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12 The Lord shows his faithful followers
the way they should live.[a]
13 They experience his favor;[b]
their descendants[c] inherit the land.[d]
14 The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance,[e]
and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:12 tn Heb “Who is this man, the one who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.” The singular (note “man”) is representative here (see v. 14, where the plural is used), and has thus been translated as a plural (“followers…they”).
  2. Psalm 25:13 tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).
  3. Psalm 25:13 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
  4. Psalm 25:13 tn Or “earth.”
  5. Psalm 25:14 tn Heb “the advice of the Lord belongs to those who fear him.”
  6. Psalm 25:14 tn Heb “and his covenant, to make them know.”