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         <div class="label">82</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 82</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God presides in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">he renders judgment among the &#8220;gods&#8221;:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend the unjust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">and show partiality to the wicked?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Defend the weak and the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rescue the weak and the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The &#8216;gods&#8217; know nothing, they understand nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">They walk about in darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I said, &#8216;You are &#8220;gods&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">you are all sons of the Most High.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But you will die like mere mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">you will fall like every other ruler.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, judge the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="content">for all the nations are your inheritance.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">83</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 83</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, do not remain silent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not turn a deaf ear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not stand aloof, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">See how your enemies growl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">how your foes rear their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With cunning they conspire against your people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">they plot against those you cherish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; they say, &#8220;let us destroy them as a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">so that Israel&#8217;s name is remembered no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">With one mind they plot together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">they form an alliance against you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">of Moab and the Hagrites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">Philistia, with the people of Tyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Even Assyria has joined them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">to reinforce Lot&#8217;s descendants.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">83:8 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do to them as you did to Midian,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who perished at Endor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">and became like dung on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who said, &#8220;Let us take possession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">of the pasturelands of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Make them like tumbleweed, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">like chaff before the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As fire consumes the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so pursue them with your tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">and terrify them with your storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Cover their faces with shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">so that they will seek your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">may they perish in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let them know that you, whose name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="content">that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</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">gittith.</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"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">till each appears before God in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God is a sun and shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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