16 But I have raised you up[a] for this very purpose,(A) that I might show you my power(B) and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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  1. Exodus 9:16 Or have spared you

16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

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16 But indeed for (A)this purpose I have raised you up, that I may (B)show My power in you, and that My (C)name may be declared in all the earth.

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Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(A) I have provided for that purpose.”(B)

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Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand (A)praised the Lord with musical instruments, (B)“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

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“God is mighty,(A) but despises no one;(B)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(C)

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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

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“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
(A)He is mighty in strength [a]of understanding.

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  1. Job 36:5 of heart

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

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I will cry out to God Most High,
To God (A)who performs all things for me.

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The Lord will vindicate(A) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever(B)
    do not abandon(C) the works of your hands.(D)

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The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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(A)The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
(B)Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 138:8 complete

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

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But this is not what he intends,(A)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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(A)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’

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10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’

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11 From the east I summon(A) a bird of prey;(B)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(C) that I will do.(D)

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11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

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11 Calling a bird of prey (A)from the east,
The man (B)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (C)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

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