39 Turn away the (A)reproach that I dread,
    for your rules are good.

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and (A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, (B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

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Moreover, he must be well thought of by (A)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into (B)a snare of the devil.

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22 Take away from me (A)scorn and contempt,
    (B)for I have kept your testimonies.

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    for (A)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (B)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (C)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

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We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

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14 So I would have (A)younger widows marry, bear children, (B)manage their households, and (C)give the adversary no occasion for slander.

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In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we wait for you;
(A)your name and (B)remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.

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131 I (A)open my mouth and (B)pant,
    because I (C)long for your commandments.

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123 My (A)eyes long for your salvation
    and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.

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75 I know, O Lord, that your rules are (A)righteous,
    and that in (B)faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
    for my (A)hope is in your rules.

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31 I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
    (A)let me not be put to shame!

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20 My soul is consumed with (A)longing
    for your rules[a] at all times.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:20 Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 137, 156, 175

(A)He will send from heaven and save me;
    he will put to shame (B)him who tramples on me. Selah
(C)God will send out (D)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

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Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    (A)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

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the fear of the Lord is clean,
    enduring forever;
the rules[a] of the Lord are (A)true,
    and righteous altogether.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly (A)scorned the Lord,[a] the child who is born to you shall die.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:14 Masoretic Text the enemies of the Lord; Dead Sea Scroll the word of the Lord

And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so (A)righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

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