and wipes her mouth </t><t>and says, “I have done no wrong.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Under <f>ⓙ</f>three things <f>ⓚ</f>the earth trembles; </t><t>under <f>ⓛ</f>four it cannot bear up:</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> a slave when he becomes king, </t><t>and a fool when he is <f>ⓝ</f>filled with food;</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> an unloved woman when she <f>ⓟ</f>gets a husband, </t><t>and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. </t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> the rock badgers are a people not mighty, </t><t>yet they make their homes in the cliffs;</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> Three things are stately in their tread; </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>four are stately in their stride:</t>


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<t>the <f>ⓨ</f>strutting rooster, <f>[5]</f> the he-goat, </t><t>and a king whose army is with him. <f>[6]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, </t><t>or if you have been devising evil, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>put your hand on your mouth.</t>


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<t>For pressing milk produces curds, </t><t>pressing the nose produces blood, </t><t>and pressing anger produces strife. </t>


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<pb/><t>What are you doing, my son? <f>[1]</f> What are you doing, <f>ⓐ</f>son of my womb? </t><t>What are you doing, <f>ⓑ</f>son of my vows?</t>


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<t>Do <f>ⓒ</f>not give your strength to women, </t><t>your ways to those <f>ⓓ</f>who destroy kings.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> It is not for kings, O Lemuel, </t><t>it is not for kings <f>ⓕ</f>to drink wine, </t><t>or for rulers to take <f>ⓖ</f>strong drink,</t>


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<t>lest they drink and forget what has been decreed </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>pervert the rights of all the afflicted.</t>


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<t>Give strong drink to the one who <f>ⓘ</f>is perishing, </t><t>and wine to <f>ⓙ</f>those in bitter distress; <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Open your mouth for the mute, </t><t>for the rights of all who are destitute. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>Open your mouth, <f>ⓜ</f>judge righteously, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>defend the rights of <f>ⓞ</f>the poor and needy. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>[4]</f> <f>ⓟ</f>An excellent wife who can find? </t><t>She is far more precious than <f>ⓠ</f>jewels.</t>


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<t>She <f>ⓢ</f>rises while it is yet night </t><t>and <f>ⓣ</f>provides food for her household </t><t>and portions for her maidens.</t>


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<t>She <f>ⓥ</f>opens her hand to <f>ⓦ</f>the poor </t><t>and reaches out her hands to <f>ⓧ</f>the needy.</t>


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<t>She is not afraid of snow for her household, </t><t>for all her household are clothed in <f>ⓨ</f>scarlet. <f>[6]</f></t>


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<t>She makes <f>ⓩ</f>bed coverings for herself; </t><t>her clothing is <f>ⓐ</f>fine linen and <f>ⓑ</f>purple.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, </t><t>but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Vanity <f>[2]</f> of vanities, says <f>ⓓ</f>the Preacher, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>vanity of vanities! <f>ⓕ</f>All is vanity.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The sun rises, and the sun goes down, </t><t>and hastens <f>[3]</f> to the place where it rises.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> The wind blows to the south </t><t>and goes around to the north; </t><t>around and around goes the wind, </t><t>and on its circuits the wind returns.</t>


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<t>All <f>ⓛ</f>streams run to the sea, </t><t>but the sea is not full; </t><t>to the place where the streams flow, </t><t>there they flow again.</t>


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<t>All things are full of weariness; </t><t>a man cannot utter it; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>the eye is not satisfied with seeing, </t><t>nor the ear filled with hearing.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> What has been is what will be, </t><t>and what has been done is what will be done, </t><t>and there is nothing new under the sun.</t>


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<t>Is there a thing of which it is said, </t><t>“See, this is new”? </t><t>It has been <f>ⓞ</f>already </t><t>in the ages before us.</t>


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<t>There is no <f>ⓟ</f>remembrance of former things, <f>[4]</f> </t><t>nor will there be any remembrance </t><t>of later things <f>[5]</f> yet to be </t><t>among those who come after. </t>


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And I <f>ⓡ</f>applied my heart <f>[6]</f> to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy <f>ⓢ</f>business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.


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I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is <f>ⓣ</f>vanity <f>[7]</f> and a striving after wind. <f>[8]</f>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> What is crooked cannot be made straight, </t><t>and what is lacking cannot be counted. </t>


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<pb/>I said in my heart, “I have acquired great <f>ⓥ</f>wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”


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And I <f>ⓦ</f>applied my heart to know wisdom and to know <f>ⓧ</f>madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but <f>ⓨ</f>a striving after wind.


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<pb/><t>For <f>ⓩ</f>in much wisdom is much vexation, </t><t>and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. </t>


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<pb/>I <f>ⓐ</f>said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. <f>[1]</f>


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I <f>ⓒ</f>searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine — my heart still guiding me with wisdom — and how to lay hold on <f>ⓓ</f>folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.


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I bought male and female slaves, and had <f>ⓗ</f>slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of <f>ⓘ</f>herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.


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I also gathered for myself silver and <f>ⓙ</f>gold and the treasure of <f>ⓚ</f>kings and <f>ⓛ</f>provinces. I got <f>ⓜ</f>singers, both men and women, and many <f>ⓝ</f>concubines, <f>[2]</f> the delight of the sons of man.


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<pb/>So I became great and <f>ⓞ</f>surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my <f>ⓟ</f>wisdom remained with me.


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And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart <f>ⓠ</f>found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my <f>ⓡ</f>reward for all my toil.


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Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was <f>ⓢ</f>vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing <f>ⓣ</f>to be gained under the sun.


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<pb/><f>ⓤ</f> So I turned to consider <f>ⓥ</f>wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only <f>ⓦ</f>what has already been done.


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Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.


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<f>ⓧ</f> The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the <f>ⓨ</f>same event happens to all of them.


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Then I said in my heart, <f>ⓩ</f>“What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.


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For of the wise as of the fool there is <f>ⓐ</f>no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. <f>ⓑ</f>How the wise dies just like the fool!


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So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for <f>ⓒ</f>all is vanity and a striving after wind.


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<pb/>I hated <f>ⓓ</f>all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must <f>ⓔ</f>leave it to the man who will come after me,


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and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.


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So I <f>ⓕ</f>turned about and gave my heart up to despair <f>ⓖ</f>over all the toil of my labors under the sun,


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because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.


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For <f>ⓘ</f>all his days are full of sorrow, and his <f>ⓙ</f>work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.


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<pb/><f>ⓚ</f> There is nothing better for a person than that he should <f>ⓛ</f>eat and drink and find enjoyment <f>[3]</f> in his toil. This also, I saw, is <f>ⓜ</f>from the hand of God,


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For to the one who pleases him <f>ⓝ</f>God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given <f>ⓞ</f>the business of gathering and collecting, <f>ⓟ</f>only to give to one who pleases God. <f>ⓠ</f>This also is vanity and a striving after wind.


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<pb/><t>a time to be born, and a time to <f>ⓑ</f>die; </t><t>a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;</t>


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<t>a time to <f>ⓒ</f>weep, and a time to laugh; </t><t>a time to mourn, and a time to <f>ⓓ</f>dance;</t>


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<t>a time to <f>ⓔ</f>cast away stones, and a time to <f>ⓕ</f>gather stones together; </t><t>a time to embrace, and a time to <f>ⓖ</f>refrain from embracing;</t>


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<t>a time to seek, and a time to <f>ⓗ</f>lose; </t><t>a time to keep, and a time to <f>ⓘ</f>cast away;</t>


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<t>a time to <f>ⓙ</f>tear, and a time to sew; </t><t>a time to <f>ⓚ</f>keep silence, and a time to speak;</t>


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He has <f>ⓟ</f>made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot <f>ⓠ</f>find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.


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I perceived that there is <f>ⓡ</f>nothing better for them than to be joyful and to <f>ⓢ</f>do good as long as they live;


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also <f>ⓣ</f>that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil — this is <f>ⓤ</f>God's gift to man.


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<pb/>I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; <f>ⓥ</f>nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.


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That which is, <f>ⓦ</f>already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God <f>ⓧ</f>seeks what has been driven away. <f>[1]</f>


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<pb/>Moreover, <f>ⓨ</f>I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even <f>ⓩ</f>there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.


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I said in my heart, <f>ⓐ</f>God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is <f>ⓑ</f>a time for every matter and for every work.


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I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but <f>ⓒ</f>beasts.


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<f>ⓓ</f> For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. <f>[2]</f>


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Who knows whether <f>ⓕ</f>the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?


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So I saw that there is <f>ⓖ</f>nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for <f>ⓗ</f>that is his lot. Who can bring him to see <f>ⓘ</f>what will be after him?


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Again I <f>ⓑ</f>saw all <f>ⓒ</f>the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had <f>ⓓ</f>no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.


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And I <f>ⓔ</f>thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.


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But <f>ⓕ</f>better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.


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<pb/>Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is <f>ⓖ</f>vanity <f>[1]</f> and a striving after wind.


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<pb/><f>ⓙ</f> Better is a handful of <f>ⓚ</f>quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.


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one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his <f>ⓜ</f>eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, <f>ⓝ</f>“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy <f>ⓞ</f>business.


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For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!


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And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him — a threefold cord is not quickly broken.


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<pb/>Better was <f>ⓠ</f>a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how <f>ⓡ</f>to take advice.


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I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that <f>[2]</f> youth who was to stand in the king's <f>[3]</f> place.


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There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is <f>ⓣ</f>vanity and a striving after wind.


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<pb/><f>[1]</f> <f>ⓐ</f>Guard your steps when you go to <f>ⓑ</f>the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to <f>ⓒ</f>offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.


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<f>[2]</f> Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore <f>ⓓ</f>let your words be few.


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<pb/>When <f>ⓕ</f>you vow a vow to God, <f>ⓖ</f>do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. <f>ⓗ</f>Pay what you vow.


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Let not your mouth lead you <f>[3]</f> into sin, and do not say before <f>ⓙ</f>the messenger <f>[4]</f> that it was <f>ⓚ</f>a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?


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For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; <f>[5]</f> but <f>[6]</f> <f>ⓛ</f>God is the one you must fear.


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<pb/><f>ⓜ</f> If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, <f>ⓝ</f>do not be amazed at the matter, <f>ⓞ</f>for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.


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<pb/>He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.


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When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?


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Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.


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<pb/><f>ⓟ</f> There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,


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and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.


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<f>ⓠ</f> As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.


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This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what <f>ⓡ</f>gain is there to him who <f>ⓢ</f>toils for the wind?


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<pb/>Behold, what I have seen to be <f>ⓤ</f>good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment <f>[8]</f> in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his <f>ⓥ</f>lot.


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Everyone also to whom <f>ⓦ</f>God has given <f>ⓧ</f>wealth and possessions <f>ⓨ</f>and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil — this is <f>ⓩ</f>the gift of God.


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For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.


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a man <f>ⓑ</f>to whom <f>ⓒ</f>God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he <f>ⓓ</f>lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God <f>ⓔ</f>does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; <f>[1]</f> it is a grievous evil.


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If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that <f>ⓕ</f>the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's <f>ⓖ</f>good things, and he also has no <f>ⓗ</f>burial, I say that <f>ⓘ</f>a stillborn child is better off than he.


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Moreover, it has not <f>ⓙ</f>seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds <f>ⓚ</f>rest rather than he.


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Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy <f>[2]</f> no good — do not all go to the one place?


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For what advantage has the wise man <f>ⓜ</f>over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?


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Better <f>ⓝ</f>is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is <f>ⓞ</f>vanity and a striving after wind.


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<pb/>Whatever has come to be has <f>ⓟ</f>already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to <f>ⓠ</f>dispute with one stronger than he.


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For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his <f>ⓡ</f>vain <f>[4]</f> life, which he passes like <f>ⓢ</f>a shadow? For who can tell man what will be <f>ⓣ</f>after him under the sun?


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> A good name is better than precious ointment, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>the day of death than the day of birth.</t>


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<t>It is better to go to the house of mourning </t><t>than to go to the house of feasting, </t><t>for this is the end of all mankind, </t><t>and the living will <f>ⓒ</f>lay it to heart.</t>


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<t>Sorrow is better than laughter, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.</t>


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<t>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, </t><t>but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.</t>


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<t>It is <f>ⓔ</f>better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise </t><t>than to hear the song of fools.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> For as the crackling of <f>ⓖ</f>thorns under a pot, </t><t>so is the laughter of the fools; </t><t>this also is vanity. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>Surely <f>ⓗ</f>oppression drives the wise into madness, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>a bribe corrupts the heart.</t>


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<t>Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>for anger lodges in the heart <f>[2]</f> of fools.</t>


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<t>Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” </t><t>For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.</t>


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<t>For the protection of wisdom is like <f>ⓝ</f>the protection of money, </t><t>and the advantage of knowledge is that <f>ⓞ</f>wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.</t>


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<t>Consider <f>ⓟ</f>the work of God: </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>who can make straight what he has made crooked? </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓡ</f> In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, <f>ⓢ</f>so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.


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<pb/>In my <f>ⓣ</f>vain <f>[3]</f> life I have seen everything. There is <f>ⓤ</f>a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who <f>ⓥ</f>prolongs his life in his evildoing.


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Be not overly righteous, and do not <f>ⓦ</f>make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?


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It is good that you should take hold of <f>ⓨ</f>this, and from <f>ⓩ</f>that <f>ⓐ</f>withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.


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<pb/>Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear <f>ⓓ</f>your servant cursing you.


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<pb/><f>ⓘ</f> I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.


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And I find something more <f>ⓙ</f>bitter than death: <f>ⓚ</f>the woman whose heart is <f>ⓛ</f>snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but <f>ⓜ</f>the sinner is taken by her.


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Behold, this is what I found, says <f>ⓝ</f>the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things —


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which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. <f>ⓞ</f>One man among a thousand I found, but <f>ⓟ</f>a woman among all these I have not found.


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See, this alone I found, that <f>ⓠ</f>God made man upright, but <f>ⓡ</f>they have sought out many schemes.


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<pb/><t>Who is like the wise? </t><t>And who knows the interpretation of a thing? </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>A man's wisdom makes his face shine, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>the hardness of his face is changed. </t>


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Be not hasty to <f>ⓓ</f>go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.


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Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way. <f>[3]</f>


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For there is a time and a way <f>ⓕ</f>for everything, although man's trouble <f>[4]</f> lies heavy on him.


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No man has power to <f>ⓘ</f>retain the spirit, <f>ⓙ</f>or power over the day of death. There is no <f>ⓚ</f>discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.


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<f>ⓛ</f> All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.


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<pb/>Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of <f>ⓜ</f>the holy place and were <f>ⓝ</f>praised <f>[5]</f> in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. <f>[6]</f>


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Because <f>ⓞ</f>the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, <f>ⓟ</f>the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.


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Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and <f>ⓠ</f>prolongs his life, yet I know that <f>ⓡ</f>it will be well with <f>ⓢ</f>those who fear God, because they fear before him.


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But it will <f>ⓣ</f>not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like <f>ⓤ</f>a shadow, because he does not fear before God.


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<pb/>There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people <f>ⓥ</f>to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people <f>ⓦ</f>to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.


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And I commend joy, for man <f>ⓧ</f>has nothing better under the sun but to <f>ⓨ</f>eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.


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<pb/>When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see <f>ⓩ</f>the business that is done on earth, how neither <f>ⓐ</f>day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,


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then I saw all the work of God, that <f>ⓑ</f>man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, <f>ⓒ</f>he cannot find it out.


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<pb/>But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, <f>ⓐ</f>how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are <f>ⓑ</f>in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.


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<f>ⓒ</f> It is the same for all, since <f>ⓓ</f>the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, <f>[1]</f> to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who <f>ⓔ</f>swears is as he who shuns an oath.


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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that <f>ⓕ</f>the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and <f>ⓖ</f>madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.


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For the living know that they will die, but <f>ⓗ</f>the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for <f>ⓘ</f>the memory of them is forgotten.


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Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.


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<pb/>Go, <f>ⓙ</f>eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.


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<pb/>Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your <f>ⓜ</f>vain <f>[2]</f> life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your <f>ⓝ</f>portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.


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Whatever your hand finds to do, <f>ⓞ</f>do it with your might, <f>[3]</f> <f>ⓟ</f>for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.


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<pb/><f>ⓠ</f> Again I saw that under the sun <f>ⓡ</f>the race is not to the swift, nor <f>ⓢ</f>the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and <f>ⓣ</f>chance <f>ⓤ</f>happen to them all.


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For man <f>ⓥ</f>does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and <f>ⓦ</f>like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are <f>ⓧ</f>snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.


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There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.


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But there was found in it <f>ⓨ</f>a poor, wise man, and he by his <f>ⓩ</f>wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.


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But I say that <f>ⓐ</f>wisdom is better than might, though <f>ⓑ</f>the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.


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<pb/>The words of the wise heard in <f>ⓒ</f>quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.


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<pb/><t>Dead flies make <f>ⓐ</f>the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; </t><t>so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, </t><t>but a fool's heart to the left.</t>


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<t>Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, </t><t>and he <f>ⓒ</f>says to everyone that he is a fool.</t>


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<t>If the anger of the ruler rises against you, <f>ⓓ</f>do not leave your place, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>for calmness <f>[1]</f> will lay great offenses to rest. </t>


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<pb/>There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were <f>ⓕ</f>an error proceeding from the ruler:


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<pb/><t>He who <f>ⓙ</f>digs a pit will fall into it, </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> He who quarries stones is hurt by them, </t><t>and he who <f>ⓜ</f>splits logs is endangered by them.</t>


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<t>If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, </t><t>he must use more strength, </t><t>but wisdom helps one to succeed. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>If the serpent bites before it is <f>ⓝ</f>charmed, </t><t>there is no advantage to the charmer. </t>


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<pb/><t>The words of a wise man's mouth <f>ⓞ</f>win him favor, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>but <f>ⓟ</f>the lips of a fool consume him.</t>


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<t>The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, </t><t>and the end of his talk is evil madness.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> A fool multiplies words, </t><t>though no man knows what is to be, </t><t>and who can tell him <f>ⓡ</f>what will be after him?</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓣ</f> Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, </t><t>and your princes feast in the morning!</t>


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<t>Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, </t><t>and your princes feast at the proper time, </t><t>for strength, and not for <f>ⓤ</f>drunkenness!</t>


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<t>Bread is made for laughter, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>wine gladdens life, </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>money answers everything.</t>


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<t>Even in your thoughts, <f>ⓧ</f>do not curse the king, </t><t>nor in your <f>ⓨ</f>bedroom curse the rich, </t><t>for a bird of the air will carry your voice, </t><t>or some winged creature tell the matter. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Cast your bread upon the waters, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>for you will find it after many days.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> Give a portion to <f>ⓓ</f>seven, or even to eight, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.</t>


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<t>If the clouds are full of rain, </t><t>they empty themselves on the earth, </t><t>and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, </t><t>in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.</t>


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<pb/>As you do not know the way <f>ⓕ</f>the spirit comes to <f>ⓖ</f>the bones in the womb <f>[1]</f> of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.


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<pb/>In the morning sow your seed, and at evening <f>ⓗ</f>withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.


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<pb/>So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember <f>ⓙ</f>that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is <f>ⓚ</f>vanity. <f>[2]</f>


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<pb/><f>ⓛ</f> Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. <f>ⓜ</f>Walk in the ways of your heart and <f>ⓝ</f>the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things <f>ⓞ</f>God will bring you into judgment.


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<pb/>Remove vexation from your heart, and <f>ⓟ</f>put away pain <f>[3]</f> from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.


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<pb/>Remember also your Creator in <f>ⓐ</f>the days of your youth, before <f>ⓑ</f>the evil days come and the years draw near of which <f>ⓒ</f>you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;


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before <f>ⓓ</f>the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,


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in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and <f>ⓔ</f>those who look through the windows are dimmed,


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and <f>ⓕ</f>the doors on the street are shut — when <f>ⓖ</f>the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all <f>ⓗ</f>the daughters of song are brought low —


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they are afraid also of what is high, and <f>ⓘ</f>terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, <f>[1]</f> and desire fails, because man is going to his <f>ⓙ</f>eternal <f>ⓚ</f>home, and the <f>ⓛ</f>mourners go about the streets —


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before the silver cord is snapped, or <f>ⓜ</f>the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is <f>ⓝ</f>shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,


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and <f>ⓞ</f>the dust returns to the earth as it was, and <f>ⓟ</f>the spirit returns to God <f>ⓠ</f>who gave it.


