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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 4</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Answer me when I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">my righteous God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">Give me relief from my distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">have mercy on me and hear my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long will you people turn my glory into shame?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">How long will you love delusions and seek false gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seek lies</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has set apart his faithful servant for himself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears when I call to him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Tremble and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">In your anger </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content"> do not sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">when you are on your beds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">search your hearts and be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Offer the sacrifices of the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">and trust in 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 v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are asking, &#8220;Who will bring us prosperity?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">Let the light of your face shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fill my heart with joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">when their grain and new wine abound.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In peace I will lie down and sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">for you alone, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">make me dwell in safety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 34</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at all times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">his praise will always be on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will glory in the </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.34.2"><span class="content">let the afflicted hear and rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorify the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">let us exalt his name together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">he delivered me from all my fears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who look to him are radiant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">their faces are never covered with shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This poor man called, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">he saved him out of all his troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> encamps around those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">and he delivers them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Taste and see that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">for those who fear him lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lions may grow weak and hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lack no good thing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come, my children, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">I will teach you the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever of you loves life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">and desires to see many good days,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">keep your tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">and your lips from telling lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their cry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but the face of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against those who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">to blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The righteous cry out, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">he delivers them from all their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is close to the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">and saves those who are crushed in spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The righteous person may have many troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers him from them all;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">he protects all his bones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">not one of them will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Evil will slay the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">the foes of the righteous will be condemned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rescue his servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="content">no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">64</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 64</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">protect my life from the threat of the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">from the plots of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They sharpen their tongues like swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They shoot from ambush at the innocent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">they shoot suddenly, without fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They encourage each other in evil plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they talk about hiding their snares;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they say, &#8220;Who will see it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">64:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They plot injustice and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">&#8220;We have devised a perfect plan!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But God will shoot them with his arrows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">they will suddenly be struck down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will turn their own tongues against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">and bring them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All people will fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">they will proclaim the works of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">and ponder what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">and take refuge in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">all the upright in heart will glory in him!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">94</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 94</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God who avenges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="content">O God who avenges, shine forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rise up, Judge of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="content">pay back to the proud what they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="content">how long will the wicked be jubilant?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They pour out arrogant words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="content">all the evildoers are full of boasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They crush your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="content">they oppress your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They slay the widow and the foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="content">they murder the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob takes no notice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="content">you fools, when will you become wise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="content">Does he who formed the eye not see?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Does he who disciplines nations not punish?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="content">Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> knows all human plans;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="content">he knows that they are futile.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one you discipline, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="content">the one you teach from your law;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you grant them relief from days of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="content">till a pit is dug for the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not reject his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="content">he will never forsake his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="content">and all the upright in heart will follow it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Who will rise up for me against the wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="content">Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given me help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="content">I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I said, &#8220;My foot is slipping,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="content">your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, supported me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When anxiety was great within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="content">your consolation brought me joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can a corrupt throne be allied with you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="content">a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wicked band together against the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="content">and condemn the innocent to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has become my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="content">and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He will repay them for their sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">and destroy them for their wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will destroy them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">124</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 124</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not been on our side&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"><span class="content">let Israel say&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.124.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">if the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had not been on our side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"><span class="content">when people attacked us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.124.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">they would have swallowed us alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="content">when their anger flared against us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the flood would have engulfed us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="content">the torrent would have swept over us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the raging waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="content">would have swept us away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.124.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </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.124.6"><span class="content">who has not let us be torn by their teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.124.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We have escaped like a bird</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">the snare has been broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">and we have escaped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.124.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Our help is in 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 v8" data-usfm="PSA.124.8"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Get Wisdom at Any Cost</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen, my sons, to a father&#8217;s instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">pay attention and gain understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I give you sound learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">so do not forsake my teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I too was a son to my father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">still tender, and cherished by my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then he taught me, and he said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Take hold of my words with all your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">keep my commands, and you will live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Get wisdom, get understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">do not forget my words or turn away from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">love her, and she will watch over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The beginning of wisdom is this: Get</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Wisdom is supreme; therefore get</span></span></span><span class="content"> wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">Though it cost all you have,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wisdom. / Whatever else you get</span></span></span><span class="content"> get understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Cherish her, and she will exalt you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">embrace her, and she will honor you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">She will give you a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">and present you with a glorious crown.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, accept what I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">and the years of your life will be many.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I instruct you in the way of wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">and lead you along straight paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">when you run, you will not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">guard it well, for it is your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not set foot on the path of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">or walk in the way of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Avoid it, do not travel on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">turn from it and go on your way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For they cannot rest until they do evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They eat the bread of wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">and drink the wine of violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">shining ever brighter till the full light of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">they do not know what makes them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to what I say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not let them out of your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">keep them within your heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for they are life to those who find them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">and health to one&#8217;s whole body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Above all else, guard your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">for everything you do flows from it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Keep your mouth free of perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">keep corrupt talk far from your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let your eyes look straight ahead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">fix your gaze directly before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give careful thought to the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Make level</span></span></span><span class="content"> paths for your feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">and be steadfast in all your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Do not turn to the right or the left;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="content">keep your foot from evil.</span></span></div>
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