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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="book bkACT">
        <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="ACT.11">
            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter Explains His Actions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I heard a voice telling me, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I replied, &#8216;Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The voice spoke from heaven a second time, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man&#8217;s house. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, &#8216;Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then I remembered what the Lord had said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;John baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">water, but you will be baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Holy Spirit.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God&#8217;s way?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, &#8220;So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Church in Antioch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Lord&#8217;s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.</span></span></div>
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