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            <div class="label">24</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 24</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The earth is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s, and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">the world, and all who live in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for he founded it on the seas</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">and established it on the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Who may ascend the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">Who may stand in his holy place?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">who does not trust in an idol</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">or swear by a false god.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">swear falsely</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They will receive blessing from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">and vindication from God their Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Such is the generation of those who seek him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">who seek your face, God of Jacob.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">face, Jacob</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6 </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 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, you gates;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">be lifted up, you ancient doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">that the King of glory may come in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who is this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> strong and mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> mighty in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, you gates;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">lift them up, you ancient doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">that the King of glory may come in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who is he, this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="content">he is the King of glory.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 54</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 54:1-7 is numbered 54:3-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, &#8220;Is not David hiding among us?&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God, by your name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">vindicate me by your might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">listen to the words of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">people without regard for God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">54:3 </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 v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely God is my help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">the Lord is the one who sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let evil recoil on those who slander me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">in your faithfulness destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">I will praise your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for it is good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You have delivered me from all my troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="content">and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.</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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            <div class="label">114</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 114</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Israel came out of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="content">Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Judah became God&#8217;s sanctuary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="content">Israel his dominion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The sea looked and fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="content">the Jordan turned back;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the mountains leaped like rams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="content">the hills like lambs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why was it, sea, that you fled?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="content">Why, Jordan, did you turn back?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="content">you hills, like lambs?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="content">at the presence of the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who turned the rock into a pool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="content">the hard rock into springs of water.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">144</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 144</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains my hands for war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">my fingers for battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is my loving God and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my stronghold and my deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my shield, in whom I take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">who subdues peoples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:2 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">subdues my people</span></span></span><span class="content"> under me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what are human beings that you care for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">mere mortals that you think of them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are like a breath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">their days are like a fleeting shadow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Part your heavens, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">touch the mountains, so that they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">shoot your arrows and rout them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reach down your hand from on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">deliver me and rescue me</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will sing a new song to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to the One who gives victory to kings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">who delivers his servant David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">From the deadly sword </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">rescue me from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then our sons in their youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">will be like well-nurtured plants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">and our daughters will be like pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">carved to adorn a palace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Our barns will be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">with every kind of provision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">Our sheep will increase by thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">by tens of thousands in our fields;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">our oxen will draw heavy loads.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">our chieftains will be firmly established</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">There will be no breaching of walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no going into captivity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no cry of distress in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blessed is the people of whom this is true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">blessed is the people whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">24</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 20</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do not envy the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">do not desire their company;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for their hearts plot violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">and their lips talk about making trouble.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 21</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">By wisdom a house is built,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">and through understanding it is established;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">through knowledge its rooms are filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">with rare and beautiful treasures.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 22</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The wise prevail through great power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you need guidance to wage war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">and victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 23</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom is too high for fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 24</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever plots evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">will be known as a schemer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The schemes of folly are sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">and people detest a mocker.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 25</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If you falter in a time of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">how small is your strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rescue those being led away to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;But we knew nothing about this,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Does not he who guards your life know it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 26</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 27</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">do not plunder their dwelling place;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 28</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">or the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will see and disapprove</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">and turn his wrath away from them.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 29</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not fret because of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">or be envious of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for the evildoer has no future hope,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 30</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the king, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">and do not join with rebellious officials,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Further Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">To show partiality in judging is not good:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever says to the guilty, &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">and rich blessing will come on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">An honest answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">is like a kiss on the lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Put your outdoor work in order</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">and get your fields ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">after that, build your house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not testify against your neighbor without cause&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">would you use your lips to mislead?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll do to them as they have done to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll pay them back for what they did.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went past the field of a sluggard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">thorns had come up everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">the ground was covered with weeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">and the stone wall was in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I applied my heart to what I observed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">and learned a lesson from what I saw:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">a little folding of the hands to rest&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and poverty will come on you like a thief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">and scarcity like an armed man.</span></span></div>
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