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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 26</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.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Vindicate me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">for I have led a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">I have trusted in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">and have not faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Test me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and try me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">examine my heart and my mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I do not sit with the deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">nor do I associate with hypocrites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I abhor the assembly of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">and refuse to sit with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wash my hands in innocence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">and go about your altar, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">proclaiming aloud your praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">and telling of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I love the house where you live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">the place where your glory dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not take away my soul along with sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">my life with those who are bloodthirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in whose hands are wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">whose right hands are full of bribes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I lead a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">deliver me and be merciful to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My feet stand on level ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="content">in the great congregation I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 56</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</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"> When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">all day long they press their attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My adversaries pursue me all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">in their pride many are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All day long they twist my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">all their schemes are for my ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They conspire, they lurk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">they watch my steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">hoping to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of their wickedness do not</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:7 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">do not</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> let them escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Record my misery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">list my tears on your scroll</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">misery; / put my tears in your wineskin</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">are they not in your record?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my enemies will turn back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">when I call for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">By this I will know that God is for me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">What can man do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am under vows to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">I will present my thank offerings to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have delivered me from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">and my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">that I may walk before God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">in the light of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">86</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 86</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and answer me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">for I am poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">save your servant who trusts in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">You are my God; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">have mercy on me, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">for I call to you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Bring joy to your servant, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">for I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, Lord, are forgiving and good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">abounding in love to all who call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I am in distress, I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">because you answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">no deeds can compare with yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the nations you have made</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">will come and worship before you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">they will bring glory to your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you are great and do marvelous deeds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">you alone are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Teach me your way, </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.86.11"><span class="content">that I may rely on your faithfulness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">give me an undivided heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">that I may fear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">I will glorify your name forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For great is your love toward me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">you have delivered me from the depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">from the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">they have no regard for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and have mercy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">show your strength in behalf of your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">save me, because I serve you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">just as my mother did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Give me a sign of your goodness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have helped me and comforted me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">116</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 116</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.116.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he heard my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.116.1"><span class="content">he heard my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.116.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.116.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Because he turned his ear to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.116.2"><span class="content">I will call on him as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.116.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.116.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The cords of death entangled me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.116.3"><span class="content">the anguish of the grave came over me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.116.3"><span class="content">I was overcome by distress and sorrow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.116.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.116.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I called on the name of the </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.116.4"><span class="content">&#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, save me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.116.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.116.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.116.5"><span class="content">our God is full of compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.116.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.116.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> protects the unwary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.116.6"><span class="content">when I was brought low, he saved me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.116.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.116.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Return to your rest, my soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.116.7"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has been good to you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.116.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.116.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have delivered me from death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.116.8"><span class="content">my eyes from tears,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.116.8"><span class="content">my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.116.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.116.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">that I may walk before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.116.9"><span class="content">in the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.116.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.116.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I trusted in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.116.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I am greatly afflicted&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.116.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.116.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in my alarm I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.116.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Everyone is a liar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.116.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.116.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">What shall I return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.116.12"><span class="content">for all his goodness to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.116.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.116.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will lift up the cup of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.116.13"><span class="content">and call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.116.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.116.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will fulfill my vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.116.14"><span class="content">in the presence of all his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.116.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.116.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Precious in the sight of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.116.15"><span class="content">is the death of his faithful servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.116.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.116.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Truly I am your servant, </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.116.16"><span class="content">I serve you just as my mother did;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.116.16"><span class="content">you have freed me from my chains.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.116.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.116.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice a thank offering to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.116.17"><span class="content">and call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.116.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.116.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will fulfill my vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.116.18"><span class="content">in the presence of all his people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.116.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.116.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">in the courts of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.116.19"><span class="content">in your midst, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.116.19"><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">116:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">146:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not put your trust in princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">in human beings, who cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">on that very day their plans come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">whose hope is in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of heaven and earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">the sea, and everything in them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">he remains faithful forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He upholds the cause of the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">and gives food to the hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sets prisoners free,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the blind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lifts up those who are bowed down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the foreigner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">and sustains the fatherless and the widow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">your God, O Zion, for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">an undeserved curse does not come to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">and a rod for the backs of fools!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">or you yourself will be just like him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">or he will be wise in his own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sending a message by the hands of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">is like cutting off one&#8217;s feet or drinking poison.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Like the useless legs of one who is lame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like tying a stone in a sling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">is the giving of honor to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Like a thornbush in a drunkard&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like an archer who wounds at random</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returns to its vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">so fools repeat their folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion in the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">a fierce lion roaming the streets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As a door turns on its hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">so a sluggard turns on his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">than seven people who answer discreetly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a maniac shooting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">flaming arrows of death</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">is one who deceives their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;I was only joking!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without wood a fire goes out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">without a gossip a quarrel dies down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">they go down to the inmost parts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">are fervent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">smooth</span></span></span><span class="content"> lips with an evil heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">but in their hearts they harbor deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Though their speech is charming, do not believe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">for seven abominations fill their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Their malice may be concealed by deception,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">and a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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