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<pb/>Besides being wise, <f>ⓣ</f>the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging <f>ⓤ</f>many proverbs with great care.


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<pb/><f>ⓦ</f> The words of the wise are like goads, and like <f>ⓧ</f>nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are <f>ⓨ</f>given by <f>ⓩ</f>one Shepherd.


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My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making <f>ⓐ</f>many books there is no end, and <f>ⓑ</f>much study is a weariness of the flesh.


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<pb/>The end of the matter; all has been heard. <f>ⓒ</f>Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. <f>[3]</f>


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For <f>ⓓ</f>God will bring every deed into judgment, with <f>[4]</f> every secret thing, whether good or evil.


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<pb/><t> Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! </t><t>For your <f>ⓑ</f>love is better than wine;</t><f>[1]</f>


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<t>your <f>ⓒ</f>anointing oils are fragrant; </t><t>your <f>ⓓ</f>name is oil poured out; </t><t>therefore virgins love you.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Draw me after you; <f>ⓕ</f>let us run. </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>The king has brought me into his chambers. <pb/><e>Others</e> </pb> </t> <pb/><t>We will <f>ⓗ</f>exult and rejoice in you; </t><t>we will extol <f>ⓘ</f>your love more than wine; </t><t>rightly do they love you. </t>


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<pb/><t>I am very dark, but <f>ⓙ</f>lovely, </t><t>O <f>ⓚ</f>daughters of Jerusalem, </t><t>like <f>ⓛ</f>the tents of <f>ⓜ</f>Kedar, </t><t>like the curtains of Solomon.</t>


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<t>Do not gaze at me because I am dark, </t><t>because the sun has looked upon me. </t><t>My <f>ⓝ</f>mother's sons were angry with me; </t><t>they made me <f>ⓞ</f>keeper of <f>ⓟ</f>the vineyards, </t><t>but <f>ⓠ</f>my own vineyard I have not kept!</t>


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<t>Tell me, you <f>ⓡ</f>whom my soul loves, </t><t>where you <f>ⓢ</f>pasture your flock, </t><t>where you make it <f>ⓣ</f>lie down at noon; </t><t>for why should I be like one who veils herself </t><t>beside the flocks of your <f>ⓤ</f>companions? </t>


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<pb/><t>If you do not know, </t><t>O <f>ⓥ</f>most beautiful among women, </t><t>follow in the tracks of the flock, </t><t>and pasture your young goats </t><t>beside the shepherds' tents. </t>


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<pb/><t>While <f>ⓩ</f>the king was on his couch, </t><t>my <f>ⓐ</f>nard gave forth its fragrance.</t>


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<t>My beloved is to me a cluster of <f>ⓒ</f>henna blossoms </t><t>in the vineyards of <f>ⓓ</f>Engedi. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> Behold, <f>ⓕ</f>you are beautiful, <f>ⓖ</f>my love; </t><t>behold, you are beautiful; </t><t>your <f>ⓗ</f>eyes are doves. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, you are beautiful, <f>ⓘ</f>my beloved, truly <f>ⓙ</f>delightful. </t><t>Our couch is green;</t>


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<pb/><t>As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, </t><t>so is my <f>ⓒ</f>beloved among the young men. </t><t>With great delight I sat <f>ⓓ</f>in his shadow, </t><t>and his <f>ⓔ</f>fruit was sweet to my taste.</t>


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<t>He <f>ⓕ</f>brought me to the banqueting house, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>and his <f>ⓖ</f>banner over me was love.</t>


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<t>Sustain me with <f>ⓗ</f>raisins; </t><t>refresh me with apples, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>for I am sick with love.</t>


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<t>I <f>ⓛ</f>adjure you, <f>[3]</f> O <f>ⓜ</f>daughters of Jerusalem, </t><t>by <f>ⓝ</f>the gazelles or the does of the field, </t><t>that you not stir up or awaken love </t><t>until it pleases. </t>


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<pb/><t>The voice of my beloved! </t><t>Behold, he comes, </t><t>leaping <f>ⓞ</f>over the mountains, </t><t>bounding over the hills.</t>


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<t>My beloved is like <f>ⓟ</f>a gazelle </t><t>or a young stag. </t><t>Behold, there he stands </t><t>behind our wall, </t><t>gazing through the windows, </t><t>looking through the lattice.</t>


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<t>My beloved speaks and says to me: </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>“Arise, my love, my beautiful one, </t><t>and come away,</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> The flowers appear on the earth, </t><t>the time of singing <f>[4]</f> has come, </t><t>and the voice of <f>ⓣ</f>the turtledove </t><t>is heard in our land.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> The fig tree ripens its figs, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>the vines are in blossom; </t><t>they give forth fragrance. </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>Arise, my love, my beautiful one, </t><t>and come away.</t>


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<t>O my <f>ⓧ</f>dove, in the <f>ⓨ</f>clefts of the rock, </t><t>in the crannies of the cliff, </t><t>let me see your face, </t><t>let me <f>ⓩ</f>hear your voice, </t><t>for your voice is sweet, </t><t>and your face is <f>ⓐ</f>lovely.</t>


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<t>Catch <f>ⓑ</f>the foxes <f>[5]</f> for us, </t><t>the little foxes </t><t>that spoil the vineyards, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>for our vineyards are in blossom.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f> My beloved is mine, and I am his; </t><t>he <f>ⓔ</f>grazes <f>[6]</f> among the lilies.</t>


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<t>Until <f>ⓕ</f>the day breathes </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>the shadows flee, </t><t>turn, my beloved, be like <f>ⓗ</f>a gazelle </t><t>or a young stag on cleft mountains. <f>[7]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>On my bed <f>ⓐ</f>by night </t><t>I sought <f>ⓑ</f>him whom my soul loves; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>I sought him, but found him not.</t>


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<t>I will rise now and go about the city, </t><t>in <f>ⓓ</f>the streets and in the squares; </t><t>I will seek <f>ⓔ</f>him whom my soul loves. </t><t>I sought him, but found him not.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> The watchmen found me </t><t>as they went about in the city. </t><t>“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”</t>


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<t>Scarcely had I passed them </t><t>when I found <f>ⓖ</f>him whom my soul loves. </t><t>I <f>ⓗ</f>held him, and would not let him go </t><t>until I had <f>ⓘ</f>brought him into my mother's house, </t><t>and into the chamber of <f>ⓙ</f>her who conceived me.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> I adjure you, <f>ⓛ</f>O daughters of Jerusalem, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>by the gazelles or the does of the field, </t><t>that you not stir up or awaken love </t><t>until it pleases. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓝ</f> What is that coming up from the wilderness </t><t>like <f>ⓞ</f>columns of smoke, </t><t>perfumed with <f>ⓟ</f>myrrh and frankincense, </t><t>with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?</t>


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<t>Behold, it is the litter <f>[1]</f> of Solomon! </t><t>Around it are <f>ⓠ</f>sixty <f>ⓡ</f>mighty men, </t><t>some of the mighty men of Israel,</t>


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<t>all of them wearing swords </t><t>and expert in war, </t><t>each with his <f>ⓢ</f>sword at his thigh, </t><t>against <f>ⓣ</f>terror by night.</t>


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<t>He made its posts of silver, </t><t>its back of gold, its seat of purple; </t><t>its interior was inlaid with love </t><t>by <f>ⓤ</f>the daughters of Jerusalem.</t>


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<t>Go out, O <f>ⓥ</f>daughters of Zion, </t><t>and look upon King Solomon, </t><t>with the crown with which his mother crowned him </t><t>on <f>ⓦ</f>the day of his wedding, </t><t>on the day of the gladness of his heart. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓐ</f>you are beautiful, my love, </t><t>behold, you are beautiful! </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>Your eyes are doves </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>behind your veil. </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>Your hair is like a flock of goats </t><t>leaping down <f>ⓔ</f>the slopes of Gilead.</t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓕ</f>teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes </t><t>that have come up from the washing, </t><t>all of which bear twins, </t><t>and not one among them has lost its young.</t>


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<t>Your lips are like <f>ⓖ</f>a scarlet thread, </t><t>and your mouth is <f>ⓗ</f>lovely. </t><t>Your <f>ⓘ</f>cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>behind your veil.</t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓚ</f>neck is like the tower of David, </t><t>built in <f>ⓛ</f>rows of stone; <f>[1]</f> </t><t>on it <f>ⓜ</f>hang a thousand shields, </t><t>all of <f>ⓝ</f>them shields of warriors.</t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓞ</f>two breasts are like two <f>ⓟ</f>fawns, </t><t>twins of a gazelle, </t><t>that <f>ⓠ</f>graze among the lilies.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> Until the day breathes </t><t>and the shadows flee, </t><t>I will go away to the mountain of <f>ⓢ</f>myrrh </t><t>and the hill of <f>ⓣ</f>frankincense.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Come with me from <f>ⓧ</f>Lebanon, my <f>ⓨ</f>bride; </t><t>come with me from <f>ⓩ</f>Lebanon. </t><t>Depart <f>[2]</f> from the peak of Amana, </t><t>from the peak of <f>ⓐ</f>Senir and <f>ⓑ</f>Hermon, </t><t>from the dens of lions, </t><t>from the mountains of leopards. </t>


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<pb/><t>You have captivated my heart, my <f>ⓒ</f>sister, my bride; </t><t>you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, </t><t>with one <f>ⓓ</f>jewel of your necklace.</t>


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<t>How beautiful is your love, my <f>ⓔ</f>sister, my bride! </t><t>How much <f>ⓕ</f>better is your love than wine, </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>the fragrance of your oils than any spice!</t>


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<t>Your <f>ⓗ</f>lips drip nectar, my bride; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>honey and milk are under your tongue; </t><t>the fragrance of your garments is <f>ⓙ</f>like the fragrance of <f>ⓚ</f>Lebanon.</t>


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<t>A garden locked is my <f>ⓛ</f>sister, my bride, </t><t>a spring locked, <f>ⓜ</f>a fountain <f>ⓝ</f>sealed.</t>


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<t>Your shoots are <f>ⓞ</f>an orchard of pomegranates </t><t>with all <f>ⓟ</f>choicest fruits, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>henna with <f>ⓡ</f>nard,</t>


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<t>nard and saffron, <f>ⓢ</f>calamus and <f>ⓣ</f>cinnamon, </t><t>with all trees of <f>ⓤ</f>frankincense, </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>myrrh and <f>ⓦ</f>aloes, </t><t>with all <f>ⓧ</f>choice spices — </t>


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<t>a garden fountain, a well of <f>ⓨ</f>living water, </t><t>and flowing streams from <f>ⓩ</f>Lebanon. </t>


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<pb/><t>Awake, O north wind, </t><t>and come, O south wind! </t><t>Blow upon my <f>ⓐ</f>garden, </t><t>let its spices flow. <pb/><e>Together in the Garden of Love</e> <pb/><e>She</e> </pb> </t> <pb/><t><f>ⓑ</f>Let my beloved come to his <f>ⓒ</f>garden, </t><t>and eat its <f>ⓓ</f>choicest fruits. </t>


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<pb/><t>I <f>ⓐ</f>came to my garden, my <f>ⓑ</f>sister, my bride, </t><t>I gathered my <f>ⓒ</f>myrrh with my spice, </t><t>I ate my <f>ⓓ</f>honeycomb with my honey, </t><t>I <f>ⓔ</f>drank my wine with my milk. <pb/><e>Others</e> </pb> </t> <pb/><t>Eat, <f>ⓕ</f>friends, drink, </t><t>and be drunk with love! </t>


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<pb/><t>I slept, but my heart was awake. </t><t>A sound! My beloved is <f>ⓖ</f>knocking. </t><t>“Open to me, my <f>ⓗ</f>sister, my <f>ⓘ</f>love, </t><t>my <f>ⓙ</f>dove, my <f>ⓚ</f>perfect one, </t><t>for my head is wet with dew, </t><t>my <f>ⓛ</f>locks with the drops of the night.”</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> I had put off my garment; </t><t>how could I put it on? </t><t>I had <f>ⓝ</f>bathed my feet; </t><t>how could I soil them?</t>


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<t>I arose to open to my beloved, </t><t>and my hands dripped with myrrh, </t><t>my fingers with <f>ⓞ</f>liquid myrrh, </t><t>on the handles of the bolt.</t>


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<t>I opened to my beloved, </t><t>but my beloved had turned and gone. </t><t>My soul failed me when he <f>ⓟ</f>spoke. </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>I sought him, but found him not; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>I called him, but he gave no answer.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> The watchmen found me </t><t>as they went about in the city; </t><t>they beat me, they bruised me, </t><t>they took away my veil, </t><t>those watchmen of the walls.</t>


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<t>I <f>ⓣ</f>adjure you, O <f>ⓤ</f>daughters of Jerusalem, </t><t>if you find my beloved, </t><t>that you tell him </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>I am sick with love. </t>


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<pb/><t>What is your beloved more than another beloved, </t><t>O <f>ⓦ</f>most beautiful among women? </t><t>What is your beloved more than another beloved, </t><t>that you thus <f>ⓧ</f>adjure us? </t>


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<pb/><t>My beloved is radiant and <f>ⓨ</f>ruddy, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>distinguished among ten thousand.</t>


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<t>His <f>ⓑ</f>eyes are like doves </t><t>beside streams of water, </t><t>bathed in milk, </t><t>sitting beside a full pool. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>His <f>ⓒ</f>cheeks are like <f>ⓓ</f>beds of spices, </t><t>mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. </t><t>His lips are <f>ⓔ</f>lilies, </t><t>dripping <f>ⓕ</f>liquid myrrh.</t>


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<t>His arms are rods of gold, </t><t>set with <f>ⓖ</f>jewels. </t><t>His body is polished ivory, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>bedecked with <f>ⓗ</f>sapphires. <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>His legs are alabaster columns, </t><t>set on bases of gold. </t><t>His appearance is like <f>ⓘ</f>Lebanon, </t><t>choice as the cedars.</t>


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<t>His <f>ⓙ</f>mouth <f>[4]</f> is most sweet, </t><t>and he is altogether desirable. </t><t>This is my beloved and this is my friend, </t><t>O <f>ⓚ</f>daughters of Jerusalem. </t>


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<pb/><t>Where has your beloved gone, </t><t>O <f>ⓐ</f>most beautiful among women? </t><t>Where has your beloved turned, </t><t>that we may seek him with you? </t>


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<pb/><t>My beloved has gone down to his <f>ⓑ</f>garden </t><t>to <f>ⓒ</f>the beds of spices, </t><t>to <f>ⓓ</f>graze <f>[1]</f> in the gardens </t><t>and to gather <f>ⓔ</f>lilies.</t>


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<pb/><t>You are beautiful as <f>ⓖ</f>Tirzah, <f>ⓗ</f>my love, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>lovely as <f>ⓙ</f>Jerusalem, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>awesome as an army with banners.</t>


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<t>Turn away your eyes from me, </t><t>for they overwhelm me — </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>Your hair is like a flock of goats </t><t>leaping down the slopes of Gilead.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓜ</f> Your teeth are like a flock of ewes </t><t>that have come up from the washing; </t><t>all of them bear twins; </t><t>not one among them has lost its young.</t>


text:
<t>There are <f>ⓞ</f>sixty <f>ⓟ</f>queens and eighty <f>ⓠ</f>concubines, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>virgins without number.</t>


text:
<t>My <f>ⓢ</f>dove, my <f>ⓣ</f>perfect one, is the only one, </t><t>the only one of her mother, </t><t>pure to <f>ⓤ</f>her who bore her. </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>The young women saw her and called her blessed; </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>the queens and <f>ⓧ</f>concubines also, and they praised her. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓨ</f> “Who is this who looks down like the dawn, </t><t>beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>awesome as an army with banners?” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>I went down to the nut orchard </t><t>to look at <f>ⓐ</f>the blossoms of the valley, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>to see whether the vines had budded, </t><t>whether the pomegranates were in bloom.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓒ</f> Before I was aware, my desire set me </t><t>among <f>ⓓ</f>the chariots of my kinsman, a prince. <f>[2]</f> </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>[3]</f> Return, return, O <f>ⓔ</f>Shulammite, </t><t>return, return, that we may look upon you. <pb/><e>He</e> </pb> </t> <pb/><t>Why should you look upon <f>ⓕ</f>the Shulammite, </t><t>as upon <f>ⓖ</f>a dance before <f>ⓗ</f>two armies? <f>[4]</f> </t>


text:
<pb/><t>How beautiful are your feet in sandals, </t><t>O <f>ⓐ</f>noble daughter! </t><t>Your rounded thighs are like <f>ⓑ</f>jewels, </t><t>the work of <f>ⓒ</f>a master hand.</t>


text:
<t>Your navel is a rounded bowl </t><t>that never lacks mixed wine. </t><t>Your belly is a heap of wheat, </t><t>encircled with <f>ⓓ</f>lilies.</t>


text:
<t>Your <f>ⓕ</f>neck is like an ivory tower. </t><t>Your <f>ⓖ</f>eyes are pools in <f>ⓗ</f>Heshbon, </t><t>by the gate of Bath-rabbim. </t><t>Your nose is like a tower of <f>ⓘ</f>Lebanon, </t><t>which looks toward <f>ⓙ</f>Damascus.</t>


text:
<t>Your head crowns you like <f>ⓚ</f>Carmel, </t><t>and your <f>ⓛ</f>flowing locks are like purple; </t><t>a king is held captive in the tresses. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> How beautiful and <f>ⓝ</f>pleasant you are, </t><t>O loved one, with all your delights! <f>[1]</f></t>


text:
<t>I say I will climb the palm tree </t><t>and lay hold of its fruit. </t><t>Oh may your breasts be like <f>ⓞ</f>clusters of the vine, </t><t>and the scent of your breath like apples,</t>


text:
<t>and your <f>ⓟ</f>mouth <f>[2]</f> like the best wine. <pb/><e>She</e> </pb> </t> <pb/><t>It goes down smoothly for my beloved, </t><t>gliding over lips and teeth. <f>[3]</f> </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓢ</f> Come, my beloved, </t><t>let us go out into the fields </t><t>and lodge in the villages; <f>[4]</f></t>


text:
<t>let us go out early to the vineyards </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>and see whether the vines have budded, </t><t>whether <f>ⓤ</f>the grape blossoms have opened </t><t>and the pomegranates are in bloom. </t><t>There I will give you my love.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓥ</f> The mandrakes give forth fragrance, </t><t>and beside our doors are all choice fruits, </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>new as well as old, </t><t>which I have laid up for you, O my beloved. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Oh that you were like a brother to me </t><t>who nursed at my mother's breasts! </t><t>If I found you outside, I would kiss you, </t><t>and none would despise me.</t>


text:
<t>I would lead you and <f>ⓐ</f>bring you </t><t>into the house of my mother — </t><t>she who used to teach me. </t><t>I would give you <f>ⓑ</f>spiced wine to drink, </t><t>the juice of my pomegranate.</t>


text:
<t>I <f>ⓓ</f>adjure you, O <f>ⓔ</f>daughters of Jerusalem, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>that you not stir up or awaken love </t><t>until it pleases. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Who is that coming up from the wilderness, </t><t>leaning on her beloved? </t> <pb/><t>Under the apple tree I awakened you. </t><t>There your mother was in labor with you; </t><t>there she who bore you was in labor. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Set me as a seal upon your heart, </t><t>as <f>ⓗ</f>a seal upon your arm, </t><t>for <f>ⓘ</f>love is strong as death, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>jealousy <f>[1]</f> is fierce as the grave. <f>[2]</f> </t><t>Its flashes are flashes of fire, </t><t>the very <f>ⓚ</f>flame of the LORD.</t>


text:
<t>Many waters cannot quench love, </t><t>neither can floods drown it. </t><t>If a man offered for love </t><t>all the wealth of his <f>ⓛ</f>house, </t><t>he <f>[3]</f> would be utterly despised. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>We have a little sister, </t><t>and she <f>ⓜ</f>has no breasts. </t><t>What shall we do for our sister </t><t>on the day when she is spoken for?</t>


text:
<t>If she is a wall, </t><t>we will build on her a battlement of silver, </t><t>but if she is a door, </t><t>we will enclose her with <f>ⓝ</f>boards of cedar. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> I was a wall, </t><t>and my <f>ⓟ</f>breasts were like towers; </t><t>then I was in his eyes </t><t>as one who finds <f>[4]</f> peace. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Solomon had <f>ⓠ</f>a vineyard at Baal-hamon; </t><t>he <f>ⓡ</f>let out the vineyard to <f>ⓢ</f>keepers; </t><t>each one was to bring for its fruit <f>ⓣ</f>a thousand pieces of silver.</t>


text:
<t>My vineyard, my very own, is before me; </t><t>you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, </t><t>and <f>ⓤ</f>the keepers of the fruit two hundred. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> O you who dwell in the gardens, </t><t>with <f>ⓦ</f>companions listening for your voice; </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>let me hear it. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓨ</f> Make haste, my beloved, </t><t>and be <f>ⓩ</f>like a gazelle </t><t>or a young stag </t><t>on <f>ⓐ</f>the mountains of spices. </t>


text:
<pb/>The <f>ⓐ</f>vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem <f>ⓑ</f>in the days of <f>ⓒ</f>Uzziah, <f>ⓓ</f>Jotham, <f>ⓔ</f>Ahaz, and <f>ⓕ</f>Hezekiah, kings of Judah.


