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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 25</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="content">I put my trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I trust in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">nor let my enemies triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one who hopes in you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">will ever be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">but shame will come on those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">who are treacherous without cause.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Show me your ways, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="content">teach me your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Guide me in your truth and teach me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">for you are God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">and my hope is in you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your great mercy and love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="content">for they are from of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not remember the sins of my youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">and my rebellious ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">according to your love remember me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Good and upright is 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.25.8"><span class="content">therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He guides the humble in what is right</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="content">and teaches them his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are loving and faithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="content">toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the sake of your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="content">forgive my iniquity, though it is great.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who, then, are those who fear 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.25.12"><span class="content">He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ways he chooses</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will spend their days in prosperity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="content">and their descendants will inherit the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> confides in those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="content">he makes his covenant known to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My eyes are ever on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="content">for only he will release my feet from the snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and be gracious to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="content">for I am lonely and afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Relieve the troubles of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="content">and free me from my anguish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Look on my affliction and my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="content">and take away all my sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">See how numerous are my enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="content">and how fiercely they hate me!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Guard my life and rescue me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">for I take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">May integrity and uprightness protect me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="content">because my hope, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">Lord</span></span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Deliver Israel, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="content">from all their troubles!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">55</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 55</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my prayer, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">do not ignore my plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">hear me and answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because of what my enemy is saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">because of the threats of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">for they bring down suffering on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">and assail me in their anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is in anguish within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">the terrors of death have fallen on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fear and trembling have beset me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">horror has overwhelmed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">I would fly away and be at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I would flee far away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="content">and stay in the desert;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">55:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I would hurry to my place of shelter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">far from the tempest and storm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">for I see violence and strife in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Day and night they prowl about on its walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="content">malice and abuse are within it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Destructive forces are at work in the city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="content">threats and lies never leave its streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If an enemy were insulting me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could endure it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">if a foe were rising against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it is you, a man like myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="content">my companion, my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">at the house of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">as we walked about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">among the worshipers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let death take my enemies by surprise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">for evil finds lodging among them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As for me, I call to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saves me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Evening, morning and noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">I cry out in distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">and he hears my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He rescues me unharmed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">from the battle waged against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">even though many oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God, who is enthroned from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">who does not change&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">he will hear them and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">because they have no fear of God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My companion attacks his friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">he violates his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His talk is smooth as butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet war is in his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">his words are more soothing than oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet they are drawn swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Cast your cares on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">and he will sustain you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">he will never let</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">the righteous be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But you, God, will bring down the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">into the pit of decay;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">the bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">will not live out half their days.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">But as for me, I trust in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">85</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 85</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 85:1-13 is numbered 85:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, showed favor to your land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">you restored the fortunes of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You forgave the iniquity of your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">and covered all their sins.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">85:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You set aside all your wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">and turned from your fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">and put away your displeasure toward us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Will you be angry with us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">Will you prolong your anger through all generations?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will you not revive us again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">that your people may rejoice in you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Show us your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">and grant us your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will listen to what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">but let them not turn to folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">that his glory may dwell in our land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness meet together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">righteousness and peace kiss each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">and righteousness looks down from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will indeed give what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">and our land will yield its harvest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Righteousness goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="content">and prepares the way for his steps.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">115</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 115</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Not to us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, not to us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">but to your name be the glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">because of your love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why do the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Our God is in heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="content">he does whatever pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But their idols are silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="content">made by human hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They have mouths, but cannot speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="content">eyes, but cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They have ears, but cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="content">noses, but cannot smell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They have hands, but cannot feel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">feet, but cannot walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">nor can they utter a sound with their throats.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Those who make them will be like them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="content">and so will all who trust in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All you Israelites, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">House of Aaron, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You who fear him, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remembers us and will bless us:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">He will bless his people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">he will bless the house of Aaron,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">he will bless those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="content">small and great alike.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> cause you to flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="content">both you and your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May you be blessed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The highest heavens belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="content">but the earth he has given to mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">It is not the dead who praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="content">those who go down to the place of silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.115.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">it is we who extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.115.18"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.115.18"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">115:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">145</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 145</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of praise. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, my God the King;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">I will praise your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every day I will praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">and extol your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">his greatness no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One generation commends your works to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">they tell of your mighty acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">and I will meditate on your wonderful works.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:5 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They tell of the power of your awesome works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">and I will proclaim your great deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They celebrate your abundant goodness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">and joyfully sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">slow to anger and rich in love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good to all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">he has compassion on all he has made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All your works praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">your faithful people extol you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They tell of the glory of your kingdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">and speak of your might,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that all people may know of your mighty acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and your dominion endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is trustworthy in all he promises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:13 </span><span class="ft">One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> upholds all who fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">and lifts up all who are bowed down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of all look to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">and you give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You open your hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">and satisfy the desires of every living thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous in all his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near to all who call on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">to all who call on him in truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">he hears their cry and saves them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over all who love him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak in praise of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">Let every creature praise his holy name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">More Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">to search out a matter is the glory of kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Remove the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">and a silversmith can produce a vessel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">remove wicked officials from the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">and his throne will be established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not exalt yourself in the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">and do not claim a place among his great men;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">it is better for him to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">What you have seen with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">Do not go</span></span></span><span class="content"> hastily to court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">for what will you do in the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">if your neighbor puts you to shame?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor to court,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">do not betray another&#8217;s confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">or the one who hears it may shame you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">and the charge against you will stand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like apples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricots</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in settings of silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">is a ruling rightly given.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">he refreshes the spirit of his master.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like clouds and wind without rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">is one who boasts of gifts never given.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">and a gentle tongue can break a bone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you find honey, eat just enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">too much of it, and you will vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Seldom set foot in your neighbor&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">too much of you, and they will hate you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Like a broken tooth or a lame foot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">or like vinegar poured on a wound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will reward you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">is a sly tongue&#8212;which provokes a horrified look.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Like cold water to a weary soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">is good news from a distant land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Like a muddied spring or a polluted well</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">are the righteous who give way to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It is not good to eat too much honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a city whose walls are broken through</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">is a person who lacks self-control.</span></span></div>
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