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he is like the morning light at dawn.
    He is like a morning without clouds.
He is like sunshine after a rain.
    The sunshine makes the tender grass grow out of the ground.’

“This is how God has cared for my family.
    God made a lasting agreement with me,
    good in every way and strong.
This agreement is my salvation.
    This agreement is all I want.
    Truly, the Lord will make it grow.

“But all evil people will be thrown away like thorns.
    People cannot hold on to thorns.

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he is like the light(A) of morning(B) at sunrise(C)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain(D)
    that brings grass from the earth.’

“If my house were not right with God,
    surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,(E)
    arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
    and grant me my every desire.
But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,(F)
    which are not gathered with the hand.

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