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O <f>ⓗ</f>earth; </t><t>for the LORD has spoken: </t><t>“Children <f>[1]</f> <f>ⓘ</f>have I reared and brought up, </t><t>but they have rebelled against me.</t>


text:
<t>The ox <f>ⓙ</f>knows its owner, </t><t>and the donkey its master's crib, </t><t>but Israel does <f>ⓚ</f>not know, </t><t>my people do not understand.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Ah, sinful nation, </t><t>a people laden with iniquity, </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>offspring of evildoers, </t><t>children who deal corruptly! </t><t>They have forsaken the LORD, </t><t>they have <f>ⓜ</f>despised <f>ⓝ</f>the Holy One of Israel, </t><t>they are utterly <f>ⓞ</f>estranged. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Why will you still be <f>ⓟ</f>struck down? </t><t>Why will you <f>ⓠ</f>continue to rebel? </t><t>The whole head is sick, </t><t>and the whole heart faint.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓡ</f> From the sole of the foot even to the head, </t><t>there is no soundness in it, </t><t>but bruises and sores </t><t>and raw wounds; </t><t>they are <f>ⓢ</f>not pressed out or bound up </t><t>or softened with oil. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓣ</f> Your country lies desolate; </t><t>your cities are burned with fire; </t><t>in your very presence </t><t>foreigners devour your land; </t><t>it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.</t>


text:
<t>And <f>ⓤ</f>the daughter of Zion is left </t><t>like a <f>ⓥ</f>booth in a vineyard, </t><t>like a lodge in a cucumber field, </t><t>like a besieged city. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓦ</f> If the LORD of hosts </t><t>had not left us <f>ⓧ</f>a few survivors, </t><t>we should have been like <f>ⓨ</f>Sodom, </t><t>and become like <f>ⓩ</f>Gomorrah. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Hear the word of the LORD, </t><t>you rulers of <f>ⓐ</f> <f>ⓑ</f>Sodom! </t><t>Give ear to the teaching <f>[2]</f> of our God, </t><t>you people of <f>ⓒ</f>Gomorrah!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? </t><t>says the LORD; </t><t>I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams </t><t>and the fat of well-fed beasts; </t><t>I do not delight in the blood of bulls, </t><t>or of lambs, or of goats. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>“When you come to <f>ⓔ</f>appear before me, </t><t>who has required of you </t><t>this trampling of my courts?</t>


text:
<t>Bring no more vain offerings; </t><t>incense is an abomination to me. </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>New moon and Sabbath and the <f>ⓖ</f>calling of convocations — </t><t>I cannot endure <f>ⓗ</f>iniquity and <f>ⓘ</f>solemn assembly.</t>


text:
<t>Your <f>ⓙ</f>new moons and your appointed feasts </t><t>my soul hates; </t><t>they have become a burden to me; </t><t>I am weary of bearing them.</t>


text:
<t>When you <f>ⓚ</f>spread out your hands, </t><t>I will hide my eyes from you; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>even though you make many prayers, </t><t>I will not listen; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>your hands are full of blood.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓝ</f> Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; </t><t>remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>cease to do evil,</t>


text:
<t>learn to do good; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>seek justice, </t><t>correct oppression; </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>bring justice to the fatherless, </t><t>plead the widow's cause. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>“Come now, <f>ⓡ</f>let us reason <f>[3]</f> together, says the LORD: </t><t>though your sins are like scarlet, </t><t>they shall be as <f>ⓢ</f>white as snow; </t><t>though they are red like crimson, </t><t>they shall become like wool.</t>


text:
<t>but if you refuse and rebel, </t><t>you shall be eaten by the sword; </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>How the faithful city </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>has become a whore, <f>[4]</f> </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>she who was full of justice! </t><t>Righteousness lodged in her, </t><t>but now murderers.</t>


text:
<t>Your princes are rebels </t><t>and companions of thieves. </t><t>Everyone <f>ⓨ</f>loves a bribe </t><t>and runs after gifts. </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>They do not bring justice to the fatherless, </t><t>and the widow's cause does not come to them. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Therefore the <f>ⓐ</f>Lord declares, </t><t>the LORD of hosts, </t><t>the <f>ⓑ</f>Mighty One of Israel: </t><t>“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>and avenge myself on my foes.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> I will turn my hand against you </t><t>and will smelt away your <f>ⓔ</f>dross as with lye </t><t>and remove all your alloy.</t>


text:
<t>And I will restore your judges <f>ⓕ</f>as at the first, </t><t>and your counselors as at the beginning. </t><t>Afterward <f>ⓖ</f>you shall be called the city of righteousness, </t><t>the faithful city.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Zion shall be redeemed by justice, </t><t>and those in her who repent, by righteousness.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓘ</f> But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, </t><t>and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓙ</f> For they <f>[5]</f> shall be ashamed of <f>ⓚ</f>the oaks </t><t>that you desired; </t><t>and you shall blush for <f>ⓛ</f>the gardens </t><t>that you have chosen.</t>


text:
<t>For you shall be <f>ⓜ</f>like an oak </t><t>whose leaf withers, </t><t>and like a garden without water.</t>


text:
<t>And the strong shall become <f>ⓝ</f>tinder, </t><t>and his work a spark, </t><t>and both of them shall burn together, </t><t>with <f>ⓞ</f>none to quench them. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> It shall come to pass in the latter days </t><t>that <f>ⓑ</f>the mountain of the house of the LORD </t><t>shall be established as the highest of the mountains, </t><t>and shall be lifted up above the hills; </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>all the nations shall flow to it,</t>


text:
<t>and <f>ⓓ</f>many peoples shall come, and say: </t><t>“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, </t><t>to the house of the God of Jacob, </t><t>that he may teach us his ways </t><t>and that we may walk in his paths.” </t><t>For <f>ⓔ</f>out of Zion shall go forth the law, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.</t>


text:
<t>He shall judge between the nations, </t><t>and shall decide disputes for many peoples; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, </t><t>and their spears into pruning hooks; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>nation shall not lift up sword against nation, </t><t>neither shall they learn war anymore. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For you have rejected your people, </t><t>the house of Jacob, </t><t>because they are full of things <f>ⓘ</f>from the east </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>of fortune-tellers <f>ⓚ</f>like the Philistines, </t><t>and they <f>ⓛ</f>strike hands with the children of foreigners.</t>


text:
<t>Their land is <f>ⓜ</f>filled with silver and gold, </t><t>and there is no end to their treasures; </t><t>their land is <f>ⓝ</f>filled with horses, </t><t>and there is no end to their chariots.</t>


text:
<t>Their land is <f>ⓞ</f>filled with idols; </t><t>they bow down to <f>ⓟ</f>the work of their hands, </t><t>to what their own fingers have made.</t>


text:
<t>So man <f>ⓠ</f>is humbled, </t><t>and each one <f>ⓡ</f>is brought low — </t><t>do not forgive them!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓢ</f> Enter into the rock </t><t>and hide in the dust </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>from before the terror of the LORD, </t><t>and from the splendor of his majesty.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓤ</f> The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, </t><t>and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, </t><t>and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> For the LORD of hosts has a day </t><t>against all that is proud and lofty, </t><t>against all that is lifted up — and it shall be brought low;</t>


text:
<t>against all the <f>ⓦ</f>cedars of Lebanon, </t><t>lofty and lifted up; </t><t>and against all the <f>ⓧ</f>oaks of Bashan;</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓐ</f> And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, </t><t>and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, </t><t>and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓒ</f> And people shall enter the caves of the rocks </t><t>and the holes of the ground, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>from before the terror of the LORD, </t><t>and from the splendor of his majesty, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>when he rises to terrify the earth. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>In that day <f>ⓔ</f>mankind will cast away </t><t>their idols of silver and their idols of gold, </t><t>which they made for themselves to worship, </t><t>to the moles and to the <f>ⓕ</f>bats,</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓖ</f> to enter the caverns of the rocks </t><t>and the clefts of the cliffs, </t><t>from before the terror of the LORD, </t><t>and from the splendor of his majesty, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>when he rises to terrify the earth.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓘ</f> Stop regarding man </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>in whose nostrils is breath, </t><t>for of what account is he? </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For behold, the <f>ⓐ</f>Lord GOD of hosts </t><t>is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah </t><t>support and supply, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>all <f>ⓑ</f>support of bread, </t><t>and all support of water;</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓒ</f> the mighty man and the soldier, </t><t>the judge and the prophet, </t><t>the diviner and the elder,</t>


text:
<t>the captain of fifty </t><t>and the man of rank, </t><t>the counselor and the skillful magician </t><t>and the expert in charms.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> And I will make boys their princes, </t><t>and infants <f>[2]</f> shall rule over them.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓔ</f> And the people will oppress one another, </t><t>every one his fellow </t><t>and every one his neighbor; </t><t>the youth will be insolent to the elder, </t><t>and the despised to the honorable. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For <f>ⓕ</f>a man will take hold of his brother </t><t>in the house of his father, saying: </t><t>“You have a cloak; </t><t>you shall be our leader, </t><t>and this heap of ruins </t><t>shall be under your rule”;</t>


text:
<t>in that day he will speak out, saying: </t><t>“I will not be a <f>ⓖ</f>healer; <f>[3]</f> </t><t>in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; </t><t>you shall not make me </t><t>leader of the people.”</t>


text:
<t>For Jerusalem has stumbled, </t><t>and Judah has fallen, </t><t>because their <f>ⓗ</f>speech and their deeds are against the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>defying his glorious presence. <f>[4]</f> </t>


text:
<pb/><t>For the look on their faces bears witness against them; </t><t>they proclaim their sin <f>ⓙ</f>like Sodom; </t><t>they do not hide it. </t><t>Woe to them! </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>For they have brought evil on themselves.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓛ</f> Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓝ</f> Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, </t><t>for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.</t>


text:
<t>My people — <f>ⓞ</f>infants are their oppressors, </t><t>and women rule over them. </t><t>O my people, <f>ⓟ</f>your guides mislead you </t><t>and they have swallowed up <f>[5]</f> the course of your paths. </t>


text:
<t>The LORD will enter into judgment </t><t>with the <f>ⓡ</f>elders and princes of his people: </t><t>“It is you who <f>ⓢ</f>have devoured <f>[6]</f> the vineyard, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>the spoil of the poor is in your houses.</t>


text:
<t>What do you mean by <f>ⓤ</f>crushing my people, </t><t>by grinding the face of the poor?” <pb/>declares the Lord GOD of hosts. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>The LORD said: </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>Because <f>ⓦ</f>the daughters of Zion are haughty </t><t>and walk with outstretched necks, </t><t>glancing wantonly with their eyes, </t><t>mincing along as they go, </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>tinkling with their feet,</t>


text:
<t>therefore the Lord <f>ⓨ</f>will strike with a scab </t><t>the heads of <f>ⓩ</f>the daughters of Zion, </t><t>and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts. </t>


text:
<pb/>In that day the Lord will take away <f>ⓐ</f>the finery of the anklets, the <f>ⓑ</f>headbands, and the <f>ⓒ</f>crescents;


text:
<pb/><t>Instead of <f>ⓖ</f>perfume there will be rottenness; </t><t>and instead of a <f>ⓗ</f>belt, a rope; </t><t>and instead of <f>ⓘ</f>well-set hair, <f>ⓙ</f>baldness; </t><t>and instead of a rich robe, a <f>ⓚ</f>skirt of sackcloth; </t><t>and <f>ⓛ</f>branding instead of beauty.</t>


text:
<t>And <f>ⓜ</f>her gates shall lament and mourn; </t><t>empty, she shall <f>ⓝ</f>sit on the ground. </t>


text:
<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> And seven women <f>ⓑ</f>shall take hold of <f>ⓒ</f>one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; <f>ⓓ</f>take away our reproach.”


text:
<pb/>In that day <f>ⓔ</f>the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and <f>ⓕ</f>the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.


text:
<f>ⓖ</f> And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called <f>ⓗ</f>holy, everyone who has <f>ⓘ</f>been recorded for life in Jerusalem,


text:
when <f>ⓙ</f>the Lord shall have washed away the filth of <f>ⓚ</f>the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by <f>ⓛ</f>a spirit of burning. <f>[1]</f>


text:
Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies <f>ⓜ</f>a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be <f>ⓝ</f>a canopy.


text:
<f>ⓞ</f> There will be a <f>ⓟ</f>booth for shade by day from the heat, and <f>ⓠ</f>for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.


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<pb/><t>Let me sing for my beloved </t><t>my love song concerning his vineyard: </t><t>My beloved had <f>ⓐ</f>a vineyard </t><t>on a very fertile hill.</t>


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<t>He dug it and cleared it of stones, </t><t>and planted it with <f>ⓑ</f>choice vines; </t><t>he built a watchtower in the midst of it, </t><t>and hewed out a wine vat in it; </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>he looked for it to yield grapes, </t><t>but it yielded wild grapes. </t>


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<pb/><t>And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem </t><t>and men of Judah, </t><t>judge between me and my vineyard.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> What more was there to do for my vineyard, </t><t>that I have not done in it? </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>When I looked for it to yield grapes, </t><t>why did it yield wild grapes? </t>


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<pb/><t>And now I will tell you </t><t>what I will do to my vineyard. </t><t>I will remove <f>ⓕ</f>its hedge, </t><t>and it shall be devoured; <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>I will break down its wall, </t><t>and it shall be trampled down.</t>


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<t>I will make it a waste; </t><t>it shall not be pruned or hoed, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>briers and thorns shall grow up; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>I will also command the clouds </t><t>that they rain no rain upon it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts </t><t>is the house of Israel, </t><t>and the men of Judah </t><t>are his pleasant planting; </t><t>and he looked for justice, </t><t>but behold, bloodshed; <f>[2]</f> </t><t>for righteousness, </t><t>but behold, an outcry! <f>[3]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to those who <f>ⓚ</f>join house to house, </t><t>who add field to field, </t><t>until there is no more room, </t><t>and you are made to dwell alone </t><t>in the midst of the land.</t>


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<t>The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>“Surely many houses shall be desolate, </t><t>large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> For ten acres <f>[4]</f> of vineyard shall yield but one bath, </t><t>and a <f>ⓝ</f>homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.” <f>[5]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to those who <f>ⓞ</f>rise early in the morning, </t><t>that they may run after strong drink, </t><t>who tarry late into the evening </t><t>as wine inflames them!</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> They have lyre and harp, </t><t>tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, </t><t>or see the work of his hands. </t>


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<pb/><t>Therefore my people go into exile </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>for lack of knowledge; <f>[6]</f> </t><t>their <f>ⓢ</f>honored men go hungry, <f>[7]</f> </t><t>and their multitude is parched with thirst.</t>


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<t>Therefore Sheol has <f>ⓣ</f>enlarged its appetite </t><t>and opened <f>ⓤ</f>its mouth beyond measure, </t><t>and the nobility of Jerusalem <f>[8]</f> and her multitude will go down, </t><t>her revelers and he who <f>ⓥ</f>exults in her.</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Man is humbled, and each one is brought low, </t><t>and the eyes of the haughty <f>[9]</f> are brought low.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> But the LORD of hosts is exalted <f>[10]</f> in justice, </t><t>and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.</t>


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<t>Then shall the lambs graze <f>ⓨ</f>as in their pasture, </t><t>and <f>ⓩ</f>nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich. </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to those who draw iniquity with <f>ⓐ</f>cords of falsehood, </t><t>who draw sin as with cart ropes,</t>


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<t>who say: <f>ⓑ</f>“Let him be quick, </t><t>let him speed his work </t><t>that we may see it; </t><t>let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, </t><t>and let it come, that we may know it!”</t>


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<t>Woe to <f>ⓒ</f>those who call evil good </t><t>and good evil, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>who put darkness for light </t><t>and light for darkness, </t><t>who put bitter for sweet </t><t>and sweet for bitter!</t>


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<t>Woe to those who are <f>ⓕ</f>heroes at drinking wine, </t><t>and valiant men in mixing strong drink,</t>


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<pb/><t>Therefore, <f>ⓗ</f>as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, </t><t>and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, </t><t>so <f>ⓘ</f>their root will be <f>ⓙ</f>as rottenness, </t><t>and their blossom go up like dust; </t><t>for they have <f>ⓚ</f>rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, </t><t>and have <f>ⓛ</f>despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.</t>


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<t>Therefore <f>ⓜ</f>the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, </t><t>and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, </t><t>and <f>ⓝ</f>the mountains quaked; </t><t>and their corpses were <f>ⓞ</f>as refuse </t><t>in the midst of the streets. </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>For all this his anger has not turned away, </t><t>and his hand is stretched out still. </t>


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<pb/><t>He will <f>ⓠ</f>raise a signal for nations far away, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>whistle for them <f>ⓢ</f>from the ends of the earth; </t><t>and behold, quickly, speedily they come!</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> None is weary, none stumbles, </t><t>none slumbers or sleeps, </t><t>not a waistband is loose, </t><t>not a sandal strap broken;</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> their arrows are sharp, </t><t>all their bows bent, </t><t>their horses' hoofs seem like flint, </t><t>and their wheels <f>ⓥ</f>like the whirlwind.</t>


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<t>Their roaring is like a lion, </t><t>like young lions they roar; </t><t>they growl and <f>ⓦ</f>seize their prey; </t><t>they carry it off, and none can rescue.</t>


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<t>They will growl over it on that day, </t><t>like the growling of the sea. </t><t>And if one looks to the land, </t><t>behold, <f>ⓧ</f>darkness and distress; </t><t>and the light is darkened by its clouds. </t>


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<pb/>In the year that <f>ⓐ</f>King Uzziah died I <f>ⓑ</f>saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train <f>[1]</f> of his robe filled the temple.


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Above him stood the seraphim. Each had <f>ⓒ</f>six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.


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And one called to another and said: <pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f>“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>the whole earth is full of his glory!” <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<pb/>And <f>ⓕ</f>the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and <f>ⓖ</f>the house was filled with smoke.


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And I said: “Woe is me! <f>ⓗ</f>For I am lost; <f>ⓘ</f>for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the <f>ⓙ</f>King, the LORD of hosts!”


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<pb/>Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.


