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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 20</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 20:1-9 is numbered 20:2-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answer you when you are in distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.20.1"><span class="content">may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May he send you help from the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.20.2"><span class="content">and grant you support from Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May he remember all your sacrifices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.20.3"><span class="content">and accept your burnt offerings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:3 </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="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May he give you the desire of your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.20.4"><span class="content">and make all your plans succeed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May we shout for joy over your victory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.20.5"><span class="content">and lift up our banners in the name of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.20.5"><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> grant all your requests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now this I know:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.20.6"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives victory to his anointed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.20.6"><span class="content">He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.20.6"><span class="content">with the victorious power of his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Some trust in chariots and some in horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.20.7"><span class="content">but we trust in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are brought to their knees and fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.20.8"><span class="content">but we rise up and stand firm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, give victory to the king!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.20.9"><span class="content">Answer us when we call!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">50</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 50</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.50.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Mighty One, God, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.50.1"><span class="content">speaks and summons the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.50.1"><span class="content">from the rising of the sun to where it sets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.50.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.50.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From Zion, perfect in beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.50.2"><span class="content">God shines forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.50.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.50.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Our God comes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.50.3"><span class="content">and will not be silent;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.50.3"><span class="content">a fire devours before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.50.3"><span class="content">and around him a tempest rages.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.50.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.50.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He summons the heavens above,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.50.4"><span class="content">and the earth, that he may judge his people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.50.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.50.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gather to me this consecrated people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.50.5"><span class="content">who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.50.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.50.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.50.6"><span class="content">for he is a God of justice.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:6 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">for God himself is judge</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:6 </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 v6" data-usfm="PSA.50.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.50.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen, my people, and I will speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.50.7"><span class="content">I will testify against you, Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.50.7"><span class="content">I am God, your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.50.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.50.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.50.8"><span class="content">or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.50.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.50.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I have no need of a bull from your stall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.50.9"><span class="content">or of goats from your pens,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.50.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.50.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for every animal of the forest is mine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.50.10"><span class="content">and the cattle on a thousand hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.50.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.50.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I know every bird in the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.50.11"><span class="content">and the insects in the fields are mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.50.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.50.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If I were hungry I would not tell you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.50.12"><span class="content">for the world is mine, and all that is in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.50.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.50.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do I eat the flesh of bulls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.50.13"><span class="content">or drink the blood of goats?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.50.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.50.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sacrifice thank offerings to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.50.14"><span class="content">fulfill your vows to the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.50.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.50.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and call on me in the day of trouble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.50.15"><span class="content">I will deliver you, and you will honor me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.50.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.50.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But to the wicked person, God says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.50.16"><span class="content">&#8220;What right have you to recite my laws</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.50.16"><span class="content">or take my covenant on your lips?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.50.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.50.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You hate my instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.50.17"><span class="content">and cast my words behind you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.50.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.50.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you see a thief, you join with him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.50.18"><span class="content">you throw in your lot with adulterers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.50.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.50.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You use your mouth for evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.50.19"><span class="content">and harness your tongue to deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.50.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.50.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You sit and testify against your brother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.50.20"><span class="content">and slander your own mother&#8217;s son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.50.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.50.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When you did these things and I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.50.21"><span class="content">you thought I was exactly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">thought the &#8216;<span class="nd">I am</span>&#8217; was</span></span></span><span class="content"> like you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.50.21"><span class="content">But I now arraign you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.50.21"><span class="content">and set my accusations before you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.50.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.50.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Consider this, you who forget God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.50.22"><span class="content">or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.50.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.50.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.50.23"><span class="content">and to the blameless</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:23 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will show my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">80</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 80</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Lilies of the Covenant.&#8221; Of Asaph. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">you who lead Joseph like a flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.80.1"><span class="content">shine forth </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">Awaken your might;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">come and save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.80.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Restore us, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.80.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">will your anger smolder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">against the prayers of your people?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.80.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have fed them with the bread of tears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="content">you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.80.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have made us an object of derision</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">contention</span></span></span><span class="content"> to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="content">and our enemies mock us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.80.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Restore us, God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.80.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You transplanted a vine from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="content">you drove out the nations and planted it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.80.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You cleared the ground for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="content">and it took root and filled the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.80.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The mountains were covered with its shade,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="content">the mighty cedars with its branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.80.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Its branches reached as far as the Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:11 </span><span class="ft">Probably the Mediterranean</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="content">its shoots as far as the River.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.80.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Why have you broken down its walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="content">so that all who pass by pick its grapes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.80.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Boars from the forest ravage it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="content">and insects from the fields feed on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.80.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Return to us, God Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">Look down from heaven and see!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">Watch over this vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.80.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">the root your right hand has planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="content">the son</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">80:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">branch</span></span></span><span class="content"> you have raised up for yourself.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.80.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="content">at your rebuke your people perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.80.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="content">the son of man you have raised up for yourself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.80.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then we will not turn away from you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="content">revive us, and we will call on your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.80.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Restore us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="content">make your face shine on us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.80.19"><span class="content">that we may be saved.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">110</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 110</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.110.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to my lord:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Lord</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Rule in the midst of your enemies!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your troops will be willing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">on your day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">Arrayed in holy splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">your young men will come to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">like dew from the morning&#8217;s womb.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">and will not change his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord is at your right hand</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">My lord is at your right hand, <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="content">he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="content">and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He will drink from a brook along the way,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">110:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="content">and so he will lift his head high.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">140</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 140</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Rescue me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who devise evil plans in their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">and stir up war every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">the poison of vipers is on their lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">140:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from the hands of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">who devise ways to trip my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">they have spread out the cords of their net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">and have set traps for me along my path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strong deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">you shield my head in the day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not grant the wicked their desires, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">do not let their plans succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">may the mischief of their lips engulf them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May burning coals fall on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">may they be thrown into the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">into miry pits, never to rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May slanderers not be established in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">may disaster hunt down the violent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> secures justice for the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">and upholds the cause of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="content">and the upright will live in your presence.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">whoever is led astray by them is not wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">those who anger him forfeit their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is to one&#8217;s honor to avoid strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">but every fool is quick to quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sluggards do not plow in season;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">so at harvest time they look but find nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The purposes of a person&#8217;s heart are deep waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">but one who has insight draws them out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many claim to have unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">but a faithful person who can find?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The righteous lead blameless lives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">blessed are their children after them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When a king sits on his throne to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">he winnows out all evil with his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who can say, &#8220;I have kept my heart pure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">I am clean and without sin&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Differing weights and differing measures&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Even small children are known by their actions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">so is their conduct really pure and upright?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ears that hear and eyes that see&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">stay awake and you will have food to spare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s no good, it&#8217;s no good!&#8221; says the buyer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">then goes off and boasts about the purchase.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Plans are established by seeking advice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">so if you wage war, obtain guidance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">so avoid anyone who talks too much.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If someone curses their father or mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">An inheritance claimed too soon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">will not be blessed at the end.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pay you back for this wrong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will avenge you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests differing weights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">and dishonest scales do not please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s steps are directed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">How then can anyone understand their own way?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">It is a trap to dedicate something rashly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">and only later to consider one&#8217;s vows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">A wise king winnows out the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">he drives the threshing wheel over them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The human spirit is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A person&#8217;s words are</span></span></span><span class="content"> the lamp of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">that sheds light on one&#8217;s inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">through love his throne is made secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The glory of young men is their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">gray hair the splendor of the old.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.20.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Blows and wounds scrub away evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.20.30"><span class="content">and beatings purge the inmost being.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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