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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 30</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Or </span><span class="fqa">palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, </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.30.1"><span class="content">for you lifted me out of the depths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">and did not let my enemies gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I called to you for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="content">and you healed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, brought me up from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="content">you spared me from going down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing the praises of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his faithful people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="content">praise his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For his anger lasts only a moment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but his favor lasts a lifetime;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">weeping may stay for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">but rejoicing comes in the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When I felt secure, I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I will never be shaken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, when you favored me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">you made my royal mountain</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Mount Zion</span></span></span><span class="content"> stand firm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">but when you hid your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">I was dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I called;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="content">to the Lord I cried for mercy:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is gained if I am silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">if I go down to the pit?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will the dust praise you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">Will it proclaim your faithfulness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and be merciful to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be my help.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You turned my wailing into dancing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I will praise you forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">60</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 60</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Lily of the Covenant.&#8221; 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"> of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aram Zobah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria</span></span></span><span class="content"> and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="content">you have been angry&#8212;now restore us!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have shaken the land and torn it open;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="content">mend its fractures, for it is quaking.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have shown your people desperate times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="content">you have given us wine that makes us stagger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="content">to be unfurled against the bow.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">60:4 </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="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Save us and help us with your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="content">that those you love may be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God has spoken from his sanctuary:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">&#8220;In triumph I will parcel out Shechem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Ephraim is my helmet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Judah is my scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Moab is my washbasin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">on Edom I toss my sandal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">over Philistia I shout in triumph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who will bring me to the fortified city?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="content">Who will lead me to Edom?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="content">and no longer go out with our armies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Give us aid against the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="content">for human help is worthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With God we will gain the victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="content">and he will trample down our enemies.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">90</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK IV</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 90&#8211;106</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 90</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of Moses the man of God.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Lord, you have been our dwelling place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">throughout all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Before the mountains were born</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">or you brought forth the whole world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting you are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You turn people back to dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">saying, &#8220;Return to dust, you mortals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A thousand years in your sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">are like a day that has just gone by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">or like a watch in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">they are like the new grass of the morning:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the morning it springs up new,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">but by evening it is dry and withered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We are consumed by your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">and terrified by your indignation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have set our iniquities before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">our secret sins in the light of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All our days pass away under your wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">we finish our years with a moan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our days may come to seventy years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">or eighty, if our strength endures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">for they quickly pass, and we fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If only we knew the power of your anger!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Teach us to number our days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">that we may gain a heart of wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Relent, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! How long will it be?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">Have compassion on your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">for as many years as we have seen trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May your deeds be shown to your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">your splendor to their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May the favor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">90:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Lord our God rest on us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">establish the work of our hands for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">yes, establish the work of our hands.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">120</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 120</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in my distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">and he answers me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">from lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">and from deceitful tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What will he do to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">and what more besides,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.120.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will punish you with a warrior&#8217;s sharp arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">with burning coals of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.120.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">that I live among the tents of Kedar!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Too long have I lived</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">among those who hate peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I am for peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="content">but when I speak, they are for war.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">150</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 150</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><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">150:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">Praise God in his sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">praise him in his mighty heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him for his acts of power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">praise him for his surpassing greatness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">praise him with the harp and lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">praise him with timbrel and dancing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">praise him with the strings and pipe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">praise him with the clash of cymbals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">praise him with resounding cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let everything that has breath praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><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">30</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh&#8212;an inspired utterance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">This man&#8217;s utterance to Ithiel:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I am weary, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">but I can prevail.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:1 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I am only a brute, not a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">I do not have human understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have not learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has gone up to heaven and come down?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Whose hands have gathered up the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What is his name, and what is the name of his son?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Every word of God is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not add to his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Two things I ask of you, </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="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">do not refuse me before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep falsehood and lies far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">give me neither poverty nor riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">but give me only my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and say, &#8216;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or I may become poor and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and so dishonor the name of my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not slander a servant to their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who curse their fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">and do not bless their mothers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">those who are pure in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">and yet are not cleansed of their filth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">those whose eyes are ever so haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">whose glances are so disdainful;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">those whose teeth are swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and whose jaws are set with knives</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">to devour the poor from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and the needy from among mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The leech has two daughters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8216;Give! Give!&#8217; they cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">four that never say, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the grave, the barren womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">land, which is never satisfied with water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">and fire, which never says, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The eye that mocks a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">that scorns an aged mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be eaten by the vultures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are too amazing for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">four that I do not understand:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the way of an eagle in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a snake on a rock,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a ship on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">and the way of a man with a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the way of an adulterous woman:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eats and wipes her mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Under three things the earth trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">under four it cannot bear up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">a servant who becomes king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">a contemptible woman who gets married,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">and a servant who displaces her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Four things on earth are small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">yet they are extremely wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ants are creatures of little strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">yet they store up their food in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">hyraxes are creatures of little power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">yet they make their home in the crags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">yet they advance together in ranks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">a lizard can be caught with the hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">yet it is found in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are stately in their stride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">four that move with stately bearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">a lion, mighty among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">who retreats before nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">a strutting rooster, a he-goat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">and a king secure against revolt.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you play the fool and exalt yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">or if you plan evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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