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And he <f>ⓚ</f>touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”


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<pb/>And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for <f>ⓛ</f>us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”


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And he said, “Go, and say to this people: <pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f>“‘Keep on hearing, <f>[3]</f> but do not understand; </t><t>keep on seeing, <f>[4]</f> but do not perceive.’</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> Make the heart of this people <f>ⓞ</f>dull, <f>[5]</f> </t><t>and their ears heavy, </t><t>and blind their eyes; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>lest they see with their eyes, </t><t>and hear with their ears, </t><t>and understand with their hearts, </t><t>and turn and be healed.”</t>


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<t>Then I said, <f>ⓠ</f>“How long, O Lord?” </t><t>And he said: </t><t>“Until <f>ⓡ</f>cities lie waste </t><t>without inhabitant, </t><t>and houses without people, </t><t>and the land is a desolate waste,</t>


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<t>and the LORD removes people far away, </t><t>and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> And though a tenth remain in it, </t><t>it will be burned <f>[6]</f> again, </t><t>like a terebinth or an oak, </t><t>whose stump <f>ⓣ</f>remains </t><t>when it is felled.” </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>The holy seed <f>[7]</f> is its stump. </t>


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<pb/>In the days of <f>ⓐ</f>Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, <f>ⓑ</f>Rezin the king of Syria and <f>ⓒ</f>Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.


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When the house of David was told, <f>ⓓ</f>“Syria is in league with <f>[1]</f> <f>ⓔ</f>Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz <f>[2]</f> and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and <f>ⓕ</f>Shear-jashub <f>[3]</f> your son, at the end of <f>ⓖ</f>the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.


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And say to him, <f>ⓗ</f>‘Be careful, <f>ⓘ</f>be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two <f>ⓙ</f>smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and <f>ⓚ</f>the son of Remaliah.


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“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it <f>[4]</f> for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”


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thus says the Lord GOD: <pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f>“‘It shall not stand, </t><t>and it shall not come to pass.</t>


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<t>For the head of Syria is <f>ⓝ</f>Damascus, </t><t>and the head of Damascus is Rezin. </t><t>And within sixty-five years </t><t>Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.</t>


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<t>And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, </t><t>and the head of Samaria is <f>ⓞ</f>the son of Remaliah. </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>If you <f>[5]</f> are not firm in faith, </t><t>you will not be firm at all.’” </t>


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And he <f>[7]</f> said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you <f>ⓡ</f>weary my God also?


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Therefore the <f>ⓢ</f>Lord himself will give you a sign. <f>ⓣ</f>Behold, the <f>ⓤ</f>virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name <f>ⓥ</f>Immanuel. <f>[8]</f>


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<f>ⓧ</f> For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be <f>ⓨ</f>deserted.


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<f>ⓩ</f> The LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that <f>ⓐ</f>Ephraim departed from Judah — the king of Assyria!”


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<pb/>In that day the LORD will <f>ⓑ</f>whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.


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And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and <f>ⓒ</f>in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures. <f>[9]</f>


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<pb/>In that day <f>ⓓ</f>the Lord will <f>ⓔ</f>shave with a razor that is <f>ⓕ</f>hired beyond <f>ⓖ</f>the River <f>[10]</f> — with the king of Assyria — the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.


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and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat <f>ⓘ</f>curds and honey.


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<pb/>In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels <f>[11]</f> of silver, will become <f>ⓙ</f>briers and thorns.


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<f>ⓛ</f> And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear <f>ⓜ</f>of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet <f>ⓐ</f>and write on it in common characters, <f>[1]</f> ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ <f>[2]</f>


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And <f>ⓑ</f>I will get reliable witnesses, <f>ⓒ</f>Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”


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<pb/>And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, <f>ⓓ</f>“Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;


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<f>ⓔ</f> for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the <f>ⓕ</f>wealth of <f>ⓖ</f>Damascus and the spoil of <f>ⓗ</f>Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”


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“Because this people has refused the waters of <f>ⓘ</f>Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over <f>ⓙ</f>Rezin and the son of Remaliah,


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therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them <f>ⓚ</f>the waters of <f>ⓛ</f>the River, <f>[3]</f> mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it <f>ⓜ</f>will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,


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and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, <f>ⓝ</f>reaching even to the neck, and its <f>ⓞ</f>outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, <f>ⓟ</f>O Immanuel.”


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<pb/><t>Be broken, <f>[4]</f> you peoples, and <f>ⓠ</f>be shattered; <f>[5]</f> </t><t>give ear, all you far countries; </t><t>strap on your armor and be shattered; </t><t>strap on your armor and be shattered.</t>


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<t>Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; </t><t>speak a word, <f>ⓡ</f>but it will not stand, </t><t>for God <f>ⓢ</f>is with us. <f>[6]</f> </t>


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<pb/>For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and <f>ⓣ</f>warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:


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“Do not call <f>ⓤ</f>conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and <f>ⓥ</f>do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.


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But the LORD of hosts, <f>ⓦ</f>him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.


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And he will become a <f>ⓧ</f>sanctuary and <f>ⓨ</f>a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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And many <f>ⓩ</f>shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”


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I will <f>ⓒ</f>wait for the LORD, who is <f>ⓓ</f>hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.


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<f>ⓔ</f> Behold, I and <f>ⓕ</f>the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.


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And when they say to you, “Inquire of the <f>ⓖ</f>mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of <f>ⓗ</f>the dead on behalf of the living?


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<f>ⓘ</f> To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no <f>ⓙ</f>dawn.


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They will pass through the land, <f>[8]</f> greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against <f>[9]</f> their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.


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<f>ⓚ</f> And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into <f>ⓛ</f>thick darkness.


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<pb/><f>[1]</f> But there will be no <f>ⓐ</f>gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he <f>ⓑ</f>brought into contempt the land of <f>ⓒ</f>Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he <f>ⓓ</f>has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. <f>[2]</f>


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<pb/><t><f>[3]</f> <f>ⓔ</f>The people <f>ⓕ</f>who walked in darkness </t><t>have seen a great light; </t><t>those who dwelt in a land of <f>ⓖ</f>deep darkness, </t><t>on them has light shone.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> You have multiplied the nation; </t><t>you have increased its joy; </t><t>they rejoice before you </t><t>as with <f>ⓘ</f>joy at the harvest, </t><t>as they <f>ⓙ</f>are glad <f>ⓚ</f>when they divide the spoil.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> For the yoke of his burden, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>and the staff for his shoulder, </t><t>the rod of his oppressor, </t><t>you have broken as <f>ⓝ</f>on the day of Midian.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult </t><t>and every garment rolled in blood </t><t>will be burned as fuel for the fire.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> For to us a child is born, </t><t>to us <f>ⓠ</f>a son is given; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>and the government shall be <f>ⓢ</f>upon <f>[4]</f> his shoulder, </t><t>and his name shall be called <f>[5]</f> </t><t>Wonderful <f>ⓣ</f>Counselor, <f>ⓤ</f>Mighty God, </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>Everlasting <f>ⓦ</f>Father, Prince of <f>ⓧ</f>Peace.</t>


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<t>Of the increase of his government and of peace </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>there will be no end, </t><t>on the throne of David and over his kingdom, </t><t>to establish it and to uphold it </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>with justice and with righteousness </t><t>from this time forth and forevermore. </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. </t>


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<t>and all the people will know, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, </t><t>who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:</t>


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<t>“The bricks have fallen, </t><t>but we will build with dressed stones; </t><t>the sycamores have been cut down, </t><t>but we will put cedars in their place.”</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> The Syrians on the east and <f>ⓓ</f>the Philistines on the west </t><t>devour Israel with open mouth. </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>For all this his anger has not turned away, </t><t>and his hand is stretched out still. </t>


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<pb/><t>The people <f>ⓕ</f>did not turn to him who struck them, </t><t>nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.</t>


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<t>So the LORD cut off from Israel <f>ⓖ</f>head and tail, </t><t>palm branch and reed in one day — </t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> the elder and honored man is the head, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;</t>


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<t>for those who guide this people have been leading them astray, </t><t>and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.</t>


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<t>Therefore the Lord does not <f>ⓙ</f>rejoice over their young men, </t><t>and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; </t><t>for everyone is <f>ⓚ</f>godless and an evildoer, </t><t>and every mouth speaks <f>ⓛ</f>folly. <f>[6]</f> </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>For all this his anger has not turned away, </t><t>and his hand is stretched out still. </t>


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<pb/><t>For wickedness burns like <f>ⓝ</f>a fire; </t><t>it consumes briers and thorns; </t><t>it kindles the thickets of the forest, </t><t>and they roll upward in a column of smoke.</t>


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<t>Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts </t><t>the land is scorched, </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>the people are like fuel for the fire; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>no one spares another.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry, </t><t>and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>each devours the flesh of his own arm,</t>


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<t>Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; </t><t>together they are <f>ⓢ</f>against Judah. </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>For all this his anger has not turned away, </t><t>and his hand is stretched out still. </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to those who <f>ⓐ</f>decree iniquitous decrees, </t><t>and the writers who <f>ⓑ</f>keep writing oppression,</t>


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<t>to turn aside the needy from justice </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>to rob the poor of my people of their right, </t><t>that widows may be their spoil, </t><t>and that they may make the fatherless their prey!</t>


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<t>What will you do on <f>ⓓ</f>the day of punishment, </t><t>in the ruin that will come <f>ⓔ</f>from afar? </t><t>To whom will you flee for help, </t><t>and where will you leave your wealth?</t>


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<t>Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners </t><t>or fall among the slain. </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>For all this his anger has not turned away, </t><t>and his hand is stretched out still. </t>


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<pb/><t>Woe to Assyria, <f>ⓖ</f>the rod of my anger; </t><t>the staff in their hands is my fury!</t>


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<t>Against a <f>ⓗ</f>godless nation I send him, </t><t>and against the people of my wrath I command him, </t><t>to take <f>ⓘ</f>spoil and seize plunder, </t><t>and to <f>ⓙ</f>tread them down like the mire of the streets.</t>


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<t>But he <f>ⓚ</f>does not so intend, </t><t>and his heart does not so think; </t><t>but it is in his heart to destroy, </t><t>and to cut off nations not a few;</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> Is not <f>ⓝ</f>Calno like <f>ⓞ</f>Carchemish? </t><t>Is not <f>ⓟ</f>Hamath like <f>ⓠ</f>Arpad? </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>Is not <f>ⓢ</f>Samaria like Damascus?</t>


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<t>As my hand has reached to <f>ⓣ</f>the kingdoms of the idols, </t><t>whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,</t>


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<t>shall I not do to Jerusalem and <f>ⓤ</f>her idols </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>as I have done to Samaria and her images?” </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓦ</f> When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, <f>ⓧ</f>he <f>[1]</f> will punish the speech <f>[2]</f> of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.


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<f>ⓨ</f> For he says: <pb/><t>“By the strength of my hand I have done it, </t><t>and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; </t><t>I remove the boundaries of peoples, </t><t>and plunder their treasures; </t><t>like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.</t>


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<t>My hand has found like a nest </t><t>the wealth of the peoples; </t><t>and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, </t><t>so I have gathered all the earth; </t><t>and there was none that moved a wing </t><t>or opened the mouth or chirped.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Shall <f>ⓩ</f>the axe boast over him who hews with it, </t><t>or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? </t><t>As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, </t><t>or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!</t>


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<t>Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts </t><t>will send wasting sickness among his <f>ⓐ</f>stout warriors, </t><t>and under his glory <f>ⓑ</f>a burning will be kindled, </t><t>like the burning of fire.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> The light of Israel will become a fire, </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>his Holy One a flame, </t><t>and <f>ⓔ</f>it will burn and devour </t><t>his thorns and briers <f>ⓕ</f>in one day.</t>


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<t>The glory of <f>ⓖ</f>his forest and of his <f>ⓗ</f>fruitful land </t><t>the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, </t><t>and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.</t>


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<t>The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few </t><t>that a child can write them down. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓘ</f> In that day <f>ⓙ</f>the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more <f>ⓚ</f>lean on him who struck them, but <f>ⓛ</f>will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.


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<f>ⓝ</f> For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, <f>ⓞ</f>only a remnant of them will return. <f>ⓟ</f>Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.


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<pb/>Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O my people, <f>ⓠ</f>who dwell in Zion, <f>ⓡ</f>be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as <f>ⓢ</f>the Egyptians did.


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For <f>ⓣ</f>in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.


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And <f>ⓤ</f>the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck <f>ⓥ</f>Midian <f>ⓦ</f>at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it <f>ⓧ</f>as he did in Egypt.


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And in that day <f>ⓨ</f>his burden will depart from your shoulder, and <f>ⓩ</f>his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.” <f>[3]</f>


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<pb/><t>He has come to Aiath; </t><t>he has passed through <f>ⓐ</f>Migron; </t><t>at Michmash he stores <f>ⓑ</f>his baggage;</t>


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<t>they have crossed over <f>ⓒ</f>the pass; </t><t>at <f>ⓓ</f>Geba they lodge for the night; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>Ramah trembles; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>Gibeah of Saul has fled.</t>


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<t>Cry aloud, O daughter of <f>ⓖ</f>Gallim! </t><t>Give attention, O Laishah! </t><t>O poor <f>ⓗ</f>Anathoth!</t>


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<t>This very day he will halt at <f>ⓘ</f>Nob; </t><t>he will shake his fist </t><t>at the mount of <f>ⓙ</f>the daughter of Zion, </t><t>the hill of Jerusalem. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>will lop <f>ⓛ</f>the boughs with terrifying power; </t><t>the great in height will be hewn down, </t><t>and the lofty will be brought low.</t>


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<t>He will cut down <f>ⓜ</f>the thickets of the forest with an axe, </t><t>and <f>ⓝ</f>Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One. </t>


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<pb/><t>There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of <f>ⓐ</f>Jesse, </t><t>and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.</t>


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<t>And <f>ⓑ</f>the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, </t><t>the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, </t><t>the Spirit of counsel and might, </t><t>the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.</t>


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<t>And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>He shall not judge by <f>ⓓ</f>what his eyes see, </t><t>or decide disputes by <f>ⓔ</f>what his ears hear,</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓕ</f>with righteousness he shall judge the poor, </t><t>and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; </t><t>and he shall <f>ⓖ</f>strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>with the breath of his lips <f>ⓘ</f>he shall kill the wicked.</t>


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<t>Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, </t><t>and <f>ⓙ</f>faithfulness the belt of his loins. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, </t><t>and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, </t><t>and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; </t><t>and a little child shall lead them.</t>


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<t>The cow and the bear shall graze; </t><t>their young shall lie down together; </t><t>and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.</t>


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<t>The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, </t><t>and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> They shall not hurt or destroy </t><t>in all <f>ⓜ</f>my holy mountain; </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD </t><t>as the waters cover the sea. </t>


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<pb/>In that day <f>ⓞ</f>the root of <f>ⓟ</f>Jesse, who shall stand as <f>ⓠ</f>a signal for the peoples — of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.


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<pb/><f>ⓡ</f> In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, <f>ⓢ</f>from Assyria, <f>ⓣ</f>from Egypt, from <f>ⓤ</f>Pathros, from <f>ⓥ</f>Cush, <f>[1]</f> from <f>ⓦ</f>Elam, from <f>ⓧ</f>Shinar, from <f>ⓨ</f>Hamath, and from <f>ⓩ</f>the coastlands of the sea.


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<pb/><t>He will raise <f>ⓐ</f>a signal for the nations </t><t>and will assemble <f>ⓑ</f>the banished of Israel, </t><t>and gather the dispersed of Judah </t><t>from the four corners of the earth.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, </t><t>and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; </t><t>Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, </t><t>and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, </t><t>and together they shall plunder <f>ⓔ</f>the people of the east. </t><t>They shall put out their hand <f>ⓕ</f>against <f>ⓖ</f>Edom and <f>ⓗ</f>Moab, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>the Ammonites shall obey them.</t>


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<t>And the LORD will utterly destroy <f>[2]</f> </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, </t><t>and will wave his hand over <f>ⓚ</f>the River <f>[3]</f> </t><t>with his scorching breath, <f>[4]</f> </t><t>and strike it into seven channels, </t><t>and he will lead people across in sandals.</t>


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<t>And there will be <f>ⓛ</f>a highway from Assyria </t><t>for the remnant that remains of his people, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>as there was for Israel </t><t>when they came up from the land of Egypt. </t>


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<pb/><t>You <f>[1]</f> will say <f>ⓐ</f>in that day: </t><t>“I will give thanks to you, O LORD, </t><t>for though you were angry with me, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>your anger turned away, </t><t>that you might comfort me. </t>


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<pb/><t>“Behold, God is my salvation; </t><t>I will trust, and will not be afraid; </t><t>for <f>ⓒ</f>the LORD GOD <f>[2]</f> is my strength and my song, </t><t>and he has become my salvation.” </t>


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<f>ⓔ</f> And you will say in that day: <pb/><t><f>ⓕ</f>“Give thanks to the LORD, </t><t>call upon his name, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>make known his deeds among the peoples, </t><t>proclaim <f>ⓗ</f>that his name is exalted. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; </t><t>let this be made known <f>[4]</f> in all the earth.</t>


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<t>Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, </t><t>for great <f>ⓙ</f>in your <f>[5]</f> midst is <f>ⓚ</f>the Holy One of Israel.” </t>


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<pb/><t>On a bare hill <f>ⓒ</f>raise a signal; </t><t>cry aloud to them; </t><t>wave the hand for <f>ⓓ</f>them to enter </t><t>the gates of the nobles.</t>


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<t>I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, </t><t>and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, </t><t>my proudly exulting ones. <f>[1]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t>The sound <f>ⓔ</f>of a tumult is on the mountains </t><t>as of a great multitude! </t><t>The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, </t><t>of nations gathering together! </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>The LORD of hosts is mustering </t><t>a host for battle.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> They come from a distant land, </t><t>from the end of the heavens, </t><t>the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, </t><t>to destroy the whole land. <f>[2]</f> </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> Wail, for <f>ⓘ</f>the day of the LORD is near; </t><t>as destruction from the Almighty <f>[3]</f> it will come!</t>


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<t>They will be dismayed: </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>pangs and agony will seize them; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. </t><t>They will look aghast at one another; </t><t>their faces will be aflame. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓜ</f>the day of the LORD comes, </t><t>cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, </t><t>to make the land a desolation </t><t>and <f>ⓝ</f>to destroy its sinners from it.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> For the stars of the heavens and their constellations </t><t>will not give their light; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>the sun will be dark at its rising, </t><t>and the moon will not shed its light.</t>


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<t>I will punish <f>ⓠ</f>the world for its evil, </t><t>and the wicked for their iniquity; </t><t>I will <f>ⓡ</f>put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.</t>


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<t>I will make <f>ⓣ</f>people more rare than fine gold, </t><t>and mankind than the <f>ⓤ</f>gold of Ophir.</t>


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<t>Therefore <f>ⓥ</f>I will make the heavens tremble, </t><t>and the earth will be shaken out of its place, </t><t>at the wrath of the LORD of hosts </t><t>in the day of his fierce anger.</t>


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<t>And like a hunted gazelle, </t><t>or like sheep with none to gather them, </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>each will turn to his own people, </t><t>and each will flee to his own land.</t>


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<t>Whoever is found will be thrust through, </t><t>and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Their infants will be dashed in pieces </t><t>before their eyes; </t><t>their houses will be plundered </t><t>and their wives ravished. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓨ</f>I am stirring up the Medes against them, </t><t>who have no regard for silver </t><t>and do not delight in gold.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> Their bows will slaughter <f>[4]</f> the young men; </t><t>they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; </t><t>their eyes will not pity children.</t>


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<t>And Babylon, <f>ⓐ</f>the glory of kingdoms, </t><t>the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, </t><t>will be <f>ⓑ</f>like Sodom and Gomorrah </t><t>when God overthrew them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> It will never be inhabited </t><t>or lived in for all generations; </t><t>no <f>ⓓ</f>Arab will pitch his tent there; </t><t>no <f>ⓔ</f>shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.</t>


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<t>But <f>ⓕ</f>wild animals will lie down there, </t><t>and their houses will be full of howling creatures; </t><t>there <f>ⓖ</f>ostriches <f>[5]</f> will dwell, </t><t>and there wild goats will dance.</t>


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<t>Hyenas <f>[6]</f> will cry in its towers, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>jackals in <f>ⓘ</f>the pleasant palaces; </t><t>its time is close at hand </t><t>and its days will not be prolonged. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and <f>ⓑ</f>will set them in their own land, and <f>ⓒ</f>sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.


