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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 9</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they 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 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Death of the Son.&#8221; A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will give thanks to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="content">I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My enemies turn back;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">they stumble and perish before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you have upheld my right and my cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">you have uprooted their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">even the memory of them has perished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">he has established his throne for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He rules the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">and judges the peoples with equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a refuge for the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">a stronghold in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Those who know your name trust in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have never forsaken those who seek you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Sing the praises of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, enthroned in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">proclaim among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For he who avenges blood remembers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, see how my enemies persecute me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">that I may declare your praises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">in the gates of Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">and there rejoice in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is known by his acts of justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Higgaion </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(words of uncertain meaning) here; </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">occurs also at the end of verse 20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">all the nations that forget God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But God will never forget the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">the hope of the afflicted will never perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not let mortals triumph;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">let the nations be judged in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Strike them with terror, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="content">let the nations know they are only mortal.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 10</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you stand far off?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">who are caught in the schemes he devises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He boasts about the cravings of his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">he blesses the greedy and reviles the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">in all his thoughts there is no room for God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His ways are always prosperous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">your laws are rejected by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ they are haughty, and your laws are far from</span></span></span><span class="content"> him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">he sneers at all his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;Nothing will ever shake me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">He swears, &#8220;No one will ever do me harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">His mouth is full of lies and threats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">trouble and evil are under his tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He lies in wait near the villages;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">from ambush he murders the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">His eyes watch in secret for his victims;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">like a lion in cover he lies in wait.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">He lies in wait to catch the helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His victims are crushed, they collapse;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">they fall under his strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;God will never notice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">he covers his face and never sees.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Lift up your hand, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">Do not forget the helpless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why does the wicked man revile God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">Why does he say to himself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">&#8220;He won&#8217;t call me to account&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you consider their grief and take it in hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">The victims commit themselves to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you are the helper of the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Break the arm of the wicked man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">call the evildoer to account for his wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">that would not otherwise be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is King for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">the nations will perish from his land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear the desire of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">defending the fatherless and the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">so that mere earthly mortals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">will never again strike terror.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 11</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">How then can you say to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Flee like a bird to your mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For look, the wicked bend their bows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">they set their arrows against the strings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">to shoot from the shadows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">at the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the foundations are being destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">what can the righteous do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on his heavenly throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">He observes everyone on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">his eyes examine them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> examines the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked, those who love violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">he hates with a passion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the wicked he will rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">fiery coals and burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">a scorching wind will be their lot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">he loves justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">the upright will see his face.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</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.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 14</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All have turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">they never call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">for God is present in the company of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is their refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 15</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who may dwell in your sacred tent?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">Who may live on your holy mountain?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who does what is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who speaks the truth from their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">whose tongue utters no slander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">who does no wrong to a neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">and casts no slur on others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who despises a vile person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">but honors those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">who keeps an oath even when it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">and does not change their mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who lends money to the poor without interest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">Whoever does these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">will never be shaken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 16</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I say of the holy people who are in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">or take up their names on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you alone are my portion and my cup;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">you make my lot secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who counsels me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">even at night my heart instructs me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I keep my eyes always on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">my body also will rest secure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">nor will you let your faithful</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">holy</span></span></span><span class="content"> one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You make known to me the path of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</span></span></div>
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