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32 teach me what I do not see;
    if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)

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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.(A)
24 See if there is any wicked[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 139.24 Heb hurtful
  2. 139.24 Or the ancient way

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(A)

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12 But who can detect one’s own errors?
    Clear me from hidden faults.(A)

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Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.(A)
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all day long.(B)

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13 No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
    but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.(A)

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Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
    for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.(A)

Save me, O Lord, from my enemies;
    I have fled to you for refuge.[a](B)
10 Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
    on a level path.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 143.9 Heb ms Gk: MT to you I have hidden

11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’(A)

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I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
    let me know why you contend against me.(A)

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Rules for the New Life

25 So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.(A) 26 Be angry but do not sin;[a] do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil. 28 Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

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Footnotes

  1. 4.26 Or If you are angry, do not sin

22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A)

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Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.(A) Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”(B)

10 And the crowds asked him, “What, then, should we do?”(C) 11 In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”(D) 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”(E) 13 He said to them, “Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.”(F) 14 Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.”(G)

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27     That person sings to others and says,
‘I sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not paid back to me.(A)

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