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And <f>ⓓ</f>the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land <f>ⓔ</f>as male and female slaves. <f>[1]</f> <f>ⓕ</f>They will take captive those who were their captors, <f>ⓖ</f>and rule over those who oppressed them.


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<pb/>When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,


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you will take up this <f>ⓗ</f>taunt against the king of Babylon: <pb/><t>“How the oppressor has ceased, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>the insolent fury <f>[2]</f> ceased!</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> that struck the peoples in wrath </t><t>with unceasing blows, </t><t>that ruled the nations in anger </t><t>with unrelenting persecution.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> <f>ⓞ</f>The cypresses rejoice at you, </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>the cedars of Lebanon, saying, </t><t>‘Since you were laid low, </t><t>no woodcutter comes up against us.’</t>


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<t>Sheol beneath is stirred up </t><t>to meet you when you come; </t><t>it rouses the shades to greet you, </t><t>all who were leaders of the earth; </t><t>it raises from their thrones </t><t>all who were kings of the nations.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> All of them will answer </t><t>and say to you: </t><t>‘You too have become as weak as we! </t><t>You have become like us!’</t>


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<t>Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, </t><t>the sound of your harps; </t><t>maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, </t><t>and worms are your covers. </t>


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<pb/><t>“How <f>ⓡ</f>you are fallen from heaven, </t><t>O Day Star, <f>ⓢ</f>son of Dawn! </t><t>How you are cut down to the ground, </t><t>you who laid the nations low!</t>


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<t>You said in your heart, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>‘I will ascend to heaven; </t><t>above the stars of God </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>I will set my throne on high; </t><t>I will sit on the mount of assembly </t><t>in the far reaches of the north; <f>[3]</f></t>


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<t>I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; </t><t>I will make myself like the Most High.’</t>


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<t>Those who see you will stare at you </t><t>and ponder over you: </t><t>‘Is this <f>ⓦ</f>the man who made the earth tremble, </t><t>who shook kingdoms,</t>


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<t>who made the world like a desert </t><t>and overthrew its cities, </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>who did not let his prisoners go home?’</t>


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<t>but you are cast out, away from your grave, </t><t>like a loathed branch, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, </t><t>who go down to the stones of the pit, </t><t>like a dead body trampled underfoot.</t>


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<t>You will not be joined with them in burial, </t><t>because you have destroyed your land, </t><t>you have slain your people. </t> <pb/><t>“May <f>ⓩ</f>the offspring of evildoers </t><t>nevermore be named!</t>


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<t>Prepare slaughter for his sons </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>because of the guilt of their fathers, </t><t>lest they rise and possess the earth, </t><t>and fill the face of the world with cities.” </t>


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<pb/>“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and <f>ⓑ</f>remnant, <f>ⓒ</f>descendants and posterity,” declares the LORD.


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“And I will make it a possession of the <f>ⓓ</f>hedgehog, <f>[5]</f> and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts.


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<pb/><t>The LORD of hosts has sworn: </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>“As I have planned, </t><t>so shall it be, </t><t>and as I have purposed, </t><t>so shall it stand,</t>


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<t>that <f>ⓕ</f>I will break the Assyrian in my land, </t><t>and on my mountains trample him underfoot; </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>his yoke shall depart from them, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>his burden from their shoulder.” </t>


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<pb/><t>This is the purpose that is purposed </t><t>concerning the whole earth, </t><t>and this is <f>ⓘ</f>the hand that is stretched out </t><t>over all the nations.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> For the LORD of hosts has purposed, </t><t>and who will annul it? </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>His hand is stretched out, </t><t>and who will turn it back? </t>


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<pb/><t>Rejoice not, <f>ⓝ</f>O Philistia, all of you, </t><t>that <f>ⓞ</f>the rod that struck you is broken, </t><t>for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder, </t><t>and its fruit will be a <f>ⓟ</f>flying fiery serpent.</t>


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<t>And the firstborn of <f>ⓠ</f>the poor will graze, </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>the needy lie down in safety; </t><t>but I will kill your root with famine, </t><t>and your remnant it will slay.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Wail, O <f>ⓣ</f>gate; cry out, O city; </t><t>melt in fear, <f>ⓤ</f>O Philistia, all of you! </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>For smoke comes out of the north, </t><t>and there is no straggler in his ranks. </t>


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<pb/><t>What will one answer the messengers of the nation? </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>“The LORD has founded Zion, </t><t>and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.” </t>


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<pb/>An <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓑ</f>Moab. <pb/><t>Because <f>ⓒ</f>Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, </t><t>Moab is undone; </t><t>because <f>ⓓ</f>Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, </t><t>Moab is undone.</t>


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<t>He has gone up to the temple, <f>[1]</f> and to <f>ⓔ</f>Dibon, </t><t>to the high places <f>[2]</f> to weep; </t><t>over <f>ⓕ</f>Nebo and over <f>ⓖ</f>Medeba </t><t>Moab <f>ⓗ</f>wails. </t><t>On every head is <f>ⓘ</f>baldness; </t><t>every beard is shorn;</t>


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<t>in the streets they wear sackcloth; </t><t>on the housetops and in the squares </t><t>everyone wails and melts in tears.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Heshbon and <f>ⓚ</f>Elealeh cry out; </t><t>their voice is heard as far as <f>ⓛ</f>Jahaz; </t><t>therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; </t><t>his soul trembles.</t>


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<t>My heart cries out for Moab; </t><t>her fugitives flee to Zoar, </t><t>to <f>ⓜ</f>Eglath-shelishiyah. </t><t>For at the <f>ⓝ</f>ascent of Luhith </t><t>they go up weeping; </t><t>on the road to <f>ⓞ</f>Horonaim </t><t>they raise a cry of destruction;</t>


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<t>the waters of <f>ⓟ</f>Nimrim </t><t>are a desolation; </t><t>the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, </t><t>the greenery is no more.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> Therefore the abundance they have gained </t><t>and what they have laid up </t><t>they carry away </t><t>over the Brook of the Willows.</t>


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<t>For a cry has gone </t><t>around the land of Moab; </t><t>her wailing reaches to Eglaim; </t><t>her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.</t>


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<t>For the waters of <f>ⓡ</f>Dibon <f>[3]</f> are full of blood; </t><t>for I will bring upon Dibon even more, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>a lion for those of Moab who escape, </t><t>for the remnant of the land. </t>


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<pb/><t><pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, </t><t>from <f>ⓑ</f>Sela, by way of the desert, </t><t>to the mount of the daughter of Zion.</t>


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<t>Like fleeing birds, </t><t>like a scattered nest, </t><t>so are the daughters of Moab </t><t>at <f>ⓒ</f>the fords of the Arnon. </t>


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<pb/><t>“Give counsel; </t><t>grant justice; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>make your shade like night </t><t>at the height of noon; </t><t>shelter the outcasts; </t><t>do not reveal the fugitive;</t>


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<t>let <f>ⓔ</f>the outcasts of Moab </t><t>sojourn among you; </t><t>be a shelter to them <f>[1]</f> </t><t>from the destroyer. </t><t>When the oppressor is no more, </t><t>and destruction has ceased, </t><t>and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> then a throne will be established in steadfast love, </t><t>and on it will sit in faithfulness </t><t>in the tent of David </t><t>one who judges and seeks justice </t><t>and is swift to do righteousness.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> We have heard of the pride of Moab — </t><t>how proud he is! — </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; </t><t>in his idle boasting he is not right.</t>


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<t>Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>let everyone wail. </t><t>Mourn, utterly stricken, </t><t>for the <f>ⓙ</f>raisin cakes of <f>ⓚ</f>Kir-hareseth. </t>


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<pb/><t>For the fields of Heshbon languish, </t><t>and <f>ⓛ</f>the vine of Sibmah; </t><t>the lords of the nations </t><t>have struck down its branches, </t><t>which reached to Jazer </t><t>and strayed to the desert; </t><t>its shoots spread abroad </t><t>and passed over the sea.</t>


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<t>Therefore <f>ⓜ</f>I weep with <f>ⓝ</f>the weeping of Jazer </t><t>for the vine of Sibmah; </t><t>I drench you with my tears, </t><t>O Heshbon and Elealeh; </t><t>for over <f>ⓞ</f>your summer fruit and your harvest </t><t>the shout has ceased.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> And joy and gladness are taken away from <f>ⓠ</f>the fruitful field, </t><t>and in the vineyards no <f>ⓡ</f>songs are sung, </t><t>no cheers are raised; </t><t>no <f>ⓢ</f>treader treads out wine <f>ⓣ</f>in the presses; </t><t>I have put an end to the shouting.</t>


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<t>Therefore <f>ⓤ</f>my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, </t><t>and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth. </t>


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<pb/>And when Moab presents himself, when <f>ⓥ</f>he wearies himself on <f>ⓦ</f>the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.


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But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “In three years, <f>ⓨ</f>like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be <f>ⓩ</f>very few and feeble.”


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<pb/>An <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓑ</f>Damascus. <pb/><t>Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city </t><t>and will become a heap of ruins.</t>


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<t>The cities of <f>ⓒ</f>Aroer are deserted; </t><t>they will be for flocks, </t><t>which will lie down, and <f>ⓓ</f>none will make them afraid.</t>


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<t>The fortress will disappear from <f>ⓔ</f>Ephraim, </t><t>and the kingdom from <f>ⓕ</f>Damascus; </t><t>and the remnant of Syria will be </t><t>like <f>ⓖ</f>the glory of the children of Israel, <pb/>declares the LORD of hosts. </t>


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<pb/><t>And in that day <f>ⓗ</f>the glory of Jacob will be brought low, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>the fat of his flesh will grow lean.</t>


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<t>And it shall be <f>ⓙ</f>as when the reaper gathers standing grain </t><t>and his arm harvests the ears, </t><t>and as when one gleans the ears of grain </t><t>in <f>ⓚ</f>the Valley of Rephaim.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> Gleanings will be left in it, </t><t>as when an olive tree is beaten — </t><t>two or three berries </t><t>in the top of the highest bough, </t><t>four or five </t><t>on the branches of a fruit tree, <pb/>declares the LORD God of Israel. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓜ</f> In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel.


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<f>ⓝ</f> He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the <f>ⓞ</f>Asherim or the altars of incense.


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<pb/><f>ⓟ</f> In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.


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<pb/><t>For <f>ⓠ</f>you have forgotten the God of your salvation </t><t>and have not remembered the <f>ⓡ</f>Rock of your refuge; </t><t>therefore, though you plant pleasant plants </t><t>and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,</t>


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<t>though you make them grow <f>[1]</f> on the day that you plant them, </t><t>and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, </t><t>yet the harvest will flee away <f>[2]</f> </t><t>in a day of grief and incurable pain. </t>


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<pb/><t>Ah, <f>ⓢ</f>the thunder of many peoples; </t><t>they thunder like the thundering of the sea! </t><t>Ah, the roar of nations; </t><t>they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, </t><t>chased <f>ⓥ</f>like chaff on the mountains before the wind </t><t>and <f>ⓦ</f>whirling dust before the storm.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> At evening time, behold, terror! </t><t>Before morning, they are no more! </t><t>This is the portion of those who loot us, </t><t>and the lot of those who plunder us. </t>


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<pb/><t>Ah, land of <f>ⓐ</f>whirring wings </t><t>that is beyond the rivers of <f>ⓑ</f>Cush, <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>which <f>ⓒ</f>sends ambassadors by the sea, </t><t>in vessels of papyrus on the waters! </t><t>Go, you swift messengers, </t><t>to a nation <f>ⓓ</f>tall and smooth, </t><t>to a people feared near and far, </t><t>a nation <f>ⓔ</f>mighty and conquering, </t><t>whose land the rivers divide. </t>


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<pb/><t>All you inhabitants of the world, </t><t>you who dwell on the earth, </t><t>when <f>ⓕ</f>a signal is raised on the mountains, look! </t><t>When a trumpet is blown, hear!</t>


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<t>For thus the LORD said to me: </t><t>“I will quietly look <f>ⓖ</f>from my dwelling </t><t>like clear heat in sunshine, </t><t>like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, </t><t>and the flower becomes a ripening grape, </t><t>he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, </t><t>and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> They shall all of them be left </t><t>to the birds of prey of the mountains </t><t>and to the beasts of the earth. </t><t>And the birds of prey will summer on them, </t><t>and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓙ</f> At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of hosts <pb/><t>from a people <f>ⓚ</f>tall and smooth, </t><t>from a people feared near and far, </t><t>a nation mighty and conquering, </t><t>whose land the rivers divide, </t> <pb/>to <f>ⓛ</f>Mount Zion, the place of the <f>ⓜ</f>name of the LORD of hosts.


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<pb/>An <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓑ</f>Egypt. <pb/><t>Behold, the LORD <f>ⓒ</f>is riding on a swift cloud </t><t>and comes to Egypt; </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, </t><t>and the heart of the Egyptians will <f>ⓔ</f>melt within them.</t>


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<t>And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>and they will fight, each against another </t><t>and each against his neighbor, </t><t>city against city, kingdom against kingdom;</t>


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<t>and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, </t><t>and I will confound <f>[1]</f> their <f>ⓖ</f>counsel; </t><t>and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>the mediums and the necromancers;</t>


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<t>and I will give over the Egyptians </t><t>into the hand of <f>ⓘ</f>a hard master, </t><t>and a fierce king will rule over them, </t><t>declares the Lord GOD of hosts. </t>


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<pb/><t>And the waters of the sea will be dried up, </t><t>and the river will be dry and parched,</t>


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<t>and its canals will become foul, </t><t>and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, </t><t>reeds and rushes will rot away.</t>


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<t>There will be bare places by the Nile, </t><t>on the brink of the Nile, </t><t>and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched, </t><t>will be driven away, and will be no more.</t>


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<t>The <f>ⓙ</f>fishermen will mourn and lament, </t><t>all who cast a hook in the Nile; </t><t>and they will languish </t><t>who spread nets on the water.</t>


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<t>The workers in <f>ⓚ</f>combed flax will be in despair, </t><t>and the weavers of white cotton.</t>


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<t>Those who are the <f>ⓛ</f>pillars of the land will be crushed, </t><t>and all who <f>ⓜ</f>work for pay will be grieved. </t>


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<pb/><t>The princes of <f>ⓝ</f>Zoan are utterly foolish; </t><t>the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. </t><t>How can you say to Pharaoh, </t><t>“I am a son of the wise, </t><t>a son of ancient kings”?</t>


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<t>Where then are your <f>ⓞ</f>wise men? </t><t>Let them tell you </t><t>that they might know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.</t>


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<t>The princes of <f>ⓟ</f>Zoan have become fools, </t><t>and the princes of <f>ⓠ</f>Memphis are deluded; </t><t>those who are the <f>ⓡ</f>cornerstones of her tribes </t><t>have made Egypt stagger.</t>


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<t>The LORD has mingled within her <f>ⓢ</f>a spirit of confusion, </t><t>and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.</t>


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<t>And there will be nothing for Egypt </t><t>that <f>ⓤ</f>head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do. </t>


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<pb/>In that day the Egyptians will be <f>ⓥ</f>like women, and <f>ⓦ</f>tremble with fear before the hand that the LORD of hosts shakes over them.


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And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the LORD of hosts has purposed against them.


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<pb/><f>ⓧ</f> In that day there will be <f>ⓨ</f>five cities in the land of Egypt that <f>ⓩ</f>speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction. <f>[2]</f>


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<pb/>In that day there will be an <f>ⓐ</f>altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a <f>ⓑ</f>pillar to the LORD at its border.


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<f>ⓒ</f> It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the LORD because of oppressors, <f>ⓓ</f>he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.


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<f>ⓔ</f> And the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day <f>ⓕ</f>and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the LORD and perform them.


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<f>ⓖ</f> And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.


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<pb/><f>ⓗ</f> In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, <f>ⓘ</f>and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.


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<pb/>In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, <f>ⓙ</f>a blessing in the midst of the earth,


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whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt <f>ⓚ</f>my people, and Assyria <f>ⓛ</f>the work of my hands, and <f>ⓜ</f>Israel my inheritance.”


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<pb/>In the year that <f>ⓐ</f>the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to <f>ⓑ</f>Ashdod and fought against it and captured it —


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at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking <f>ⓒ</f>naked and barefoot.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years <f>ⓓ</f>as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, <f>[1]</f>


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so shall the <f>ⓔ</f>king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.


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<f>ⓕ</f> Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.


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And the inhabitants of <f>ⓖ</f>this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and <f>ⓗ</f>to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”


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<pb/>The <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning the wilderness of <f>ⓑ</f>the sea. <pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f>As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, </t><t>it comes from the wilderness, </t><t>from a terrible land.</t>


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<t>A stern vision is told to me; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>the traitor betrays, </t><t>and the destroyer destroys. </t><t>Go up, O <f>ⓔ</f>Elam; </t><t>lay siege, O <f>ⓕ</f>Media; </t><t>all the <f>ⓖ</f>sighing she has caused </t><t>I bring to an end.</t>


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<t>Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>pangs have seized me, </t><t>like the pangs of a woman in labor; </t><t>I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; </t><t>I am dismayed so that I cannot see.</t>


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<t>My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>the twilight I longed for </t><t>has been turned for me into trembling.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> They prepare the table, </t><t>they spread the rugs, <f>[1]</f> </t><t>they eat, they drink. </t><t>Arise, O princes; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>oil the shield!</t>


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<t>For thus the Lord said to me: </t><t>“Go, set a watchman; </t><t>let him announce what he sees.</t>


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<t>When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, </t><t>riders on donkeys, riders on camels, </t><t>let him listen diligently, </t><t>very diligently.”</t>


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<t>Then he who saw cried out: <f>[2]</f> </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, </t><t>continually by day, </t><t>and at my post I am stationed </t><t>whole nights.</t>


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<t>And behold, here come riders, </t><t>horsemen in pairs!” </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>And he answered, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>“Fallen, fallen is Babylon; </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>and all the carved images of her gods </t><t>he has shattered to the ground.”</t>


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<t>O <f>ⓟ</f>my threshed and winnowed one, </t><t>what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, </t><t>the God of Israel, I announce to you. </t>


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<pb/>The <f>ⓠ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓡ</f>Dumah. <pb/><t>One is calling to me from <f>ⓢ</f>Seir, </t><t>“Watchman, what time of the night? </t><t>Watchman, what time of the night?”</t>


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<t>The watchman says: </t><t>“Morning comes, and also <f>ⓣ</f>the night. </t><t>If you will inquire, <f>ⓤ</f>inquire; </t><t>come back again.” </t>


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<pb/>The <f>ⓥ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓦ</f>Arabia. <pb/><t>In the thickets in <f>ⓧ</f>Arabia you will lodge, </t><t>O <f>ⓨ</f>caravans of <f>ⓩ</f>Dedanites.</t>


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<t>To the thirsty bring water; </t><t>meet the fugitive with bread, </t><t>O inhabitants of the land of <f>ⓐ</f>Tema.</t>


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<t>For they have fled from the swords, </t><t>from the drawn sword, </t><t>from the bent bow, </t><t>and from the press of battle. </t>


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<pb/>For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, <f>ⓑ</f>according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of <f>ⓒ</f>Kedar will come to an end.


