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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See now, the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">both supply and support:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">all supplies of food and all supplies of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the hero and the warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the judge and the prophet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">the diviner and the elder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the captain of fifty and the man of rank,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make mere youths their officials;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">children will rule over them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People will oppress each other&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">man against man, neighbor against neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">The young will rise up against the old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">the nobody against the honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A man will seize one of his brothers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">in his father&#8217;s house, and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">&#8220;You have a cloak, you be our leader;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">take charge of this heap of ruins!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in that day he will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;I have no remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">I have no food or clothing in my house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">do not make me the leader of the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jerusalem staggers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">Judah is falling;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">their words and deeds are against 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="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">defying his glorious presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The look on their faces testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they parade their sin like Sodom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">they do not hide it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">Woe to them!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">They have brought disaster upon themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Tell the righteous it will be well with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">Disaster is upon them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">They will be paid back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">for what their hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Youths oppress my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">women rule over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">My people, your guides lead you astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">they turn you from the path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes his place in court;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">he rises to judge the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> enters into judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">against the elders and leaders of his people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;It is you who have ruined my vineyard;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">the plunder from the poor is in your houses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">What do you mean by crushing my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">and grinding the faces of the poor?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The women of Zion are haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">walking along with outstretched necks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">flirting with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">strutting along with swaying hips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">with ornaments jingling on their ankles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make their scalps bald.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the earrings and bracelets and veils, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the signet rings and nose rings, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of a sash, a rope;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">instead of beauty, branding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Your men will fall by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">your warriors in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.3.26"><span class="content">destitute, she will sit on the ground.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="ISA.4">
         <div class="label">4</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day seven women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">will take hold of one man</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">and say, &#8220;We will eat our own food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">and provide our own clothes;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">only let us be called by your name.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">Take away our disgrace!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Branch of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In that day the Branch of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit</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">the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of judgment and a spirit</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">the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of fire. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">over all the glory there</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be a canopy. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk1JN">
      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="1JN.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Faith in the Incarnate Son of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1JN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1JN.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is the one who came by water and blood&#8212;Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1JN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For there are three that testify: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Late manuscripts of the Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">And there are three that testify on earth: the </span><span class="ft">(not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1JN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We accept human testimony, but God&#8217;s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concluding Affirmations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And if we know that he hears us&#8212;whatever we ask&#8212;we know that we have what we asked of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1JN.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="PSA.31">
         <div class="label">31</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 31</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.</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.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">deliver me in your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Turn your ear to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">come quickly to my rescue;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">a strong fortress to save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Since you are my rock and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="content">for the sake of your name lead and guide me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="content">for you are my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Into your hands I commit my spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="content">deliver me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my faithful God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I hate those who cling to worthless idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="content">as for me, I trust in the </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.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in your love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">for you saw my affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">and knew the anguish of my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have not given me into the hands of the enemy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="content">but have set my feet in a spacious place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for I am in distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my eyes grow weak with sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my soul and body with grief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My life is consumed by anguish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my years by groaning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">my strength fails because of my affliction,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">guilt</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my bones grow weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Because of all my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">I am the utter contempt of my neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">and an object of dread to my closest friends&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">those who see me on the street flee from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am forgotten as though I were dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="content">I have become like broken pottery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I hear many whispering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Terror on every side!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">They conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">and plot to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But I trust in you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My times are in your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">deliver me from the hands of my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">from those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let your face shine on your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="content">save me in your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let me not be put to shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">for I have cried out to you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">but let the wicked be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">and be silent in the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let their lying lips be silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">for with pride and contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">they speak arrogantly against the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How abundant are the good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you have stored up for those who fear you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you bestow in the sight of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">on those who take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the shelter of your presence you hide them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from all human intrigues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">you keep them safe in your dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from accusing tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="label">21</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 v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">for he showed me the wonders of his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">when I was in a city under siege.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In my alarm I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">&#8220;I am cut off from your sight!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">Yet you heard my cry for mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">when I called to you for help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his faithful people!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> preserves those who are true to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">but the proud he pays back in full.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Be strong and take heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="content">all you who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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