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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, &#8220;Should you help the wicked and love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and make alliances with</span></span></span><span class="content"> those who hate the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Because of this, the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on you. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He told them, &#8220;Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now let the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be on you. Judge carefully, for with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests and heads of Israelite families to administer the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He gave them these orders: &#8220;You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In every case that comes before you from your people who live in the cities&#8212;whether bloodshed or other concerns of the law, commands, decrees or regulations&#8212;you are to warn them not to sin against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; otherwise his wrath will come on you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Amariah the chief priest will be over you in any matter concerning the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will be over you in any matter concerning the king, and the Levites will serve as officials before you. Act with courage, and may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be with those who do well.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:1 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Ammonites</span></span></span><span class="content"> came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, &#8220;A vast army is coming against you from Edom,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">Aram</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already in Hazezon Tamar&#8221; (that is, En Gedi). </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The people of Judah came together to seek help from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the front of the new courtyard </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and said:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.20.6"><span class="content">&#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you: &#8216;Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God&#8217;s. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be with you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, &#8220;Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to praise him for the splendor of his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him with the splendor of</span></span></span><span class="content"> holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.20.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.20.21"><span class="content">for his love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">As they began to sing and praise, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:25 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">corpses</span></span></span><span class="content"> and also articles of value&#8212;more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, where they praised the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. This is why it is called the Valley of Berakah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:26 </span><span class="fq">Berakah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to this day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with harps and lyres and trumpets.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had fought against the enemies of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CH.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The End of Jehoshaphat&#8217;s Reign</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CH.20.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother&#8217;s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2CH.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CH.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CH.20.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2CH.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The other events of Jehoshaphat&#8217;s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2CH.20.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2CH.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2CH.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">He agreed with him to construct a fleet of trading ships.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:36 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">of ships that could go to Tarshish</span></span></span><span class="content"> After these were built at Ezion Geber, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2CH.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, &#8220;Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will destroy what you have made.&#8221; The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:37 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">sail for Tarshish</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 46</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is our refuge and strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">an ever-present help in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">though its waters roar and foam</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">and the mountains quake with their surging.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:3 </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 7 and 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">the holy place where the Most High dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God is within her, she will not fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">God will help her at break of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">he lifts his voice, the earth melts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come and see what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">the desolations he has brought on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He makes wars cease</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">he burns the shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">chariots</span></span></span><span class="content"> with fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He says, &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted in the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">82</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 82</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God presides in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">he renders judgment among the &#8220;gods&#8221;:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend the unjust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">and show partiality to the wicked?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Defend the weak and the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rescue the weak and the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The &#8216;gods&#8217; know nothing, they understand nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">They walk about in darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I said, &#8216;You are &#8220;gods&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">you are all sons of the Most High.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But you will die like mere mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">you will fall like every other ruler.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, judge the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="content">for all the nations are your inheritance.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">115</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 115</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Not to us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, not to us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">but to your name be the glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">because of your love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.115.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why do the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.115.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Our God is in heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="content">he does whatever pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.115.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But their idols are silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="content">made by human hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.115.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They have mouths, but cannot speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="content">eyes, but cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.115.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They have ears, but cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="content">noses, but cannot smell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.115.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They have hands, but cannot feel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">feet, but cannot walk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">nor can they utter a sound with their throats.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.115.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Those who make them will be like them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="content">and so will all who trust in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.115.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All you Israelites, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.115.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">House of Aaron, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.115.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You who fear him, trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="content">he is their help and shield.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.115.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remembers us and will bless us:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">He will bless his people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">he will bless the house of Aaron,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.115.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">he will bless those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="content">small and great alike.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.115.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> cause you to flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="content">both you and your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.115.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May you be blessed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.115.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The highest heavens belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="content">but the earth he has given to mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.115.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">It is not the dead who praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="content">those who go down to the place of silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.115.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.115.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">it is we who extol the </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.115.18"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.115.18"><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">115:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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