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He guards the steps[a] of his faithful ones,
    while the wicked are made silent[b] in darkness.
He grants the request of the one who prays.[c]
    He blesses the year of the righteous.[d]
Indeed it’s not by strength that a person prevails.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:9 Lit. feet; cf. 4QSama
  2. 1 Samuel 2:9 Or are destroyed
  3. 1 Samuel 2:9 So 4QSama LXX; MT lacks this line
  4. 1 Samuel 2:9 So 4QSama LXX; MT lacks this line