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    (A)he restores my soul.
He guides me along right paths[a]
    for the sake of his name.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,(B)
    I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff comfort me.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:3 Right paths: connotes “right way” and “way of righteousness.”

    he refreshes my soul.(A)
He guides me(B) along the right paths(C)
    for his name’s sake.(D)
Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a](E)
I will fear no evil,(F)
    for you are with me;(G)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

The honesty of the upright guides them;
    the faithless are ruined by their duplicity.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

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The justice of the honest makes their way straight,
    but by their wickedness the wicked fall.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:5 In Hebrew as in English, “way” means the course of one’s life; similarly, “straight” and “crooked” are metaphors for morally straightforward and for bad, deviant, perverted.

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)

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