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(A)Know, then, that the Lord, your God, is God: the faithful God who keeps covenant mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments,(B)

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Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;(A) he is the faithful God,(B) keeping his covenant of love(C) to a thousand generations(D) of those who love him and keep his commandments.(E)

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15 So Jacob ate and was satisfied,
    Jeshurun[a] grew fat and kicked;
    you became fat and gross and gorged.
They forsook the God who made them
    and scorned the Rock of their salvation.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:15 Jeshurun: a term for Israel from yashar, meaning “upright”; its use here is possibly ironic.

15 Jeshurun[a](A) grew fat(B) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(C) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(D) their Savior.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

18 You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
    you forgot the God who gave you birth.(A)

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18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(A) the God who gave you birth.

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30 “How could one rout a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless it was because their Rock sold them,
    the Lord delivered them up?”

31 Indeed, their “rock” is not like our Rock;
    our enemies are fools.

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30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(A)
unless their Rock had sold them,(B)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(C)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(D)
    as even our enemies concede.(E)

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    my God, my rock of refuge!
My shield, my saving horn,[a]
    my stronghold, my refuge,
    my savior, from violence you keep me safe.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:3 My saving horn: my strong savior. The horn, such as that of an enraged bull, was a symbol of strength; cf. Lk 1:69.

    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,(A)
    my shield[a](B) and the horn[b](C) of my salvation.
He is my stronghold,(D) my refuge and my savior—
    from violent people you save me.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:3 Or sovereign
  2. 2 Samuel 22:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

He said:(A)

I

I love you, Lord, my strength,

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The Lord is my rock,(A) my fortress(B) and my deliverer;(C)
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,(D)
    my shield[a](E) and the horn[b] of my salvation,(F) my stronghold.

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  1. Psalm 18:2 Or sovereign
  2. Psalm 18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength.

31 God’s way is unerring;
    the Lord’s promise is refined;
    he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.(A)

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31 For who is God besides the Lord?(A)
    And who is the Rock(B) except our God?

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46     foreigners cringed;
    they came cowering from their dungeons.(A)

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46 The Lord lives!(A) Praise be to my Rock!(B)
    Exalted be God(C) my Savior!(D)

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15 They shall bear fruit even in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,

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15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(A)

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10 Truly, you have forgotten the God who saves you,
    the Rock, your refuge, you have not remembered.(A)
Therefore, though you plant plants for the Pleasant One,[a]
    and set out cuttings for a foreign one,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:10 The Pleasant One: an epithet for a foreign god of fertility, probably Adonis, in whose honor saplings were planted.

10 You have forgotten(A) God your Savior;(B)
    you have not remembered the Rock,(C) your fortress.(D)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,(E)

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Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Are you not from of old, O Lord,
    my holy God, immortal?(A)
Lord, you have appointed them for judgment,[a]
    O Rock,[b] you have set them in place to punish!

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12–2:1 Appointed them for judgment: this complaint is directed against the violent Babylonians, the very nation God chose to punish Judah.
  2. 1:12 Rock: an ancient title celebrating the Lord’s power and fidelity; cf. Dt 32:4; Is 26:4; 30:29; Ps 18:3, 32, 47; 95:1.

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(A)
    My God, my Holy One,(B) you[a] will never die.(C)
You, Lord, have appointed(D) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(E) have ordained them to punish.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we

and they sang the song of Moses,[a] the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and wonderful are your works,
    Lord God almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
    O king of the nations.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:3 The song of Moses: the song that Moses and the Israelites sang after their escape from the oppression of Egypt (Ex 15:1–18). The martyrs have escaped from the oppression of the Devil. Nations: many other Greek manuscripts and versions read “ages.”

and sang the song of God’s servant(A) Moses(B) and of the Lamb:(C)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(D)
    Lord God Almighty.(E)
Just and true are your ways,(F)
    King of the nations.[a]

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  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages