Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 5

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Jesus Revealed Pt. 11 - I AM The Resurrection And The Life

Daniel Explained Part 2 | Telling History in Advance

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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father&#8217;s household heard about it, they went down to him there. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ezer was the chief,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David went out to meet them and said to them, &#8220;If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">&#8220;We are yours, David!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">We are with you, son of Jesse!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">Success, success to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">and success to those who help you,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">for your God will help you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">David longed for water and said, &#8220;Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Far be it from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to do this!&#8221; he said. &#8220;Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?&#8221; And David would not drink it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="content">Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch22" data-usfm="1SA.22.2+1SA.22.3+1SA.22.4+1SA.22.5+1SA.22.6+1SA.22.7+1SA.22.8+1SA.22.9+1SA.22.10+1SA.22.11+1SA.22.12+1SA.22.13+1SA.22.14+1SA.22.15+1SA.22.16+1SA.22.17+1SA.22.18+1SA.22.19+1SA.22.20+1SA.22.21+1SA.22.22+1SA.22.23">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, &#8220;Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But the prophet Gad said to David, &#8220;Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.&#8221; So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Kills the Priests of Nob</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul&#8217;s officials, said, &#8220;I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ahimelek inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Saul said, &#8220;Listen now, son of Ahitub.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, my lord,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Saul said to him, &#8220;Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Ahimelek answered the king, &#8220;Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king&#8217;s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father&#8217;s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But the king said, &#8220;You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the king ordered the guards at his side: &#8220;Turn and kill the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="content">But the king&#8217;s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The king then ordered Doeg, &#8220;You turn and strike down the priests.&#8221; So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to join David. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then David said to Abiathar, &#8220;That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Stay with me; don&#8217;t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:3 </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 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">109</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 109</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My God, whom I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="content">do not remain silent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for people who are wicked and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">have opened their mouths against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">they have spoken against me with lying tongues.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With words of hatred they surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="content">they attack me without cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In return for my friendship they accuse me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="content">but I am a man of prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="content">and hatred for my friendship.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="content">let an accuser stand at his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he is tried, let him be found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="content">and may his prayers condemn him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May his days be few;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="content">may another take his place of leadership.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May his children be fatherless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="content">and his wife a widow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May his children be wandering beggars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="content">may they be driven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">109:10 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">sought</span></span></span><span class="content"> from their ruined homes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May a creditor seize all he has;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="content">may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May no one extend kindness to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="content">or take pity on his fatherless children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May his descendants be cut off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="content">their names blotted out from the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the </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.109.14"><span class="content">may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May their sins always remain before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="content">that he may blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For he never thought of doing a kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">but hounded to death the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">and the needy and the brokenhearted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He loved to pronounce a curse&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it come back on him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">He found no pleasure in blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it be far from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He wore cursing as his garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">it entered into his body like water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">into his bones like oil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="content">like a belt tied forever around him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">May this be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s payment to my accusers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="content">to those who speak evil of me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But you, Sovereign </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.109.21"><span class="content">help me for your name&#8217;s sake;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For I am poor and needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="content">and my heart is wounded within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I fade away like an evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="content">I am shaken off like a locust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My knees give way from fasting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="content">my body is thin and gaunt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I am an object of scorn to my accusers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="content">when they see me, they shake their heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Help me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="content">save me according to your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Let them know that it is your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="content">that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have done it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">While they curse, may you bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">may those who attack me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">but may your servant rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">May my accusers be clothed with disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="content">and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">With my mouth I will greatly extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="content">in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For he stands at the right hand of the needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="content">to save their lives from those who would condemn them.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When David was told, &#8220;Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">he inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, saying, &#8220;Shall I go and attack these Philistines?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him, &#8220;Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But David&#8217;s men said to him, &#8220;Here in Judah we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Once again David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him, &#8220;Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)</span></span></div>
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