Come Up Higher: A Call to Deeper Fellowship and Purpose

Reflections of Faith and Justice - a Devotional by Benjamin Mays

GLEANINGS - Numbers

The Big 5

[Be a Gentleman] Purpose

Building Wealth & Stewardship in the Church

TheLionWithin.Us: 3 Questions to Unlock Deeper Insights in God’s Word

Live Well

The Benefit of Doubt: How Confronting Your Deepest Questions Can Lead to a Richer Faith

Philippians

The Listener’s Bible®: KJV Edition

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         <div class="label">120</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</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">In my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.120.1"><span class="content">I cried unto the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and he heard 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">Deliver my soul, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, from lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.120.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> from a deceitful tongue.</span></span></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 shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><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">Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.</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 is me, that I sojourn in Mesech,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.120.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> I dwell in 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">My soul hath long dwelt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.120.6"><span class="content">With him that hateth 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 </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am for</span></span><span class="content"> peace:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.120.7"><span class="content">But when I speak, they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> for war.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">121</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">From whence cometh my help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My help </span><span class="add"><span class="content">cometh</span></span><span class="content"> from 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.121.2"><span class="content">Which made heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">He that keepeth thee will not slumber.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Behold, he that keepeth Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">Shall neither slumber nor sleep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> thy keeper:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> thy shade upon thy right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The sun shall not smite thee by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">Nor the moon by night.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall preserve thee from all evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">He shall preserve thy soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="content">From this time forth, and even for evermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">122</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I was glad when they said unto me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">Let us go into the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet shall stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">Within thy gates, O Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is builded</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">As a city that is compact together:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">Unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For there are set thrones of judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">The thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">They shall prosper that love thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Peace be within thy walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> prosperity within thy palaces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For my brethren and companions' sakes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will now say, Peace </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> within thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Because of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek thy good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">123</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="content">O thou that dwellest in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.123.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Behold, as the eyes of servants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Look</span></span><span class="content"> unto the hand of their masters, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">So our eyes </span><span class="add"><span class="content">wait</span></span><span class="content"> upon the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">Until that he have mercy upon us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.123.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Have mercy upon us, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, have mercy upon us:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="content">For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.123.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.123.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> with the contempt of the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">124</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees 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 </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it had</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">been</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> who was on our side, now may Israel say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><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 </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it had</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">been</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> who was on our side, when men rose up against 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">Then they had swallowed us up quick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.124.3"><span class="content">When their wrath was kindled 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">Then the waters had overwhelmed us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.124.4"><span class="content">The stream had gone over our soul:</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">Then the proud waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.124.5"><span class="content">Had gone over our soul.</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">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> 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 hath not given us </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> a prey to 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">Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.124.7"><span class="content">The snare is broken, and we are escaped.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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 </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> 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">Who made heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">125</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They that trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Shall be</span></span><span class="content"> as mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which</span></span><span class="content"> cannot be removed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> abideth for ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the mountains </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> round about Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> round about his people from henceforth even for ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do good, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">Unto </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that be</span></span><span class="content"> good, and to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them that are</span></span><span class="content"> upright in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> peace </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> upon Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">126</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> turned again the captivity of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"><span class="content">We were like them that dream.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.126.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then was our mouth filled with laughter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">And our tongue with singing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">Then said they among the heathen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath done great things for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.126.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath done great things for us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Whereof</span></span><span class="content"> we are glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.126.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turn again our captivity, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"><span class="content">As the streams in the south.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.126.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They that sow in tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"><span class="content">Shall reap in joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.126.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.126.6"><span class="content">Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with him</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">127</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees for Solomon.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Except the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> build the house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">They labour in vain that build it:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">Except the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> keep the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">The watchman waketh </span><span class="add"><span class="content">but</span></span><span class="content"> in vain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.127.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">For</span></span><span class="content"> so he giveth his beloved sleep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.127.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Lo, children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> an heritage of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the fruit of the womb </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is his</span></span><span class="content"> reward.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.127.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As arrows </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of a mighty man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> children of the youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.127.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man that hath his quiver full of them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.127.5"><span class="content">They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">128</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> every one that feareth the </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.128.1"><span class="content">That walketh in his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shalt</span></span><span class="content"> thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content">, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it shall be</span></span><span class="content"> well with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Thy wife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: Thy children like olive plants round about thy table.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth 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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall bless thee out of Zion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> peace upon Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">129</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">May Israel now say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">Yet they have not prevailed against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The plowers plowed upon my back:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">They made long their furrows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them all be confounded and turned back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">That hate Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let them be as the grass </span><span class="add"><span class="content">upon</span></span><span class="content"> the housetops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">Which withereth afore it groweth up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Neither do they which go by say, the blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> upon you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">We bless you in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">130</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O </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.130.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lord, hear my voice:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">Let thine ears be attentive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">To the voice of my supplications.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If thou, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, shouldest mark iniquities,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">O Lord, who shall stand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> forgiveness with thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">That thou mayest be feared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, my soul doth wait,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">And in his word do I hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My soul </span><span class="add"><span class="content">waiteth</span></span><span class="content"> for the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">More than they that watch for the morning: </span><span class="add"><span class="content">I say, more than</span></span><span class="content"> they that watch for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let Israel hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">: For with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> mercy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">And with him </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> plenteous redemption.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">131</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Song of degrees of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, my heart is not haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">Nor mine eyes lofty:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">Neither do I exercise myself in</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">Great matters, or in things too high for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="content">As a child that is weaned of his mother: My soul </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> even as a weaned child.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.131.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let Israel hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.131.3"><span class="content">From henceforth and for ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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