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-\v 19 Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress.
-\q The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, "Surely our ancestors inherited deceit.
-\q They are empty; there is no profit in them.
+\v 19 Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge,
+\q2 my place of safety in the day of distress.
+\q The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say,
+\q2 "Surely our ancestors inherited deceit.
+\q They are empty;
+\q2 there is no profit in them.
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-\v 20 Do people make gods for themselves? But they are not gods."
+\v 20 Do people make gods for themselves?
+\q2 But they are not gods."
+\b
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-\v 21 Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power,
-\q so they will know that Yahweh is my name.
+\v 21 Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time,
+\q2 I will cause them to know my hand and my power,
+\q2 so they will know that Yahweh is my name.
 
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-\v 1 "The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus having a diamond point.
-\q It is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars.
+\v 1 "The sin of Judah is writt
+\q2 with an iron stylus having a diamond point.
+\q It is engraved on the tablet of their heart
+\q2 and on the horns of your altars.
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-\v 2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles
-\q that were beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
+\v 2 Even their children remember their altars
+\q2 and their Asherah poles
+\q2 that were beside the spreading trees
+\q2 and on the high hills.
 
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 \v 3 My mountain in the open country,
-\q and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder,
+\q2 and your wealth and all your treasures
+\q2 I will give away as plunder,
 \q together with your high places,
-\q because of the sin you committed in all your territories.
+\q2 because of the sin you committed in all your territories.
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-\v 4 You will, by your own actions, let go of the inheritance that I gave to you.
-\q I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know,
-\q for you have ignited a fire in my wrath, which will burn forever."
+\v 4 You will, by your own actions,
+\q2 let go of the inheritance that I gave to you.
+\q I will enslave you to your enemies
+\q2 in a land that you do not know,
+\q for you have ignited a fire in my wrath,
+\q2 which will burn forever."
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+\v 5 Yahweh says,
+\q "The person who trusts in mankind is accursed;
+\q2 he makes flesh his strength 
+\q2 but turns his heart away from Yahweh.
+\q
+\v 6 For he will be like a small bush in the Arabah
+\q2 and will not see anything good coming.
+\q He will stay in the stony places in the wilderness,
+\q2 barren land without inhabitants.
 
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-\v 5 Yahweh says, "The person who trusts in mankind is accursed;
-\q he makes flesh his strength but turns his heart away from Yahweh.
+\v 7 But the person who trusts in Yahweh is blessed,
+\q2 for Yahweh is his reason for confidence.
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-\v 6 For he will be like a small bush in the Arabah and will not see anything good coming.
-\q He will stay in the stony places in the wilderness, barren land without inhabitants.
+\v 8 For he will be like a tree planted by water,
+\q2 its roots will spread out by the stream.
+\q It will not fear the heat when it comes,
+\q2 for its leaves are always green.
+\q It is not anxious in a year of drought,
+\q2 and it will not stop producing fruit.
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+\b
+\q
+\v 9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else.
+\q2 It is sick; who can understand it?
+\b
+\q
+\v 10 I am Yahweh,
+\q2 the one who searches through the mind,
+\q2 who tests the hearts.
+\q I give to each person according to his ways,
+\q2 according to the fruit of his deeds.
+\b
+\q
+\v 11 A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay.
+\q2 Someone may become rich unjustly,
+\q but when half his days are over,
+\q2 those riches will abandon him,
+\q2 and in the end he will be a fool."
 
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-\v 7 But the person who trusts in Yahweh is blessed, for Yahweh is his reason for confidence.
+\v 12 "The place of our sanctuary is a glorious throne,
+\q2 elevated from the beginning.
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-\v 8 For he will be like a tree planted by water, its roots will spread out by the stream.
-\q It will not fear the heat when it comes, for its leaves are always green.
-\q It is not anxious in a year of drought, and it will not stop producing fruit.
+\v 13 Yahweh is the hope of Israel.
+\q2 All who abandon you will be put to shame; 
+\q2 those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the earth,
+\q for they have abandoned Yahweh,
+\q2 the fountain of living waters.
+\b
+\q
+\v 14 Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed!
+\q2 Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
 
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-\v 9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it?
+\v 15 See, they are saying to me, 
+\q2 'Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come!'
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-\v 10 I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts.
-\q I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
-\q
-\v 11 A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly,
-\q but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool."
+\v 16 As for me,
+\q2 I did not run from being a shepherd following you.
+\q2 I did not long for the day of disaster.
+\q You know the proclamations that came from my lips.
+\q2 They were made in your presence.
 
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-\v 12 "The place of our sanctuary is a glorious throne, elevated from the beginning.
+\v 17 Do not be a terror to me. 
+\q2 You are my refuge on the day of calamity.
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-\v 13 Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be put to shame; those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the earth,
-\q for they have abandoned Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
-\q
-\v 14 Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed! Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
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-\v 15 See, they are saying to me, 'Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come!'
-\q
-\v 16 As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster.
-\q You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence.
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-\v 17 Do not be a terror to me. You are my refuge on the day of calamity.
-\q
-\v 18 May my pursuers be ashamed, but do not let me be ashamed. May they be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed.
-\q Send the day of disaster against them and shatter them with a double share of destruction."
+\v 18 May my pursuers be ashamed,
+\q2 but do not let me be ashamed.
+\q May they be dismayed,
+\q2 but do not let me be dismayed.
+\q Send the day of disaster against them
+\q2 and shatter them with a double share of destruction."
 
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