GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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15 [But] their own swords will pierce their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16 The little that the righteous person has is better than the wealth of many wicked people.
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Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
17 The arms of wicked people will be broken, but the LORD continues to support righteous people.
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for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The LORD knows the daily [struggles] of innocent people. Their inheritance will last forever.
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The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 They will not be put to shame in trying times. Even in times of famine they will be satisfied.
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In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But wicked people will disappear. The LORD's enemies will vanish like the best part of a meadow. They will vanish like smoke.
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But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
21 A wicked person borrows, but he does not repay. A righteous person is generous and giving.
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The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;
22 Those who are blessed by him will inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him will be cut off.
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those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.
23 A person's steps are directed by the LORD, and the LORD delights in his way.
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The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
24 When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because the LORD holds on to his hand.
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though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food.
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I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
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