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and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and 10 As with a breaking of my bones,
donkey, with the edge of the sword. My enemies reproach me,
22 But Joshua had said to the two men who While they say to me all day long,
had spied out the country, “Go into the har- “Where is your God?”
lot’s house, and from there bring out the 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul?
woman and all that she has, as you swore to And why are you disquieted within me?
her.” And the young men who had been spies Hope in God;
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went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her For I shall yet praise Him,
mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So The help of my countenance
they brought out all her relatives and left them and my God.
outside the camp of Israel. But they burned
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the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the Proverbs 13:19–21
silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and 19 A desire accomplished is sweet
iron, they put into the treasury of the house of to the soul,
the LORD. And Joshua spared Rahab the har- But it is an abomination to fools to
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lot, her father’s household, and all that she depart from evil.
had. So she dwells in Israel to this day, because
she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to 20 He who walks with wise men will be
spy out Jericho. wise,
26 Then Joshua charged them at that time, But the companion of fools will be
saying, “Cursed be the man before the LORD destroyed.
who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he 21 Evil pursues sinners,
shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and But to the righteous, good shall be
with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”
27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame repaid.
spread throughout all the country.
Psalm 42:6–11
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within 13:20 walks...companion. This speaks of the
me; power of association to shape character. See
Therefore I will remember You from 1:10,18; 2:12; 4:14; 16:29; 22:24,25; 23:20; 28:7,
the land of the Jordan, 19; Psalm 1.
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of
Your waterfalls; Luke 9:18–36
All Your waves and billows have gone 18 And it happened, as He was alone praying,
over me.
8 The LORD will command His that His disciples joined Him, and He asked
lovingkindness in the daytime, them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I
And in the night His song shall be with am?”
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So they answered and said, “John the
me—
A prayer to the God of my life. Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say
that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
9 I will say to God my Rock, 20 He said to them, “But who do you say that
“Why have You forgotten me? I am?”
Why do I go mourning because of the Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”
oppression of the enemy?”

9:23 cross. Self-denial was a common thread in
42:8 The LORD will command His lovingkind- Christ’s teaching to His disciples (see 14:26,27;
ness. This statement of confidence interrupts Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34; John 12:24–26).
the psalmist’s laments (see their continuance The kind of self-denial He sought was not a
in vv. 9,10), providing a few gracious gulps of reclusive asceticism, but a willingness to obey
divine “air” under the cascading inundations His commandments, serve one another, and
of his trials and tormentors. suffer—perhaps even die—for His sake.

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