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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="ISA.24">
            <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Devastation of the Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is going to lay waste the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and devastate it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">he will ruin its face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and scatter its inhabitants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it will be the same</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for priest as for people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the master as for his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the mistress as for her servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for seller as for buyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for borrower as for lender,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for debtor as for creditor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The earth will be completely laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">and totally plundered.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken this word.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The earth dries up and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the world languishes and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the heavens languish with the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth is defiled by its people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">they have disobeyed the laws,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">violated the statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">and broken the everlasting covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore a curse consumes the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">its people must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">Therefore earth&#8217;s inhabitants are burned up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">and very few are left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The new wine dries up and the vine withers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">all the merrymakers groan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The joyful timbrels are stilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the noise of the revelers has stopped,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the joyful harp is silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No longer do they drink wine with a song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">the beer is bitter to its drinkers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ruined city lies desolate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">the entrance to every house is barred.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In the streets they cry out for wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joy turns to gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The city is left in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">its gate is battered to pieces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So will it be on the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">and among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">as when an olive tree is beaten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They raise their voices, they shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">from the west they acclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore in the east give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">exalt the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">in the islands of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From the ends of the earth we hear singing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to the Righteous One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">But I said, &#8220;I waste away, I waste away!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">Woe to me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">The treacherous betray!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">With treachery the treacherous betray!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Terror and pit and snare await you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">people of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever flees at the sound of terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will fall into a pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">whoever climbs out of the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will be caught in a snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">The floodgates of the heavens are opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">the foundations of the earth shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The earth is broken up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is split asunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is violently shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The earth reels like a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">it sways like a hut in the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">that it falls&#8212;never to rise again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">the powers in the heavens above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">and the kings on the earth below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They will be herded together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">like prisoners bound in a dungeon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">they will be shut up in prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">and be punished</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">released</span></span></span><span class="content"> after many days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The moon will be dismayed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">the sun ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will reign</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">and before its elders&#8212;with great glory.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="ISA.25">
            <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">I will exalt you and praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">for in perfect faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">you have done wonderful things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">things planned long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have made the city a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the fortified town a ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the foreigners&#8217; stronghold a city no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">it will never be rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore strong peoples will honor you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have been a refuge for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a refuge for the needy in their distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a shelter from the storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">and a shade from the heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">For the breath of the ruthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">is like a storm driving against a wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and like the heat of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">You silence the uproar of foreigners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">so the song of the ruthless is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On this mountain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a feast of rich food for all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a banquet of aged wine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">the best of meats and the finest of wines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On this mountain he will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the shroud that enfolds all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the sheet that covers all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he will swallow up death forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will wipe away the tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all faces;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">he will remove his people&#8217;s disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day they will say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely this is our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">we trusted in him, and he saved us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">This is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we trusted in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on this mountain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">but Moab will be trampled in their land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">as straw is trampled down in the manure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will stretch out their hands in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">God will bring down their pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">despite the cleverness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will bring down your high fortified walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">and lay them low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">he will bring them down to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">to the very dust.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch42" data-usfm="PSA.42">
            <div class="label">42</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK II</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 42&#8211;72</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 42</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms </span><span class="heading">42</span><span class="heading"> and </span><span class="heading">43</span><span class="heading"> constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts </span><span class="heading">42:1-11</span><span class="heading"> is numbered 42:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As the deer pants for streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">so my soul pants for you, my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">When can I go and meet with God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My tears have been my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">while people say to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These things I remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">as I pour out my soul:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">how I used to go to the house of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">under the protection of the Mighty One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:4 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">with shouts of joy and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">among the festive throng.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My soul is downcast within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">therefore I will remember you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">from the land of the Jordan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">the heights of Hermon&#8212;from Mount Mizar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Deep calls to deep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">in the roar of your waterfalls;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">all your waves and breakers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">have swept over me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> directs his love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">at night his song is with me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">a prayer to the God of my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I say to God my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Why have you forgotten me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">Why must I go about mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">oppressed by the enemy?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My bones suffer mortal agony</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">as my foes taunt me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">saying to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="JHN.9">
            <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him, &#8220;Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither this man nor his parents sinned,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man&#8217;s eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;wash in the Pool of Siloam&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (this word means &#8220;Sent&#8221;). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the same man who used to sit and beg?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Some claimed that he was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;No, he only looks like him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">But he himself insisted, &#8220;I am the man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then were your eyes opened?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is this man?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man&#8217;s eyes was a Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. &#8220;He put mud on my eyes,&#8221; the man replied, &#8220;and I washed, and now I see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees said, &#8220;This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">But others asked, &#8220;How can a sinner perform such signs?&#8221; So they were divided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they turned again to the blind man, &#8220;What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">The man replied, &#8220;He is a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man&#8217;s parents. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is this your son?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We know he is our son,&#8221; the parents answered, &#8220;and we know he was born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don&#8217;t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">That was why his parents said, &#8220;He is of age; ask him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. &#8220;Give glory to God by telling the truth,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We know this man is a sinner.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Whether he is a sinner or not, I don&#8217;t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they asked him, &#8220;What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they hurled insults at him and said, &#8220;You are this fellow&#8217;s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don&#8217;t even know where he comes from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;Now that is remarkable! You don&#8217;t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">To this they replied, &#8220;You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!&#8221; And they threw him out.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Blindness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe in the Son of Man?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is he, sir?&#8221; the man asked. &#8220;Tell me so that I may believe in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Lord, I believe,&#8221; and he worshiped him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Jesus said,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:38,39 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">Then the man said&#8230; </span><span class="fv">39 </span><span class="fqa">Jesus said,</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, &#8220;What? Are we blind too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.</span></span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk1CO">
        <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="1CO.4">
            <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nature of True Apostleship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, &#8220;Do not go beyond what is written.&#8221; Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign&#8212;and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world&#8212;right up to this moment.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Appeal and Warning</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore I urge you to imitate me. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?</span></span></div>
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