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12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
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12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
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13 O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
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13 O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
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14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
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14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
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15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
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15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
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16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
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16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
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17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
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17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
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18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
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18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
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19 But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
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19 But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
