13 “If you would (A)prepare your heart,
And (B)stretch out your hands toward Him;

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13 “Yet if you devote your heart(A) to him
    and stretch out your hands(B) to him,(C)

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26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
He shall see His face with joy,
For He restores to man His righteousness.

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26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(A)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(B)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(C)

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Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.

“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [a]pointing of the finger, and (A)speaking wickedness,
10 If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your [b]darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of
  2. Isaiah 58:10 Or gloom

Then you will call,(A) and the Lord will answer;(B)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(C) and malicious talk,(D)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(E)
then your light(F) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(G)
11 The Lord will guide(H) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(I) in a sun-scorched land(J)
    and will strengthen(K) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(L)
    like a spring(M) whose waters never fail.

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