Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me.
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
“Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
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