He guards the steps[a] of his faithful ones,(A)
but the wicked perish in darkness,(B)
for a person does not prevail by his own strength.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Lit feet

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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11 Though they intend to harm[a] you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:11 Lit they stretch out harm against

11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

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11 But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.(A)
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.(B)

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11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

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