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            <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David at Nob</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 21:1-15 is numbered 21:2-16.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, &#8220;Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David answered Ahimelek the priest, &#8220;The king sent me on a mission and said to me, &#8216;No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.&#8217; As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the priest answered David, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here&#8212;provided the men have kept themselves from women.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">David replied, &#8220;Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from us in the past few days since</span></span></span><span class="content"> I set out. The men&#8217;s bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now one of Saul&#8217;s servants was there that day, detained before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul&#8217;s chief shepherd.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">David asked Ahimelek, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven&#8217;t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king&#8217;s mission was urgent.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The priest replied, &#8220;The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.21.9"><span class="content">David said, &#8220;There is none like it; give it to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David at Gath</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the servants of Achish said to him, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this David, the king of the land? Isn&#8217;t he the one they sing about in their dances:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.21.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Saul has slain his thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.21.11"><span class="content">and David his tens of thousands&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Achish said to his servants, &#8220;Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="PSA.34">
            <div class="label">34</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 34</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at all times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">his praise will always be on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will glory in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="content">let the afflicted hear and rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorify the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">let us exalt his name together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">he delivered me from all my fears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who look to him are radiant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">their faces are never covered with shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This poor man called, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">he saved him out of all his troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> encamps around those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">and he delivers them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Taste and see that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you his holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">for those who fear him lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lions may grow weak and hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lack no good thing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come, my children, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">I will teach you the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever of you loves life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">and desires to see many good days,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">keep your tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">and your lips from telling lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their cry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but the face of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against those who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">to blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The righteous cry out, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">he delivers them from all their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is close to the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">and saves those who are crushed in spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The righteous person may have many troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers him from them all;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">he protects all his bones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">not one of them will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Evil will slay the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">the foes of the righteous will be condemned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rescue his servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.34.22"><span class="content">no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch19" data-usfm="PSA.19">
            <div class="label">19</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 19</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.</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.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The heavens declare the glory of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.19.1"><span class="content">the skies proclaim the work of his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Day after day they pour forth speech;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.19.2"><span class="content">night after night they reveal knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They have no speech, they use no words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.19.3"><span class="content">no sound is heard from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yet their voice</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">measuring line</span></span></span><span class="content"> goes out into all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.19.4"><span class="content">their words to the ends of the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.19.4"><span class="content">In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.19.5"><span class="content">like a champion rejoicing to run his course.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">It rises at one end of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.19.6"><span class="content">and makes its circuit to the other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.19.6"><span class="content">nothing is deprived of its warmth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is perfect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.19.7"><span class="content">refreshing the soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.19.7"><span class="content">The statutes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are trustworthy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.19.7"><span class="content">making wise the simple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The precepts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.19.8"><span class="content">giving joy to the heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.19.8"><span class="content">The commands of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are radiant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.19.8"><span class="content">giving light to the eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is pure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.19.9"><span class="content">enduring forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.19.9"><span class="content">The decrees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are firm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.19.9"><span class="content">and all of them are righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They are more precious than gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.19.10"><span class="content">than much pure gold;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.19.10"><span class="content">they are sweeter than honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.19.10"><span class="content">than honey from the honeycomb.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">By them your servant is warned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.19.11"><span class="content">in keeping them there is great reward.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But who can discern their own errors?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.19.12"><span class="content">Forgive my hidden faults.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Keep your servant also from willful sins;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.19.13"><span class="content">may they not rule over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.19.13"><span class="content">Then I will be blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.19.13"><span class="content">innocent of great transgression.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.19.14"><span class="content">be pleasing in your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.19.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my Rock and my Redeemer.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">141</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 141</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, come quickly to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">hear me when I call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer be set before you like incense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Set a guard over my mouth, </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.141.3"><span class="content">keep watch over the door of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">so that I take part in wicked deeds</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">along with those who are evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">do not let me eat their delicacies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let a righteous man strike me&#8212;that is a kindness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">let him rebuke me&#8212;that is oil on my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">My head will not refuse it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will say, &#8220;As one plows and breaks up the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign </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.141.8"><span class="content">in you I take refuge&#8212;do not give me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">from the snares they have laid for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let the wicked fall into their own nets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="content">while I pass by in safety.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">142</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 142</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">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 he was in the cave. A prayer.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cry aloud to 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.142.1"><span class="content">I lift up my voice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I pour out before him my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">before him I tell my trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When my spirit grows faint within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">it is you who watch over my way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">In the path where I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">people have hidden a snare for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one is concerned for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">I have no refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one cares for my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cry to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">my portion in the land of the living.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen to my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for I am in desperate need;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">rescue me from those who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for they are too strong for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Set me free from my prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">that I may praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">Then the righteous will gather about me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">because of your goodness to me.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 56</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">all day long they press their attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My adversaries pursue me all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">in their pride many are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All day long they twist my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">all their schemes are for my ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They conspire, they lurk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">they watch my steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">hoping to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of their wickedness do not</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:7 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">do not</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> let them escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Record my misery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">list my tears on your scroll</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">misery; / put my tears in your wineskin</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">are they not in your record?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my enemies will turn back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">when I call for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">By this I will know that God is for me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">What can man do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am under vows to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">I will present my thank offerings to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have delivered me from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">and my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">that I may walk before God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">in the light of life.</span></span></div>
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