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13 I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness
    in the land of the living.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27:13 In the land of the living: or “in the land of life,” an epithet of the Jerusalem Temple (Ps 52:7; 116:9; Is 38:11), where the faithful had access to the life-giving presence of God.

Because they do not understand the Lord’s works,
    the work of his hands,(A)
He will tear them down,
    never to rebuild them.

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14 For you have snatched me from death,
    kept my feet from stumbling,
That I may walk before God
    in the light of the living.

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14 He is plucked from the security of his tent;
    and marched off to the king of terrors.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 18:14 The king of terrors: of Sheol, of Death (cf. the “terrors” in v. 11). However, the Hebrew of this verse is obscure.

22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
    the faithless will be rooted out of it.

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11 I said, I shall see the Lord[a] no more
    in the land of the living.
Nor look on any mortals
    among those who dwell in the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 38:11 See the Lord: go to the Temple and take part in its service.