Their [a](A)line has gone out into all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them He has (B)placed a tent for the sun,
Which is like a groom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices like a strong person to run his course.

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  1. Psalm 19:4 Another reading is sound

Yet their voice[a] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.(A)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent(B) for the sun.(C)
    It is like a bridegroom(D) coming out of his chamber,(E)
    like a champion(F) rejoicing to run his course.

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  1. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the (A)daughters of Zion and [a]purged the (B)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the (C)spirit of judgment and the (D)spirit of [b]burning, then the Lord will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (E)a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the (F)glory will be a canopy. And there will be a (G)shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and [c]protection from the storm and the rain.

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 Lit rinsed away
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or destruction
  3. Isaiah 4:6 Lit a hiding place

The Lord will wash away the filth(A) of the women of Zion;(B) he will cleanse(C) the bloodstains(D) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(E) and a spirit[b] of fire.(F) Then the Lord will create(G) over all of Mount Zion(H) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(I) over everything the glory[c](J) will be a canopy.(K) It will be a shelter(L) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(M) and hiding place from the storm(N) and rain.

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  3. Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there

16 Gather the people, (A)sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Have the (B)groom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

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16 Gather the people,
    consecrate(A) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(B)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(C) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.

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