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19 Out of six troubles he will deliver you,
    and at the seventh[a] no evil shall touch you.
20 In famine he will deliver you from death,
    and in war from the power of the sword;
21 From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden,
    and you shall not fear approaching ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:19 Six…the seventh: proverbial expression for any large number; cf. Prv 24:16; Lk 17:4.