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And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of <f>ⓓ</f>Kedar will be few, <f>ⓔ</f>for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”


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<pb/>The <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓑ</f>the valley of vision. <pb/><t>What do you mean that you have gone up, </t><t>all of you, to the housetops,</t>


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<t>you who are full of shoutings, </t><t>tumultuous city, <f>ⓒ</f>exultant town? </t><t>Your slain are <f>ⓓ</f>not slain with the sword </t><t>or dead in battle.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> All your leaders have fled together; </t><t>without the bow they were captured. </t><t>All of you who were found were captured, </t><t>though they had fled far away.</t>


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<t>Therefore I said: </t><t>“Look away from me; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>let me weep bitter tears; </t><t>do not labor to comfort me </t><t>concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> For the Lord GOD of hosts has <f>ⓗ</f>a day </t><t>of tumult and <f>ⓘ</f>trampling and <f>ⓙ</f>confusion </t><t>in <f>ⓚ</f>the valley of vision, </t><t>a battering down of walls </t><t>and a shouting to the mountains.</t>


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<t>And <f>ⓛ</f>Elam bore the quiver </t><t>with chariots and horsemen, </t><t>and <f>ⓜ</f>Kir uncovered the shield.</t>


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<t>Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, </t><t>and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.</t>


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<t>He has taken away <f>ⓝ</f>the covering of Judah. </t> <pb/>In that day you looked to <f>ⓞ</f>the weapons of the House of the Forest,


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and you saw that <f>ⓟ</f>the breaches of the city of David were many. <f>ⓠ</f>You collected the waters of the lower pool,


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<f>ⓡ</f> You made a reservoir between <f>ⓢ</f>the two walls for the water of <f>ⓣ</f>the old pool. But <f>ⓤ</f>you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.


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<pb/><t>In that day <f>ⓥ</f>the Lord GOD of hosts </t><t>called for weeping and mourning, </t><t>for <f>ⓦ</f>baldness and <f>ⓧ</f>wearing sackcloth;</t>


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<t>and behold, joy and gladness, </t><t>killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, </t><t>eating flesh and drinking wine. </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>“Let us eat and drink, </t><t>for tomorrow we die.”</t>


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<t>The LORD of hosts <f>ⓩ</f>has revealed himself in my ears: </t><t>“Surely <f>ⓐ</f>this iniquity will not be atoned for you <f>ⓑ</f>until you die,” </t><t>says the Lord GOD of hosts. </t>


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<pb/>Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to <f>ⓒ</f>Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:


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What have you to do here, and whom have you here, <f>ⓓ</f>that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you <f>ⓔ</f>who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?


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Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. <f>ⓕ</f>He will seize firm hold on you


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and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be <f>ⓖ</f>your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house.


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and <f>ⓙ</f>I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be <f>ⓚ</f>a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.


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And I will place <f>ⓛ</f>on his shoulder <f>ⓜ</f>the key of the house of David. <f>ⓝ</f>He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.


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And I will fasten him <f>ⓞ</f>like a peg in a secure place, and he will become <f>ⓟ</f>a throne of honor to his father's house.


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And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.


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In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, <f>ⓠ</f>the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”


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<pb/>The <f>ⓐ</f>oracle concerning <f>ⓑ</f>Tyre. <pb/><t>Wail, O <f>ⓒ</f>ships of Tarshish, </t><t>for Tyre is laid waste, <f>ⓓ</f>without house or harbor! </t><t>From <f>ⓔ</f>the land of Cyprus <f>[1]</f> </t><t>it is revealed to them.</t>


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<t>Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; </t><t>the merchants of <f>ⓕ</f>Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.</t>


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<t>And on many waters </t><t>your revenue was the grain of Shihor, </t><t>the harvest of the Nile; </t><t>you were <f>ⓖ</f>the merchant of the nations.</t>


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<t>Be ashamed, O <f>ⓗ</f>Sidon, for the sea has spoken, </t><t>the stronghold of the sea, saying: </t><t>“I have neither labored nor given birth, </t><t>I have neither reared young men </t><t>nor brought up young women.”</t>


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<t>When the report comes to Egypt, </t><t>they will be in anguish <f>[2]</f> over the report about Tyre.</t>


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<t>Is this your exultant city </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>whose origin is from days of old, </t><t>whose feet carried her </t><t>to settle far away?</t>


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<t>Who has purposed this </t><t>against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, </t><t>whose merchants were princes, </t><t>whose traders were the honored of the earth?</t>


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<t>The LORD of hosts has purposed it, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>to defile the pompous pride of all glory, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>to dishonor all the honored of the earth.</t>


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<t>Cross over your land like the Nile, </t><t>O daughter of Tarshish; </t><t>there is no restraint anymore.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> He has stretched out his hand over the sea; </t><t>he has shaken the kingdoms; </t><t>the LORD has given command concerning Canaan </t><t>to destroy its strongholds.</t>


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<t>And he said: </t><t>“You will no more exult, </t><t>O oppressed virgin daughter of <f>ⓜ</f>Sidon; </t><t>arise, <f>ⓝ</f>cross over to <f>ⓞ</f>Cyprus, </t><t>even there you will have no rest.” </t>


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<pb/>Behold the land of <f>ⓟ</f>the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not; <f>[4]</f> Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected <f>ⓠ</f>their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.


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<pb/>In that day Tyre will be forgotten for <f>ⓢ</f>seventy years, like the days <f>[5]</f> of one king. At the end of <f>ⓣ</f>seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:


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<pb/><t>“Take a harp; </t><t>go about the city, </t><t>O forgotten prostitute! </t><t>Make sweet melody; </t><t>sing many songs, </t><t>that you may be remembered.” </t>


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<pb/>At the end of <f>ⓤ</f>seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and <f>ⓥ</f>will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.


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Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the LORD. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the LORD.


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓐ</f>the LORD will empty the earth <f>[1]</f> and make it desolate, </t><t>and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; </t><t>as with the slave, so with his master; </t><t>as with the maid, so with her mistress; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>as with the buyer, so with the seller; </t><t>as with the lender, so with the borrower; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>as with the creditor, so with the debtor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>for the LORD has spoken this word. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> The earth mourns and withers; </t><t>the world languishes and withers; </t><t>the highest people of the earth languish.</t>


text:
<t>The earth lies <f>ⓗ</f>defiled </t><t>under its inhabitants; </t><t>for <f>ⓘ</f>they have transgressed the laws, </t><t>violated the statutes, </t><t>broken the everlasting covenant.</t>


text:
<t>Therefore <f>ⓙ</f>a curse devours the earth, </t><t>and its inhabitants <f>ⓚ</f>suffer for their guilt; </t><t>therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, </t><t>and few men are left.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓜ</f> The mirth of the tambourines is stilled, </t><t>the noise of the jubilant has ceased, </t><t>the mirth of the lyre is stilled.</t>


text:
<t>No more do they drink wine <f>ⓝ</f>with singing; </t><t>strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓞ</f> The wasted city is broken down; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>every house is shut up so that none can enter.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓠ</f> There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>all joy has grown dark; </t><t>the gladness of the earth is banished.</t>


text:
<t>For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth </t><t>among the nations, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>as when an olive tree is beaten, </t><t>as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; </t><t>over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west. <f>[2]</f></t>


text:
<t><f>ⓣ</f> Therefore in the east <f>[3]</f> give glory to the LORD; </t><t>in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓤ</f> From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, </t><t>of glory to <f>ⓥ</f>the Righteous One. </t><t>But I say, “I waste away, </t><t>I waste away. Woe is me! </t><t>For <f>ⓦ</f>the traitors have betrayed, </t><t>with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓧ</f> Terror and the pit and the snare <f>[4]</f> </t><t>are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓨ</f> He who flees at the sound of the terror </t><t>shall fall into the pit, </t><t>and he who climbs out of the pit </t><t>shall be caught in the snare. </t><t>For <f>ⓩ</f>the windows of heaven are opened, </t><t>and <f>ⓐ</f>the foundations of the earth tremble.</t>


text:
<t>The earth is utterly broken, </t><t>the earth is split apart, </t><t>the earth is violently shaken.</t>


text:
<t>The earth <f>ⓑ</f>staggers like a drunken man; </t><t>it sways like a hut; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>its transgression lies heavy upon it, </t><t>and it falls, and will not rise again. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>On that day the LORD will punish </t><t>the host of heaven, in heaven, </t><t>and <f>ⓓ</f>the kings of the earth, on the earth.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓔ</f> They will be gathered together </t><t>as prisoners in a pit; </t><t>they will be shut up in a prison, </t><t>and after many days <f>ⓕ</f>they will be punished.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Then the moon will be confounded </t><t>and the sun ashamed, </t><t>for <f>ⓗ</f>the LORD of hosts reigns </t><t>on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, </t><t>and his glory will be before his elders. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>O LORD, <f>ⓐ</f>you are my God; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>I will exalt you; I will praise your name, </t><t>for you have done wonderful things, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>plans formed of old, faithful and sure.</t>


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<t>For you have made the city <f>ⓓ</f>a heap, </t><t>the fortified city a ruin; </t><t>the foreigners' palace is a city no more; </t><t>it will never be rebuilt.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; </t><t>cities of ruthless nations will fear you.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓕ</f> For you have been a stronghold to the poor, </t><t>a stronghold to the needy in his distress, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> like heat in a dry place. </t><t>You subdue the noise of the foreigners; </t><t>as heat by the shade of a cloud, </t><t>so the song of the ruthless is put down. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples </t><t>a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.</t>


text:
<t>And he will swallow up <f>ⓛ</f>on this mountain </t><t>the covering that is cast over all peoples, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>the veil that is spread over all nations.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓝ</f> He will swallow up death forever; </t><t>and <f>ⓞ</f>the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, </t><t>and <f>ⓟ</f>the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>for the LORD has spoken.</t>


text:
<t>It will be said on that day, </t><t>“Behold, this is our God; <f>ⓡ</f>we have waited for him, that he might save us. </t><t>This is the LORD; we have waited for him; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”</t>


text:
<t>For the hand of the LORD will rest <f>ⓣ</f>on this mountain, </t><t>and <f>ⓤ</f>Moab shall be trampled down in his place, </t><t>as straw is trampled down in a dunghill. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it </t><t>as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim, </t><t>but the LORD <f>ⓦ</f>will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill <f>[2]</f> of his hands.</t>


text:
<t>And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, </t><t>lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust. </t>


text:
<pb/>In that day <f>ⓐ</f>this song will be sung in the land of Judah: <pb/><t>“We have a strong city; </t><t>he sets up <f>ⓑ</f>salvation </t><t>as walls and bulwarks.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> You keep him in perfect peace </t><t>whose mind is stayed on you, </t><t>because he trusts in you.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓔ</f> For he has humbled </t><t>the inhabitants of the height, </t><t>the lofty city. </t><t>He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, </t><t>casts it to the dust.</t>


text:
<t>The foot tramples it, </t><t>the feet of <f>ⓕ</f>the poor, </t><t>the steps of <f>ⓖ</f>the needy.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>The path of the righteous is level; </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>you make level the way of the righteous.</t>


text:
<t>In the path of your judgments, </t><t>O LORD, we wait for you; </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>your name and <f>ⓙ</f>remembrance </t><t>are the desire of our soul.</t>


text:
<t>My soul yearns for you in the night; </t><t>my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>For when your judgments are in the earth, </t><t>the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓛ</f> If favor is shown to the wicked, </t><t>he does not learn righteousness; </t><t>in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly </t><t>and does not see the majesty of the LORD.</t>


text:
<t>O LORD, <f>ⓜ</f>your hand is lifted up, </t><t>but <f>ⓝ</f>they do not see it. </t><t>Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. </t><t>Let <f>ⓞ</f>the fire for your adversaries consume them.</t>


text:
<t>O LORD, you will ordain <f>ⓟ</f>peace for us, </t><t>for you have indeed done for us all our works.</t>


text:
<t>O LORD our God, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>other lords besides you have ruled over us, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>but your name alone we bring to remembrance.</t>


text:
<t>They are dead, they will not live; </t><t>they are shades, they will not arise; </t><t>to that end you have visited them with destruction </t><t>and wiped out all remembrance of them.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓢ</f> But you have increased the nation, O LORD, </t><t>you have increased the nation; you are glorified; </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>you have enlarged all the borders of the land. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>O LORD, <f>ⓤ</f>in distress they sought you; </t><t>they poured out a whispered prayer </t><t>when your discipline was upon them.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓥ</f> Like a pregnant woman </t><t>who writhes and cries out in her pangs </t><t>when she is near to giving birth, </t><t>so were we because of you, O LORD;</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓦ</f> we were pregnant, we writhed, </t><t>but we have given birth to wind. </t><t>We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth, </t><t>and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓧ</f> Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. </t><t>You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! </t><t>For <f>ⓨ</f>your dew is a dew of light, </t><t>and the earth will give birth to the dead. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Come, my people, enter your chambers, </t><t>and shut your doors behind you; </t><t>hide yourselves <f>ⓩ</f>for a little while </t><t>until the fury has passed by.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓐ</f> For behold, the LORD is coming out from his place </t><t>to punish the inhabitants of <f>ⓑ</f>the earth for their iniquity, </t><t>and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, </t><t>and will no more cover its slain. </t>


text:
<pb/>In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong <f>ⓐ</f>sword will punish <f>ⓑ</f>Leviathan the fleeing serpent, <f>ⓒ</f>Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay <f>ⓓ</f>the dragon that is in the sea.


text:
<t>I, the LORD, am its keeper; </t><t>every moment I water it. </t><t>Lest anyone punish it, </t><t>I keep it night and day;</t>


text:
<t>I have no wrath. </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! </t><t>I would march against them, </t><t>I would burn them up together.</t>


text:
<t>Or let them lay hold of my protection, </t><t>let them make peace with me, </t><t>let them make peace with me.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> In days to come <f>[2]</f> Jacob shall take root, </t><t>Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots </t><t>and fill the whole world with fruit. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> Has he struck them <f>ⓙ</f>as he struck those who struck them? </t><t>Or have they been slain <f>ⓚ</f>as their slayers were slain?</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓛ</f> Measure by measure, <f>[3]</f> by exile you contended with them; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>he removed them with his fierce breath <f>[4]</f> in the day of the east wind.</t>


text:
<t>Therefore by this <f>ⓝ</f>the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, </t><t>and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: <f>[5]</f> </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>when he makes all the stones of the altars </t><t>like chalkstones crushed to pieces, </t><t>no <f>ⓟ</f>Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓠ</f> For the fortified city is solitary, </t><t>a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; </t><t>there the calf grazes; </t><t>there it lies down and strips its branches.</t>


text:
<t>When its boughs are dry, they are broken; </t><t>women come and make a fire of them. </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>For this is a people without discernment; </t><t>therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; </t><t>he who formed them will show them no favor. </t>


text:
<pb/>In that day <f>ⓢ</f>from the river Euphrates <f>[6]</f> to the Brook of Egypt the LORD will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel.


text:
And in that day <f>ⓣ</f>a great trumpet will be blown, <f>ⓤ</f>and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt <f>ⓥ</f>will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.


text:
<pb/><t>Ah, the proud crown of <f>ⓐ</f>the drunkards of Ephraim, </t><t>and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, </t><t>which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!</t>


text:
<t>Behold, the Lord has <f>ⓑ</f>one who is mighty and strong; </t><t>like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, </t><t>like <f>ⓒ</f>a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, </t><t>he casts down to the earth with his hand.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓔ</f> and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, </t><t>which is on the head of the rich valley, </t><t>will be like <f>ⓕ</f>a first-ripe fig <f>[1]</f> before the summer: </t><t>when someone sees it, he swallows it </t><t>as soon as it is in his hand. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓖ</f> In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory, <f>[2]</f> </t><t>and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,</t>


text:
<t>and <f>ⓗ</f>a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, </t><t>and <f>ⓘ</f>strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> These also reel with wine </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>stagger with strong drink; </t><t>the priest and <f>ⓛ</f>the prophet reel with strong drink, </t><t>they are swallowed by <f>[3]</f> wine, </t><t>they stagger with strong drink, </t><t>they reel in vision, </t><t>they stumble in giving judgment.</t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> “To whom will he teach knowledge, </t><t>and to whom will he explain the message? </t><t>Those who are weaned from the milk, </t><t>those taken from the breast?</t>


text:
<t>For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, </t><t>line upon line, line upon line, </t><t>here a little, there a little.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t><f>ⓝ</f> For by people of strange lips </t><t>and with a foreign tongue </t><t>the LORD will speak to this people,</t>


text:
<t>to whom he has said, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>“This is rest; </t><t>give rest to the weary; </t><t>and this is repose”; </t><t>yet they would not hear.</t>


text:
<t>And the word of the LORD will be to them </t><t>precept upon precept, precept upon precept, </t><t>line upon line, line upon line, </t><t>here a little, there a little, </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>that they may go, and fall backward, </t><t>and be broken, and snared, and taken. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you <f>ⓠ</f>scoffers, </t><t>who rule this people in Jerusalem!</t>


text:
<t>Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, </t><t>and with Sheol we have an agreement, </t><t>when the <f>ⓡ</f>overwhelming whip passes through </t><t>it will not come to us, </t><t>for we have made <f>ⓢ</f>lies our refuge, </t><t>and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;</t>


text:
<t>therefore thus says the Lord GOD, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>“Behold, I am the one who has laid <f>[4]</f> as a foundation <f>ⓤ</f>in Zion, </t><t>a stone, a tested stone, </t><t>a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: </t><t>‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’</t>


text:
<t>And I will make justice <f>ⓥ</f>the line, </t><t>and righteousness <f>ⓦ</f>the plumb line; </t><t>and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, </t><t>and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”</t>


text:
<t>Then <f>ⓧ</f>your covenant with death will be annulled, </t><t>and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; </t><t>when the overwhelming scourge passes through, </t><t>you will be beaten down by it.</t>


text:
<t>As often as it passes through it will take you; </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>for morning by morning it will pass through, </t><t>by day and by night; </t><t>and it will be <f>ⓩ</f>sheer terror to understand the message.</t>


text:
<t>For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, </t><t>and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.</t>


text:
<t>For the LORD will rise up <f>ⓐ</f>as on Mount Perazim; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>as in the Valley of <f>ⓒ</f>Gibeon he will be roused; </t><t>to do his deed — strange is his deed! </t><t>and to work his work — alien is his work!</t>


text:
<t>Now therefore do not <f>ⓓ</f>scoff, </t><t>lest your bonds be made strong; </t><t>for I have heard <f>ⓔ</f>a decree of destruction </t><t>from the Lord GOD of hosts against the whole land. </t>


text:
<t>Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? </t><t>Does he continually open and harrow his ground?</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓕ</f> When he has leveled its surface, </t><t>does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, </t><t>and put in wheat in rows </t><t>and barley in its proper place, </t><t>and emmer <f>[5]</f> as the border?</t>


text:
<pb/><t>Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, </t><t>nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, </t><t>but dill is beaten out with a stick, </t><t>and cumin with a rod.</t>


text:
<t>Does one crush grain for bread? </t><t>No, he does not thresh it forever; <f>[6]</f> </t><t>when he drives his cart wheel over it </t><t>with his horses, he does not crush it.</t>


text:
<t>This also comes from the LORD of hosts; </t><t>he is <f>ⓗ</f>wonderful in counsel </t><t>and excellent in wisdom. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Ah, Ariel, Ariel, </t><t>the city <f>ⓐ</f>where David encamped! </t><t>Add year to year; </t><t>let the feasts run their round.</t>


text:
<t>Yet I will distress Ariel, </t><t>and there shall be moaning and lamentation, </t><t>and she shall be to me like an Ariel. <f>[1]</f></t>


text:
<t><f>ⓑ</f> And I will encamp against you all around, </t><t>and will besiege you <f>ⓒ</f>with towers </t><t>and I will raise siegeworks against you.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓓ</f> And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, </t><t>and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; </t><t>your voice shall come from the ground like <f>ⓔ</f>the voice of a ghost, </t><t>and from the dust your speech shall whisper. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like <f>ⓕ</f>small dust, </t><t>and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>And in an instant, suddenly,</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓗ</f> you will be visited by the LORD of hosts </t><t>with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, </t><t>with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.</t>


text:
<t>And <f>ⓘ</f>the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, </t><t>all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, </t><t>shall be <f>ⓙ</f>like a dream, a vision of the night.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓚ</f> As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating, </t><t>and awakes with his hunger not satisfied, </t><t>or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking, </t><t>and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched, </t><t>so shall the multitude of all the nations be </t><t>that fight against Mount Zion. </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Astonish yourselves <f>[2]</f> and be astonished; </t><t>blind yourselves and be blind! </t><t>Be drunk, <f>[3]</f> but not with wine; </t><t><f>ⓛ</f>stagger, <f>[4]</f> but not with strong drink!</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓜ</f> For the LORD has poured out upon you </t><t>a spirit of deep sleep, </t><t>and has closed your eyes (the prophets), </t><t>and covered your heads (the seers). </t>


text:
<pb/>And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is <f>ⓝ</f>sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”


text:
<pb/><t>And the Lord said: </t><t>“Because <f>ⓞ</f>this people <f>ⓟ</f>draw near with their mouth </t><t>and honor me with their lips, </t><t>while their hearts are far from me, </t><t>and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,</t>


text:
<t>therefore, behold, <f>ⓠ</f>I will again </t><t>do wonderful things with this people, </t><t>with wonder upon wonder; </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, </t><t>and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.” </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Ah, <f>ⓢ</f>you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, </t><t>whose deeds are <f>ⓣ</f>in the dark, </t><t>and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓤ</f> You turn things upside down! </t><t>Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, </t><t>that the thing made should say of its maker, </t><t>“He did not make me”; </t><t>or the thing formed say of him who formed it, </t><t>“He has no understanding”? </t>


text:
<pb/><t>Is it not yet a very little while </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, </t><t>and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?</t>


text:
<t>In that day <f>ⓦ</f>the deaf shall hear </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>the words of a book, </t><t>and out of their gloom and darkness </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>the eyes of the blind shall see.</t>


text:
<t><f>ⓩ</f> The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, </t><t>and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.</t>


text:
<t>For the ruthless shall come to nothing </t><t>and <f>ⓐ</f>the scoffer cease, </t><t>and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,</t>


text:
<t>who by a word make a man out to be an offender, </t><t>and <f>ⓑ</f>lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, </t><t>and with an empty plea <f>ⓒ</f>turn aside him who is in the right. </t>


text:
<pb/>Therefore thus says the LORD, <f>ⓓ</f>who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: <pb/><t>“Jacob shall no more be ashamed, </t><t>no more shall his face grow pale.</t>


text:
<t>For when he sees his children, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>the work of my hands, in his midst, </t><t>they will sanctify my name; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob </t><t>and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.</t>


text:
<t>And those <f>ⓖ</f>who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, </t><t>and those who murmur will accept instruction.” </t>


