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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 14</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All have turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">they never call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">for God is present in the company of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is their refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.14.7"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">44</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 44</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. 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></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We have heard it with our ears, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">our ancestors have told us</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">what you did in their days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">in days long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With your hand you drove out the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">and planted our ancestors;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">you crushed the peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">and made our ancestors flourish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was not by their sword that they won the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">nor did their arm bring them victory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">it was your right hand, your arm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">and the light of your face, for you loved them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"><span class="content">who decrees</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">44:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">King, O God; / command</span></span></span><span class="content"> victories for Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through you we push back our enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"><span class="content">through your name we trample our foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I put no trust in my bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"><span class="content">my sword does not bring me victory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">but you give us victory over our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"><span class="content">you put our adversaries to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In God we make our boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"><span class="content">and we will praise your name forever.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">44:8 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But now you have rejected and humbled us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"><span class="content">you no longer go out with our armies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You made us retreat before the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"><span class="content">and our adversaries have plundered us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You gave us up to be devoured like sheep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"><span class="content">and have scattered us among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You sold your people for a pittance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"><span class="content">gaining nothing from their sale.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"><span class="content">the scorn and derision of those around us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You have made us a byword among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"><span class="content">the peoples shake their heads at us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I live in disgrace all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"><span class="content">and my face is covered with shame</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"><span class="content">because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All this came upon us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="content">though we had not forgotten you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="content">we had not been false to your covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Our hearts had not turned back;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"><span class="content">our feet had not strayed from your path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"><span class="content">you covered us over with deep darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If we had forgotten the name of our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"><span class="content">or spread out our hands to a foreign god,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">would not God have discovered it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"><span class="content">since he knows the secrets of the heart?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Yet for your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"><span class="content">Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Why do you hide your face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"><span class="content">and forget our misery and oppression?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">We are brought down to the dust;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"><span class="content">our bodies cling to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.44.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Rise up and help us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.44.26"><span class="content">rescue us because of your unfailing love.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">74</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 74</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">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 Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, why have you rejected us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="content">Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Remember the nation you purchased long ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">Mount Zion, where you dwelt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="content">all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="content">they set up their standards as signs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They behaved like men wielding axes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="content">to cut through a thicket of trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They smashed all the carved paneling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="content">with their axes and hatchets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They burned your sanctuary to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="content">they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They said in their hearts, &#8220;We will crush them completely!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="content">They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We are given no signs from God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">no prophets are left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">and none of us knows how long this will be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">How long will the enemy mock you, God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="content">Will the foe revile your name forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="content">Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But God is my King from long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="content">he brings salvation on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was you who split open the sea by your power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="content">you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="content">and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was you who opened up springs and streams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="content">you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The day is yours, and yours also the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="content">you established the sun and moon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="content">you made both summer and winter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Remember how the enemy has mocked you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="content">how foolish people have reviled your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="content">do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have regard for your covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="content">because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="content">may the poor and needy praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="content">remember how fools mock you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.74.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.74.23"><span class="content">the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">104</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 104</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, you are very great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wraps himself in light as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">He makes the clouds his chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">and rides on the wings of the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He makes winds his messengers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">angels</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">flames of fire his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He set the earth on its foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">it can never be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at your rebuke the waters fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">they flowed over the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">they went down into the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">to the place you assigned for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You set a boundary they cannot cross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">never again will they cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">it flows between the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They give water to all the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">they sing among the branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He makes grass grow for the cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">bringing forth food from the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">wine that gladdens human hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">oil to make their faces shine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">and bread that sustains their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </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.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is the sea, vast and spacious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">living things both large and small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There the ships go to and fro,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All creatures look to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">to give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When you give it to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they gather it up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">when you open your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they are satisfied with good things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When you hide your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">when you take away their breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they die and return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When you send your Spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">they are created,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">May the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">as I rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But may sinners vanish from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">and the wicked be no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">134</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 134</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">who minister by night in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lift up your hands in the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="content">he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wise woman builds her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> walks uprightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">but those who despise him are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A fool&#8217;s mouth lashes out with pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">but the lips of the wise protect them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">An honest witness does not deceive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">but a false witness pours out lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools mock at making amends for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">but goodwill is found among the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Each heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">and no one else can share its joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">but the tent of the upright will flourish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart may ache,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">and rejoicing may end in grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">and the good rewarded for theirs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believe anything,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">but the prudent give thought to their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wise fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A quick-tempered person does foolish things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">but the rich have many friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not those who plot evil go astray?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But those who plan what is good find</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">show</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All hard work brings a profit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">but mere talk leads only to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The wealth of the wise is their crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">but the folly of fools yields folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A truthful witness saves lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">but a false witness is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a secure fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">and for their children it will be a refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A large population is a king&#8217;s glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">but without subjects a prince is ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever is patient has great understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A heart at peace gives life to the body,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">but envy rots the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">and even among fools she lets herself be known.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:33 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalts a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">but sin condemns any people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">A king delights in a wise servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">but a shameful servant arouses his fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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