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            <div class="label">17</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 17</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my plea is just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">listen to my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">Hear my prayer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">it does not rise from deceitful lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let my vindication come from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="content">may your eyes see what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though you probe my heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">though you examine me at night and test me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">you will find that I have planned no evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">my mouth has not transgressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though people tried to bribe me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="content">I have kept myself from the ways of the violent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="content">through what your lips have commanded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My steps have held to your paths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.17.5"><span class="content">my feet have not stumbled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="content">turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Show me the wonders of your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="content">you who save by your right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="content">those who take refuge in you from their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep me as the apple of your eye;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="content">hide me in the shadow of your wings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from the wicked who are out to destroy me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="content">from my mortal enemies who surround me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They close up their callous hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="content">and their mouths speak with arrogance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They have tracked me down, they now surround me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="content">with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They are like a lion hungry for prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="content">like a fierce lion crouching in cover.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Rise up, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, confront them, bring them down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="content">with your sword rescue me from the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">By your hand save me from such people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">from those of this world whose reward is in this life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">may their children gorge themselves on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">and may there be leftovers for their little ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.17.15"><span class="content">when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">47</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 47</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 47:1-9 is numbered 47:2-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Clap your hands, all you nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="content">shout to God with cries of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Most High is awesome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="content">the great King over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He subdued nations under us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="content">peoples under our feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He chose our inheritance for us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="content">the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:4 </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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God has ascended amid shouts of joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> amid the sounding of trumpets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sing praises to God, sing praises;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="content">sing praises to our King, sing praises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For God is the King of all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="content">sing to him a psalm of praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God reigns over the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="content">God is seated on his holy throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The nobles of the nations assemble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">as the people of the God of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">for the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shields</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the earth belong to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">he is greatly exalted.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">77</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 77</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cried out to God for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I cried out to God to hear me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">at night I stretched out untiring hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">and I would not be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I remembered you, God, and I groaned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">77:3 </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 verses 9 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You kept my eyes from closing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I was too troubled to speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I thought about the former days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I remembered my songs in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">My heart meditated and my spirit asked:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the Lord reject forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Will he never show his favor again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Has his unfailing love vanished forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Has his promise failed for all time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Has he in anger withheld his compassion?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I thought, &#8220;To this I will appeal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will remember the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will consider all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">and meditate on all your mighty deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your ways, God, are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">What god is as great as our God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You are the God who performs miracles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">you display your power among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The waters saw you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the waters saw you and writhed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the very depths were convulsed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clouds poured down water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">the heavens resounded with thunder;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">your arrows flashed back and forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">your lightning lit up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">the earth trembled and quaked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your path led through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">your way through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">though your footprints were not seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You led your people like a flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">by the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK V</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 107&#8211;150</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 107</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He turned rivers into a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and fruitful land into a salt waste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He turned the desert into pools of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">there he brought the hungry to live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">and they founded a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sowed fields and planted vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">and he did not let their herds diminish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">he who pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">made them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">and increased their families like flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The upright see and rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Let the one who is wise heed these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="content">and ponder the loving deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">137</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 137</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">when we remembered Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There on the poplars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">we hung our harps,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for there our captors asked us for songs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">our tormentors demanded songs of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">they said, &#8220;Sing us one of the songs of Zion!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How can we sing the songs of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">while in a foreign land?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If I forget you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">may my right hand forget its skill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not remember you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not consider Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">my highest joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what the Edomites did</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">on the day Jerusalem fell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Tear it down,&#8221; they cried,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;tear it down to its foundations!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">happy is the one who repays you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">according to what you have done to us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Happy is the one who seizes your infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="content">and dashes them against the rocks.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better a dry crust with peace and quiet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">than a house full of feasting, with strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">and will share the inheritance as one of the family.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tests the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children&#8217;s children are a crown to the aged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">and parents are the pride of their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">how much worse lying lips to a ruler!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">they think success will come at every turn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A rebuke impresses a discerning person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">more than a hundred lashes a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Evildoers foster rebellion against God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">the messenger of death will be sent against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">than a fool bent on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evil will never leave the house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">of one who pays back evil for good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">when they are not able to understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loves at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">and puts up security for a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have a fool for a child brings grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The wicked accept bribes in secret</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">to pervert the course of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son brings grief to his father</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">surely to flog honest officials is not right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">and discerning if they hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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