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<pb/><t>“Ah, <f>ⓐ</f>stubborn children,” declares the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>“who carry out a plan, but not mine, </t><t>and who make <f>ⓒ</f>an alliance, <f>[1]</f> but not of my Spirit, </t><t>that they may add sin to sin;</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> who set out to go down to Egypt, </t><t>without asking for my direction, </t><t>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh </t><t>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, </t><t>and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.</t>


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<t>For though his officials are at <f>ⓕ</f>Zoan </t><t>and <f>ⓖ</f>his envoys reach <f>ⓗ</f>Hanes,</t>


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<t>everyone comes to shame </t><t>through <f>ⓘ</f>a people that cannot profit them, </t><t>that brings neither help nor profit, </t><t>but shame and disgrace.” </t>


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<pb/>An <f>ⓙ</f>oracle on <f>ⓚ</f>the beasts of <f>ⓛ</f>the Negeb. <pb/><t>Through a land of trouble and anguish, </t><t>from where come the lioness and the lion, </t><t>the adder and the <f>ⓜ</f>flying fiery serpent, </t><t>they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, </t><t>and their treasures on the humps of camels, </t><t>to a people that cannot profit them.</t>


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<t>Egypt's <f>ⓝ</f>help is worthless and empty; </t><t>therefore I have called her </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>“Rahab who sits still.” </t>


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<pb/><t>And now, go, <f>ⓟ</f>write it before them on a tablet </t><t>and inscribe it in a book, </t><t>that it may be for the time to come </t><t>as a witness forever. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> For they are a rebellious people, </t><t>lying children, </t><t>children unwilling to hear </t><t>the instruction of the LORD;</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> who say to <f>ⓢ</f>the seers, “Do not see,” </t><t>and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; </t><t>speak to us <f>ⓣ</f>smooth things, </t><t>prophesy illusions,</t>


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<t>leave the way, turn aside from the path, </t><t>let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”</t>


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<t>Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, </t><t>“Because you despise this word </t><t>and trust in <f>ⓤ</f>oppression and perverseness </t><t>and rely on them,</t>


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<t>therefore this iniquity shall be to you </t><t><f>ⓥ</f>like a breach in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse, </t><t>whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;</t>


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<t>and its breaking is <f>ⓦ</f>like that of a potter's vessel </t><t>that is smashed so ruthlessly </t><t>that among its fragments not a shard is found </t><t>with which to take fire from the hearth, </t><t>or to dip up water out of the cistern.” </t>


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<pb/><t>For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, </t><t>“In <f>ⓧ</f>returning <f>[3]</f> and <f>ⓨ</f>rest you shall be saved; </t><t>in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” </t><t>But you were unwilling, </t>


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<t>and you said, </t><t>“No! We will flee upon <f>ⓩ</f>horses”; </t><t>therefore you shall flee away; </t><t>and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”; </t><t>therefore your pursuers shall be swift.</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> A thousand shall flee at the threat of one; </t><t>at the threat of five you shall flee, </t><t>till you are left </t><t>like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, </t><t>like a signal on a hill. </t>


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<pb/><t>Therefore the LORD <f>ⓑ</f>waits to be gracious to you, </t><t>and therefore he <f>ⓒ</f>exalts himself to show mercy to you. </t><t>For the LORD is a God of justice; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>blessed are all those who wait for him. </t>


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<pb/>For a people shall dwell <f>ⓔ</f>in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.


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And though the Lord give you the <f>ⓕ</f>bread of adversity and the <f>ⓖ</f>water of affliction, <f>ⓗ</f>yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.


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<f>ⓘ</f> And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is <f>ⓙ</f>the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.


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Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. <f>ⓚ</f>You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”


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<pb/><f>ⓛ</f> And he will give <f>ⓜ</f>rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. <f>ⓝ</f>In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,


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and <f>ⓞ</f>the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.


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And <f>ⓟ</f>on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, <f>ⓠ</f>when the towers fall.


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<f>ⓡ</f> Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when <f>ⓢ</f>the LORD binds up <f>ⓣ</f>the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.


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<pb/><t>Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, </t><t>burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; <f>[4]</f> </t><t>his lips are full of fury, </t><t>and his tongue is like a devouring fire;</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> his breath is <f>ⓥ</f>like an overflowing stream </t><t>that reaches up to the neck; </t><t>to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, </t><t>and to place on the jaws of the peoples <f>ⓦ</f>a bridle that leads astray. </t>


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<pb/>You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, <f>ⓧ</f>as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to <f>ⓨ</f>the mountain of the LORD, to <f>ⓩ</f>the Rock of Israel.


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And the LORD <f>ⓐ</f>will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger <f>ⓑ</f>and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst <f>ⓒ</f>and storm and hailstones.


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The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the LORD, <f>ⓓ</f>when he strikes with his rod.


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And every stroke of the appointed staff that the LORD lays on them <f>ⓔ</f>will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. <f>ⓕ</f>Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them.


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For <f>ⓖ</f>a burning place <f>[5]</f> has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, <f>ⓗ</f>its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; <f>ⓘ</f>the breath of the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.


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<pb/><t>Woe <f>[1]</f> to <f>ⓐ</f>those who go down to Egypt for help </t><t>and rely on horses, </t><t>who <f>ⓑ</f>trust in chariots because they are many </t><t>and in horsemen because they are very strong, </t><t>but <f>ⓒ</f>do not look to the Holy One of Israel </t><t>or consult the LORD!</t>


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<t>And <f>ⓓ</f>yet he is wise and brings disaster; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>he does not call back his words, </t><t>but <f>ⓕ</f>will arise against the house of the evildoers </t><t>and against the helpers of <f>ⓖ</f>those who work iniquity.</t>


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<t>The Egyptians are man, and not God, </t><t>and their horses <f>ⓗ</f>are flesh, and not spirit. </t><t>When the LORD stretches out his hand, </t><t>the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, </t><t>and they will all perish together. </t>


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<pb/><t>For thus the LORD said to me, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, </t><t>and when a band of shepherds is called out against him </t><t>he is not terrified by their shouting </t><t>or daunted at their noise, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>so the LORD of hosts will come down </t><t>to fight <f>[2]</f> on Mount Zion and on its hill.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts </t><t>will protect Jerusalem; </t><t>he will protect and deliver it; </t><t>he will spare and rescue it.” </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓛ</f> Turn to him from whom people <f>[3]</f> have <f>ⓜ</f>deeply revolted, O children of Israel.


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For in that day <f>ⓝ</f>everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.


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<pb/><t><f>ⓞ</f> “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; </t><t>and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; </t><t>and he shall flee from the sword, </t><t>and his young men shall be <f>ⓟ</f>put to forced labor.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> His rock shall pass away in terror, </t><t>and his officers desert the standard in panic,” </t><t>declares the LORD, whose <f>ⓡ</f>fire is in Zion, </t><t>and whose <f>ⓢ</f>furnace is in Jerusalem. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, <f>ⓐ</f>a king will reign in righteousness, </t><t>and princes will rule in justice.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, </t><t>a shelter from the storm, </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>like streams of water in a dry place, </t><t>like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, </t><t>and the ears of those who hear will give attention.</t>


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<t>The heart of the hasty will understand and know, </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> The fool will no more be called noble, </t><t>nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓖ</f>the fool speaks folly, </t><t>and his heart is busy with iniquity, </t><t>to practice ungodliness, </t><t>to utter error concerning the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, </t><t>and to deprive the thirsty of drink.</t>


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<t>As for the scoundrel — <f>ⓘ</f>his devices are evil; </t><t>he plans wicked schemes </t><t>to ruin the poor with lying words, </t><t>even when the plea of the needy is right.</t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓙ</f> Rise up, you women <f>ⓚ</f>who are at ease, hear my voice; </t><t>you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.</t>


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<t>In little more than a year </t><t>you will shudder, you complacent women; </t><t>for the grape harvest fails, </t><t>the fruit harvest will not come.</t>


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<t>Tremble, you women <f>ⓛ</f>who are at ease, </t><t>shudder, you complacent ones; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>strip, and make yourselves bare, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>and tie sackcloth around your waist.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> for the soil of my people </t><t>growing up in thorns and briers, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>yes, for all the joyous houses </t><t>in the exultant city.</t>


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<t>For the palace is forsaken, </t><t>the populous city deserted; </t><t>the hill and the watchtower </t><t>will become dens forever, </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>a joy of wild donkeys, </t><t>a pasture of flocks;</t>


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<t>until <f>ⓢ</f>the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, </t><t>and <f>ⓣ</f>the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, </t><t>and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.</t>


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<t>Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, </t><t>and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.</t>


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<t><f>ⓤ</f> And the effect of righteousness will be peace, </t><t>and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust <f>[1]</f> forever.</t>


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<t>My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, </t><t>in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> And it will hail when the forest falls down, </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>and the city will be utterly laid low.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Happy are you who sow beside all waters, </t><t>who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Ah, you destroyer, </t><t>who yourself have not been destroyed, </t><t>you traitor, </t><t>whom none has betrayed! </t><t>When you have ceased to destroy, </t><t>you will be destroyed; </t><t>and when you have finished betraying, </t><t>they will betray you. </t>


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<pb/><t>O LORD, be gracious to us; <f>ⓑ</f>we wait for you. </t><t>Be our arm every morning, </t><t>our salvation in the time of trouble.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; </t><t>when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,</t>


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<t>and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>as locusts leap, it is leapt upon. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓔ</f> The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; </t><t>he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> and he will be the stability of your times, </t><t>abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; </t><t>the fear of the LORD is Zion's <f>[1]</f> treasure. </t>


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<pb/><t>Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>the envoys of peace weep bitterly.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> The highways lie waste; </t><t>the traveler ceases. </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>Covenants are broken; </t><t>cities <f>[2]</f> are despised; </t><t>there is no regard for man.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The land mourns and languishes; </t><t>Lebanon is confounded and withers away; </t><t>Sharon is like a desert, </t><t>and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓚ</f> “Now I will arise,” says the LORD, </t><t>“now I will lift myself up; </t><t>now I will be exalted.</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; </t><t>your breath is <f>ⓜ</f>a fire that will consume you.</t>


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<t>And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; </t><t>and you who are near, acknowledge my might.</t>


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<t>The sinners in Zion are afraid; </t><t>trembling has seized the godless: </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>“Who among us can dwell <f>ⓟ</f>with the consuming fire? </t><t>Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, </t><t>who despises the gain of oppressions, </t><t>who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, </t><t>who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,</t>


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<t>he will dwell on the heights; </t><t>his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓣ</f> Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>they will see a land that stretches afar.</t>


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<t><f>ⓥ</f> Your heart will muse on the terror: </t><t>“Where is he who counted, where is <f>ⓦ</f>he who weighed the tribute? </t><t>Where is <f>ⓧ</f>he who counted the towers?”</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> You will see no more the insolent people, </t><t>the people <f>ⓩ</f>of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, </t><t>stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.</t>


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<t>Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>Your eyes will see Jerusalem, </t><t>an untroubled habitation, an <f>ⓑ</f>immovable tent, </t><t>whose stakes will never be plucked up, </t><t>nor will any of its cords be broken.</t>


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<t>But there the LORD in majesty will be for us </t><t>a place of <f>ⓒ</f>broad rivers and streams, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>where no galley with oars can go, </t><t>nor majestic ship can pass.</t>


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<t>For the LORD is our <f>ⓔ</f>judge; the LORD is our <f>ⓕ</f>lawgiver; </t><t>the LORD is our <f>ⓖ</f>king; he will save us. </t>


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<pb/><t>Your cords hang loose; </t><t>they cannot hold the mast firm in its place </t><t>or keep the sail spread out. </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; </t><t>even <f>ⓘ</f>the lame will take the prey.</t>


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<t>And no inhabitant will say, <f>ⓙ</f>“I am sick”; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. </t>


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<pb/><t>Draw near, <f>ⓐ</f>O nations, to hear, </t><t>and give attention, O peoples! </t><t>Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; </t><t>the world, and all that comes from it.</t>


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<t>For the LORD is enraged against all the nations, </t><t>and furious against all their host; </t><t>he has <f>ⓑ</f>devoted them to destruction, <f>[1]</f> has given them over for slaughter.</t>


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<t>Their slain shall be cast out, </t><t>and <f>ⓒ</f>the stench of their corpses shall rise; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>the mountains shall flow with their blood.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> All the host of heaven shall rot away, </t><t>and the skies roll up like a scroll. </t><t>All their host shall fall, </t><t>as leaves fall from the vine, </t><t>like leaves falling from the fig tree. </t>


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<pb/><t>For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; </t><t>behold, it descends for judgment upon <f>ⓕ</f>Edom, </t><t>upon the people <f>ⓖ</f>I have devoted to destruction.</t>


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<t>The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood; </t><t>it is gorged with fat, </t><t>with the blood of lambs and goats, </t><t>with the fat of the kidneys of rams. </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, </t><t>a great slaughter in the land of Edom.</t>


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<t><f>ⓘ</f> Wild oxen shall <f>ⓙ</f>fall with them, </t><t>and <f>ⓚ</f>young steers with <f>ⓛ</f>the mighty bulls. </t><t>Their land shall drink its fill of blood, </t><t>and their soil shall be gorged with fat. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> For the LORD has a day of vengeance, </t><t>a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> And the streams of Edom <f>[2]</f> shall be turned into pitch, </t><t>and her soil into sulfur; </t><t>her land shall become burning pitch.</t>


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<t>Night and day <f>ⓞ</f>it shall not be quenched; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>its smoke shall go up forever. </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>From generation to generation it shall lie waste; </t><t>none shall pass through it forever and ever.</t>


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<t><f>ⓡ</f> But the hawk and the porcupine <f>[3]</f> shall possess it, </t><t>the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>He shall stretch the line of <f>ⓣ</f>confusion <f>[4]</f> over it, </t><t>and the plumb line of emptiness.</t>


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<t>Its nobles — there is no one there to call it a kingdom, </t><t>and all its princes shall be nothing. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓤ</f> Thorns shall grow over its strongholds, </t><t>nettles and thistles in its fortresses. </t><t>It shall be the haunt of <f>ⓥ</f>jackals, </t><t>an abode for ostriches. <f>[5]</f></t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> And wild animals shall meet with hyenas; </t><t>the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; </t><t>indeed, there the night bird <f>[6]</f> settles </t><t>and finds for herself a resting place. </t>


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<pb/><t>There the owl nests and lays </t><t>and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow; </t><t>indeed, there <f>ⓧ</f>the hawks are gathered, </t><t>each one with her mate.</t>


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<t>Seek and read from the book of the LORD: </t><t>Not one of these shall be missing; </t><t>none shall be without her mate. </t><t>For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, </t><t>and his Spirit has gathered them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓨ</f> He has cast the lot for them; </t><t>his hand has portioned it out to them with the line; </t><t>they shall possess it forever; </t><t>from generation to generation they shall dwell in it. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;</t>


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<t>it shall blossom abundantly </t><t>and rejoice with joy and singing. </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, </t><t>the majesty of <f>ⓓ</f>Carmel and <f>ⓔ</f>Sharon. </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>They shall see the glory of the LORD, </t><t>the majesty of our God. </t>


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<t>Say to those who have an anxious heart, </t><t>“Be strong; fear not! </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>Behold, your God </t><t>will come with vengeance, </t><t>with the recompense of God. </t><t>He will come and save you.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, </t><t>and the ears of the deaf unstopped;</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> then shall the lame man leap like a deer, </t><t>and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>For waters break forth in the wilderness, </t><t>and streams in the desert;</t>


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<t><f>ⓛ</f> the burning sand shall become a pool, </t><t>and the thirsty ground springs of water; </t><t>in the haunt of <f>ⓜ</f>jackals, where they lie down, </t><t>the grass shall become reeds and rushes. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓝ</f> And a highway shall be there, </t><t>and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>the unclean shall not pass over it. </t><t>It shall belong to those who walk on the way; </t><t>even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. <f>[1]</f></t>


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<t>No lion shall be there, </t><t>nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; </t><t>they shall not be found there, </t><t>but the redeemed shall walk there.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> And the ransomed of the LORD shall return </t><t>and come to Zion with singing; </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; </t><t>they shall obtain gladness and joy, </t><t>and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, <f>ⓑ</f>Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.


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<f>ⓒ</f> And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh <f>[1]</f> from <f>ⓓ</f>Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood <f>ⓔ</f>by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.


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And there came out to him <f>ⓕ</f>Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and <f>ⓖ</f>Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.


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<pb/>And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the <f>ⓗ</f>great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours?


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<f>ⓘ</f> Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.


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But if you say to me, “We trust in the LORD our God,” is it not he <f>ⓙ</f>whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar”?


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How then can you repulse <f>ⓚ</f>a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when <f>ⓛ</f>you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?


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Moreover, is it without the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? <f>ⓜ</f>The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”’”


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<pb/>Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants <f>ⓝ</f>in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”


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But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”


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<pb/>Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!


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Thus says the king: <f>ⓞ</f>‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.


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Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”


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Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me <f>[2]</f> and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern,


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until <f>ⓟ</f>I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.


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Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?


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<f>ⓠ</f> Where are the gods of <f>ⓡ</f>Hamath and <f>ⓢ</f>Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? <f>ⓣ</f>Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?


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<f>ⓤ</f> Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”


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<pb/>But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”


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<f>ⓥ</f> Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.


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And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet <f>ⓑ</f>Isaiah the son of Amoz.


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They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a <f>ⓒ</f>day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; <f>ⓓ</f>children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.


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<f>ⓔ</f> It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for <f>ⓕ</f>the remnant that is left.’”


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Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me.


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Behold, <f>ⓖ</f>I will put a spirit in him, so that <f>ⓗ</f>he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and <f>ⓘ</f>I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”


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<pb/>The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against <f>ⓙ</f>Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left <f>ⓚ</f>Lachish.


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Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of <f>ⓛ</f>Cush, <f>[1]</f> “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,


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“Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: <f>ⓜ</f>‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.


