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    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="PSA.32">
            <div class="label">32</div><div class="d"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">A Psalm</span></span><span class="content"> of David, Maschil.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is he whose</span></span><span class="content"> transgression </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whose</span></span><span class="content"> sin </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man unto whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> imputeth not iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">And in whose spirit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no guile.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silence, my bones waxed old</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">Through my roaring all the day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">My moisture is turned into the drought of summer. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I acknowledged my sin unto thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And mine iniquity have I not hid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will guide thee with mine eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be ye not as the horse, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">or</span></span><span class="content"> as the mule, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> have no understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">Whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many sorrows </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> to the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">But he that trusteth in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, mercy shall compass him about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be glad in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and rejoice, ye righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">And shout for joy, all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">ye that are</span></span><span class="content"> upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch33" data-usfm="PSA.33">
            <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, O ye righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">For</span></span><span class="content"> praise is comely for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> with harp:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">Sing unto him with the psaltery </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> an instrument of ten strings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sing unto him a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">Play skilfully with a loud noise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">And all his works </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are done</span></span><span class="content"> in truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He loveth righteousness and judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">The earth is full of the goodness of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> were the heavens made;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">He layeth up the depth in storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let all the earth fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he spake, and it was </span><span class="add"><span class="content">done</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">He commanded, and it stood fast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The counsel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> standeth for ever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">The thoughts of his heart to all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the nation whose God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the people </span><span class="add"><span class="content">whom</span></span><span class="content"> he hath chosen for his own inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He fashioneth their hearts alike;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">He considereth all their works.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An horse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a vain thing for safety:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">Neither shall he deliver </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> by his great strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Behold, the eye of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> upon them that fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">Upon them that hope in his mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">To deliver their soul from death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">And to keep them alive in famine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our soul waiteth for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">He </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> our help and our shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For our heart shall rejoice in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">Because we have trusted in his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let thy mercy, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, be upon us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="content">According as we hope in thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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