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²⁴‘May the Lord bless you and keep you. ²⁵May the Lord reveal his face to you and take pity on you. ²⁶May the Lord turn his countenance toward you and grant peace to you.’

¹¹For by me, your days will be multiplied and years of life will be added to you.

¹⁷Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it.

⁵May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

¹¹For he has given his Angels charge over you, so as to preserve you in all your ways.

³Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴I give thanks to my God continuously for you because of the grace of God that has been given to you in Christ Jesus. ⁵By that grace, in all things, you have become wealthy in him, in every word and in all knowledge. ⁶And so, the testimony of Christ has been strengthened in you. ⁷In this way, nothing is lacking to you in any grace, as you await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵Thanks be to God for his ineffable gift.

⁴Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.

²Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.

¹²You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

¹²be numbered? So make known your right hand, along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.

¹And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine. ²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you. ³For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf. ⁴Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life. ⁵Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West. ⁶I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.