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<f>ⓝ</f> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, <f>ⓞ</f>Gozan, <f>ⓟ</f>Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?


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<f>ⓠ</f> Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”


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<pb/>Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.


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“O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, <f>ⓡ</f>enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; <f>ⓢ</f>you have made heaven and earth.


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<f>ⓣ</f> Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear <f>ⓤ</f>all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.


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and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.


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So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”


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<pb/>Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,


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this is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: <pb/><t>“‘She despises you, she scorns you — </t><t><f>ⓦ</f>the virgin daughter of Zion; </t><t>she wags her head behind you — </t><t>the daughter of Jerusalem. </t>


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<pb/><t>“‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? </t><t>Against whom have you raised your voice </t><t>and lifted your eyes to the heights? </t><t>Against <f>ⓧ</f>the Holy One of Israel!</t>


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<t>By your servants you have mocked the Lord, </t><t>and you have said, <f>ⓨ</f>With my many chariots </t><t>I have gone up the heights of the mountains, </t><t>to the far recesses of Lebanon, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>to cut down its tallest cedars, </t><t>its choicest cypresses, </t><t>to come to its remotest height, </t><t>its most fruitful forest.</t>


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<t>I dug wells </t><t>and drank waters, </t><t>to dry up with the sole of my foot </t><t>all <f>ⓐ</f>the streams <f>ⓑ</f>of Egypt. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> “‘Have you not heard </t><t>that I determined it long ago? </t><t>I planned from days of old </t><t>what now I bring to pass, </t><t>that you should make fortified cities </t><t>crash into heaps of ruins,</t>


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<t>while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, </t><t>are dismayed and confounded, </t><t>and have become like plants of the field </t><t>and like tender grass, </t><t>like grass on the housetops, </t><t>blighted <f>[2]</f> before it is grown. </t>


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<pb/><t>“‘I know your sitting down </t><t>and your going out and coming in, </t><t>and your raging against me.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> Because you have raged against me </t><t>and your complacency has come to my ears, </t><t>I will put my hook in your nose </t><t>and my bit in your mouth, </t><t>and <f>ⓔ</f>I will turn you back on the way </t><t>by which you came.’ </t>


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<pb/>“And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.


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And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah <f>ⓕ</f>shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.


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<f>ⓖ</f> For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. <f>ⓗ</f>The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.


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<pb/>“Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or <f>ⓘ</f>cast up a siege mound against it.


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By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.


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<f>ⓙ</f> For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for <f>ⓚ</f>the sake of my servant David.”


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<pb/><f>ⓛ</f> And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.


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And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of <f>ⓝ</f>Ararat, <f>ⓞ</f>Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> In those days Hezekiah became <f>ⓑ</f>sick and was at the point of death. And <f>ⓒ</f>Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.” <f>[1]</f>


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and said, “Please, O LORD, remember how <f>ⓓ</f>I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.


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“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add <f>ⓔ</f>fifteen years to your life. <f>[2]</f>


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<f>ⓕ</f> I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city.


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<pb/>“This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised:


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<f>ⓖ</f> Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. <f>[3]</f>


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<pb/>A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:


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<pb/><t>I said, <f>ⓗ</f>In the middle <f>[4]</f> of my days </t><t>I must depart; </t><t>I am consigned to the gates of Sheol </t><t>for the rest of my years.</t>


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<t>I said, I shall not see the LORD, </t><t>the LORD <f>ⓘ</f>in the land of the living; </t><t>I shall look on man no more </t><t>among the inhabitants of the world.</t>


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<t>My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>like a shepherd's tent; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>like a weaver <f>ⓛ</f>I have rolled up my life; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>he cuts me off from the loom; </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>from day to night you bring me to an end;</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> I calmed myself <f>[5]</f> until morning; </t><t>like a lion <f>ⓟ</f>he breaks all my bones; </t><t>from day to night you bring me to an end. </t>


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<pb/><t>Like <f>ⓠ</f>a swallow or a crane I chirp; </t><t><f>ⓡ</f>I moan like a dove. </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>My eyes are weary with looking upward. </t><t>O Lord, I am oppressed; <f>ⓣ</f>be my pledge of safety!</t>


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<t>What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, </t><t>and he himself has done it. </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>I walk slowly all my years </t><t>because of the bitterness of my soul. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓥ</f> O Lord, by these things men live, </t><t>and in all these is the life of my spirit. </t><t>Oh restore me to health and make me live!</t>


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<t><f>ⓦ</f> Behold, it was for my welfare </t><t>that I had great bitterness; </t><t><f>ⓧ</f>but in love you have delivered my life </t><t>from the pit of destruction, </t><t><f>ⓨ</f>for you have cast all my sins </t><t>behind your back.</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> For Sheol does not thank you; </t><t>death does not praise you; </t><t>those who go down to the pit do not hope </t><t>for your faithfulness.</t>


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<t>The living, the living, he thanks you, </t><t>as I do this day; </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>the father makes known to the children </t><t>your faithfulness. </t>


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<pb/><t>The LORD will save me, </t><t>and we will play my music on stringed instruments </t><t>all the days of our lives, </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>at the house of the LORD. </t>


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<pb/><f>ⓒ</f> Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”


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<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, <f>ⓑ</f>sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.


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And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, <f>ⓒ</f>the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. <f>ⓓ</f>There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.


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Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”


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He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”


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<f>ⓔ</f> Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD.


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<f>ⓕ</f> And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”


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Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, <f>ⓖ</f>“There will be peace and security in my days.”


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, </t><t>and cry to her </t><t>that <f>ⓒ</f>her warfare <f>[1]</f> is ended, </t><t>that her iniquity is pardoned, </t><t>that she has received from the LORD's hand </t><t>double for all her sins. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓓ</f> A voice cries: <f>[2]</f> </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>“In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>make straight in the desert a highway for our God.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Every valley shall be lifted up, </t><t>and every mountain and hill be made low; </t><t>the uneven ground shall become level, </t><t>and the rough places a plain.</t>


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<t><f>ⓗ</f> And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, </t><t>and all flesh shall see it together, </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” </t>


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<pb/><t>A voice says, “Cry!” </t><t>And I said, <f>[3]</f> “What shall I cry?” </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>All flesh is grass, </t><t>and all its beauty <f>[4]</f> is like the flower of the field.</t>


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<t>The grass withers, the flower fades </t><t>when the breath of the LORD blows on it; </t><t>surely the people are grass.</t>


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<t><f>ⓚ</f> The grass withers, the flower fades, </t><t>but the word of our God will stand forever. </t>


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<pb/><t>Go on up to a high mountain, </t><t>O Zion, <f>ⓛ</f>herald of good news; <f>[5]</f> </t><t>lift up your voice with strength, </t><t>O Jerusalem, herald of good news; <f>[6]</f> </t><t>lift it up, fear not; </t><t>say to the cities of Judah, </t><t>“Behold your God!”</t>


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<t><f>ⓜ</f> Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, </t><t>and his arm rules for him; </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>behold, his reward is with him, </t><t>and his recompense before him.</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> He will tend his flock like a shepherd; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>he will gather the lambs in his arms; </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>he will carry them in his bosom, </t><t>and gently lead those that are with young. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓡ</f> Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand </t><t>and marked off the heavens with a span, </t><t>enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure </t><t>and weighed the mountains in scales </t><t>and the hills in a balance?</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> Who has measured <f>[7]</f> the Spirit of the LORD, </t><t>or what man shows him his counsel?</t>


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<t>Whom did he consult, </t><t>and who made him understand? </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>Who taught him the path of justice, </t><t>and taught him knowledge, </t><t>and showed him the way of understanding?</t>


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<t>Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, </t><t>and are accounted <f>ⓤ</f>as the dust on the scales; </t><t>behold, he takes up <f>ⓥ</f>the coastlands like fine dust.</t>


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<t>Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, </t><t>nor are <f>ⓦ</f>its beasts enough for a burnt offering.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> All the nations are as nothing before him, </t><t>they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓨ</f> To whom then will you liken God, </t><t><f>ⓩ</f>or what likeness compare with him?</t>


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<t><f>ⓐ</f> An idol! A craftsman casts it, </t><t>and a goldsmith overlays it with gold </t><t>and casts for it silver chains.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> He who is too impoverished for an offering </t><t>chooses wood <f>[8]</f> that will not rot; </t><t>he seeks out a skillful craftsman </t><t>to set up an idol that will not move. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Do you not know? Do you not hear? </t><t>Has it not been told you from the beginning? </t><t>Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?</t>


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<t>It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, </t><t>and its inhabitants are <f>ⓓ</f>like grasshoppers; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, </t><t>and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> who brings princes to nothing, </t><t>and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. </t>


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<pb/><t>Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, </t><t>scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, </t><t>when he blows on them, and they wither, </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>and the tempest carries them off like stubble. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓗ</f> To whom then will you compare me, </t><t>that I should be like him? says the Holy One.</t>


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<t>Lift up your eyes on high and see: </t><t>who created these? </t><t><f>ⓘ</f>He who brings out their host by number, </t><t>calling them all by name; </t><t>by the greatness of his might </t><t>and because he is strong in power, </t><t>not one is missing. </t>


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<pb/><t>Why do you say, O Jacob, </t><t>and speak, O Israel, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>“My way is hidden from the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>and my right is disregarded by my God”?</t>


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<t>Have you not known? Have you not heard? </t><t>The LORD is <f>ⓛ</f>the everlasting God, </t><t>the Creator of the ends of the earth. </t><t>He does not faint or grow weary; </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>his understanding is unsearchable.</t>


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<t>but <f>ⓝ</f>they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; </t><t>they shall mount up with wings <f>ⓞ</f>like eagles; </t><t>they shall run and not be weary; </t><t>they shall walk and not faint. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Listen to me in silence, <f>ⓑ</f>O coastlands; </t><t>let the peoples renew their strength; </t><t>let them approach, then let them speak; </t><t>let us together draw near for judgment. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> Who stirred up one from the east </t><t>whom victory meets at every <f>ⓓ</f>step? <f>[1]</f> </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>He gives up nations before him, </t><t>so that he tramples kings underfoot; </t><t>he makes them like dust with his sword, </t><t><f>ⓕ</f>like driven stubble with his bow.</t>


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<t><f>ⓖ</f> Who has performed and done this, </t><t>calling the generations from the beginning? </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>I, the LORD, the first, </t><t>and with the last; I am he. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓘ</f> The coastlands have seen and are afraid; </t><t>the ends of the earth tremble; </t><t>they have drawn near and come.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith, </t><t>and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, </t><t>saying of the soldering, “It is good”; </t><t>and they strengthen it with nails <f>ⓚ</f>so that it cannot be moved. </t>


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<pb/><t>But you, Israel, <f>ⓛ</f>my servant, </t><t>Jacob, <f>ⓜ</f>whom I have chosen, </t><t>the offspring of Abraham, <f>ⓝ</f>my friend;</t>


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<t>you whom I took from the ends of the earth, </t><t>and called <f>ⓞ</f>from its farthest corners, </t><t>saying to you, “You are <f>ⓟ</f>my servant, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>I have chosen you and not cast you off”;</t>


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<t>fear not, for I am with you; </t><t>be not dismayed, for I am your God; </t><t>I will strengthen you, I will help you, </t><t>I will uphold you with <f>ⓡ</f>my righteous right hand. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓢ</f> Behold, all who are incensed against you </t><t>shall be put to shame and confounded; </t><t>those who strive against you </t><t>shall be as nothing and shall perish.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> You shall seek those who contend with you, </t><t>but you shall not find them; </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>those who war against you </t><t>shall be as nothing at all.</t>


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<t>For I, the LORD your God, </t><t>hold your right hand; </t><t>it is I who say to you, “Fear not, </t><t>I am the one who helps you.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Fear not, you <f>ⓥ</f>worm Jacob, </t><t>you men of Israel! </t><t>I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; </t><t>your <f>ⓦ</f>Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, </t><t>new, sharp, and having teeth; </t><t>you shall thresh <f>ⓨ</f>the mountains and crush them, </t><t>and you shall make the hills like chaff;</t>


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<t><f>ⓩ</f> you shall winnow them, and <f>ⓐ</f>the wind shall carry them away, </t><t>and the tempest shall scatter them. </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>And you shall rejoice in the LORD; </t><t>in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓒ</f> When the poor and needy seek water, </t><t>and there is none, </t><t>and their tongue is parched with thirst, </t><t>I the LORD will answer them; </t><t>I the God of Israel will not forsake them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> I will open rivers on the bare heights, </t><t>and fountains in the midst of the valleys. </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>I will make the wilderness a pool of water, </t><t>and the dry land springs of water.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> I will put in the wilderness the cedar, </t><t>the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. </t><t>I will set in the desert <f>ⓖ</f>the cypress, </t><t>the plane and the pine together,</t>


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<t>that they may see and know, </t><t>may consider and understand together, </t><t>that <f>ⓗ</f>the hand of the LORD has done this, </t><t>the Holy One of Israel has created it. </t>


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<t>Let them bring them, and <f>ⓘ</f>tell us </t><t>what is to happen. </t><t>Tell us the former things, what they are, </t><t>that we may consider them, </t><t>that we may know their outcome; </t><t>or declare to us the things to come.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Tell us what is to come hereafter, </t><t>that we may know that you are gods; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>do good, or do harm, </t><t>that we may be dismayed and terrified. <f>[2]</f></t>


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<t>Behold, <f>ⓛ</f>you are nothing, </t><t>and your work is less than nothing; </t><t>an abomination is he who chooses you. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓜ</f> I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, </t><t><f>ⓝ</f>from the rising of the sun, <f>ⓞ</f>and he shall call upon my name; </t><t>he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, </t><t>as the potter treads clay.</t>


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<t><f>ⓟ</f> Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, </t><t>and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? </t><t>There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, </t><t>none who heard your words.</t>


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<t><f>ⓠ</f> I was the first to say <f>[3]</f> to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” </t><t>and <f>ⓡ</f>I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.</t>


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<t><f>ⓢ</f> But when I look, there is no one; </t><t>among these there is no counselor </t><t>who, when I ask, gives an answer.</t>


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<t><f>ⓣ</f> Behold, they are all a delusion; </t><t>their works are nothing; </t><t>their metal images are empty wind. </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓐ</f> Behold <f>ⓑ</f>my servant, whom I uphold, </t><t>my chosen, <f>ⓒ</f>in whom my soul delights; </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>I have put my Spirit upon him; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>he will bring forth justice to the nations.</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> a bruised reed he will not break, </t><t>and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>he will faithfully bring forth justice.</t>


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<t>He will not grow faint or be discouraged <f>[1]</f> </t><t>till he has established justice in the earth; </t><t>and <f>ⓗ</f>the coastlands wait for his law. </t>


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<pb/><t>Thus says God, the LORD, </t><t>who created the heavens <f>ⓘ</f>and stretched them out, </t><t>who spread out the earth and what comes from it, </t><t><f>ⓙ</f>who gives breath to the people on it </t><t>and spirit to those who walk in it:</t>


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<t>“I am the LORD; <f>ⓚ</f>I have called you <f>[2]</f> in righteousness; </t><t>I will take you by the hand and keep you; </t><t>I will give you <f>ⓛ</f>as a covenant for the people, </t><t><f>ⓜ</f>a light for the nations,</t>


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<t><f>ⓝ</f> to open the eyes that are blind, </t><t>to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, </t><t><f>ⓞ</f>from the prison those who sit in darkness.</t>


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<t>I am the LORD; that is my name; </t><t><f>ⓟ</f>my glory I give to no other, </t><t>nor my praise to carved idols.</t>


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<t>Behold, the former things have come to pass, </t><t><f>ⓠ</f>and new things I now declare; </t><t>before they spring forth </t><t>I tell you of them.” </t>


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<pb/><t><f>ⓡ</f> Sing to the LORD a new song, </t><t>his praise from the end of the earth, </t><t><f>ⓢ</f>you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, </t><t><f>ⓣ</f>the coastlands and their inhabitants.</t>


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<t>Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, </t><t>the villages that <f>ⓤ</f>Kedar inhabits; </t><t>let the habitants of <f>ⓥ</f>Sela sing for joy, </t><t>let them shout from the top of the mountains.</t>


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<t><f>ⓧ</f> The LORD goes out like a mighty man, </t><t>like a man of war <f>ⓨ</f>he stirs up his zeal; </t><t>he cries out, <f>ⓩ</f>he shouts aloud, </t><t>he shows himself mighty against his foes. </t>


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<pb/><t>For a long time I have held my peace; </t><t>I have kept still and restrained myself; </t><t>now I will cry out <f>ⓐ</f>like a woman in labor; </t><t>I will gasp and pant.</t>


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<t><f>ⓑ</f> I will lay waste mountains and hills, </t><t>and dry up all their vegetation; </t><t>I will turn the rivers into islands, <f>[3]</f> </t><t>and dry up the pools.</t>


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<t><f>ⓒ</f> And I will lead the blind </t><t>in a way that they do not know, </t><t>in paths that they have not known </t><t>I will guide them. </t><t>I will turn the darkness before them into light, </t><t><f>ⓓ</f>the rough places into level ground. </t><t>These are the things I do, </t><t>and I do not forsake them.</t>


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<t><f>ⓔ</f> They are turned back and utterly put to shame, </t><t>who trust in carved idols, </t><t>who say to metal images, </t><t>“You are our gods.” </t>


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<t>Who is blind but my servant, </t><t>or deaf as my messenger whom I send? </t><t>Who is blind as my dedicated one, <f>[4]</f> </t><t>or blind as the servant of the LORD?</t>


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<t><f>ⓕ</f> He sees many things, but does not observe them; </t><t><f>ⓖ</f>his ears are open, but he does not hear.</t>


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<t>The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, </t><t>to magnify his law and make it glorious.</t>


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<t>But this is a people plundered and looted; </t><t>they are all of them trapped in holes </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>and hidden in prisons; </t><t>they have become plunder with none to rescue, </t><t>spoil with none to say, “Restore!”</t>


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<t>Who gave up Jacob to the looter, </t><t>and Israel to the plunderers? </t><t>Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, </t><t>in whose ways they would not walk, </t><t>and whose law they would not obey?</t>


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<t>So he poured on him the heat of his anger </t><t>and the might of battle; </t><t>it set him on fire all around, <f>ⓘ</f>but he did not understand; </t><t>it burned him up, <f>ⓙ</f>but he did not take it to heart. </t>


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<pb/><t>But now thus says the LORD, </t><t><f>ⓐ</f>he who created you, O Jacob, </t><t>he who formed you, O Israel: </t><t><f>ⓑ</f>“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; </t><t><f>ⓒ</f>I have called you by name, you are mine.</t>


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<t><f>ⓓ</f> When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; </t><t>and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; </t><t><f>ⓔ</f>when you walk through fire <f>ⓕ</f>you shall not be burned, </t><t>and the flame shall not consume you.</t>


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<t>For <f>ⓖ</f>I am the LORD your God, </t><t>the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. </t><t><f>ⓗ</f>I give Egypt as your ransom, </t><t>Cush and <f>ⓘ</f>Seba in exchange for you.</t>


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<t>Because you are precious in my eyes, </t><t>and honored, and I love you, </t><t>I give men in return for you, </t><t>peoples in exchange for your life.</t>


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<t><f>ⓙ</f> Fear not, for I am with you; </t><t><f>ⓚ</f>I will bring your offspring from the east, </t><t>and from the west I will gather you.</t>


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<t>I will say to the north, Give up, </t><t>and to the south, Do not withhold; </t><t>bring <f>ⓛ</f>my sons from afar </t><t>and <f>ⓜ</f>my daughters from the end of the earth,</t>


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<t>everyone who is called by my name, </t><t>whom I created for my glory, </t><t>whom I formed and made.” </t>


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<pb/><t>Bring out <f>ⓝ</f>the people who are blind, yet have eyes, </t><t>who are deaf, yet have ears!</t>


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<t><f>ⓞ</f> All the nations gather together, </t><t>and the peoples assemble. </t><t>Who among them can declare this, </t><t>and show us the former things? </t><t>Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, </t><t>and let them hear and say, It is true.</t>


