19
All their works are as clear as the sun before him, and his eyes are ever upon their ways.
20
Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord.
22
One's almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord, and he will keep a person's kindness like the apple of his eye.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Other ancient authorities add as verse 21, [But the Lord, who is gracious and knows how they are formed, has neither left them nor abandoned them, but has spared them.]
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