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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam&#8217;s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> opened the donkey&#8217;s mouth, and it said to Balaam, &#8220;What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Balaam answered the donkey, &#8220;You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The donkey said to Balaam, &#8220;Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> opened Balaam&#8217;s eyes, and he saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.22.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.22.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked him, &#8220;Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:32 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.22.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.22.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.22.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Balaam said to the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.22.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.22.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Balaam, &#8220;Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.&#8221; So Balaam went with Balak&#8217;s officials.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.22.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.22.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.22.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn&#8217;t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.22.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.22.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;Well, I have come to you now,&#8221; Balaam replied. &#8220;But I can&#8217;t say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.22.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.22.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.22.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.22.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he could see the outskirts of the Israelite camp.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s First Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Balaam said, &#8220;Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.&#8221; Then he went off to a barren height.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God met with him, and Balaam said, &#8220;I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put a word in Balaam&#8217;s mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Balaam spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Balak brought me from Aram,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Come,&#8217; he said, &#8216;curse Jacob for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">come, denounce Israel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">How can I curse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom God has not cursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">How can I denounce</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has not denounced?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the rocky peaks I see them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">from the heights I view them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">I see a people who live apart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">and do not consider themselves one of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who can count the dust of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">or number even a fourth of Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">Let me die the death of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">and may my final end be like theirs!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Must I not speak what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> puts in my mouth?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Second Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to him, &#8220;Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, &#8220;What did the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, Balak, and listen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">hear me, son of Zippor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God is not human, that he should lie,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">not a human being, that he should change his mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he speak and then not act?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he promise and not fulfill?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have received a command to bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="content">he has blessed, and I cannot change it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;No misfortune is seen in Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">no misery observed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He has not looked on Jacob&#8217;s offenses / or on the wrongs found</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God is with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">the shout of the King is among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God brought them out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="content">they have the strength of a wild ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">There is no divination against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">no evil omens against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">It will now be said of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">and of Israel, &#8216;See what God has done!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The people rise like a lioness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">they rouse themselves like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">that does not rest till it devours its prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">and drinks the blood of its victims.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Balaam answered, &#8220;Did I not tell you I must do whatever the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Third Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Balaam said, &#8220;Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="LUK.1.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="LUK.1.58"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="LUK.1.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">but his mother spoke up and said, &#8220;No! He is to be called John.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="LUK.1.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">They said to her, &#8220;There is no one among your relatives who has that name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="LUK.1.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="LUK.1.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="LUK.1.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone&#8217;s astonishment he wrote, &#8220;His name is John.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v64" data-usfm="LUK.1.64"><span class="label">64</span><span class="content">Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v65" data-usfm="LUK.1.65"><span class="label">65</span><span class="content">All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. </span></span><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="label">66</span><span class="content">Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, &#8220;What then is this child going to be?&#8221; For the Lord&#8217;s hand was with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zechariah&#8217;s Song</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v66" data-usfm="LUK.1.66"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="label">67</span><span class="content">His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v67" data-usfm="LUK.1.67"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="label">68</span><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">because he has come to his people and redeemed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v68" data-usfm="LUK.1.68"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="content">He has raised up a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:69 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a strong king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of salvation for us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">in the house of his servant David</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="LUK.1.69"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="LUK.1.70"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">salvation from our enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">and from the hand of all who hate us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="LUK.1.71"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="label">72</span><span class="content">to show mercy to our ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">and to remember his holy covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="LUK.1.72"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="label">73</span><span class="content">the oath he swore to our father Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="LUK.1.73"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="label">74</span><span class="content">to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">and to enable us to serve him without fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="LUK.1.74"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="label">75</span><span class="content">in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="LUK.1.75"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="label">76</span><span class="content">And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v76" data-usfm="LUK.1.76"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="label">77</span><span class="content">to give his people the knowledge of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">through the forgiveness of their sins,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v77" data-usfm="LUK.1.77"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="label">78</span><span class="content">because of the tender mercy of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v78" data-usfm="LUK.1.78"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="label">79</span><span class="content">to shine on those living in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">and in the shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">to guide our feet into the path of peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v79" data-usfm="LUK.1.79"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v80" data-usfm="LUK.1.80"><span class="label">80</span><span class="content">And the child grew and became strong in spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:80 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content">; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#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></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div>
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