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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Becomes King Over Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, &#8220;We are your own flesh and blood. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had promised through Samuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Conquers Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">said to David, &#8220;You will not get in here.&#8221; Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion&#8212;which is the City of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David had said, &#8220;Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander in chief.&#8221; Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He built up the city around it, from the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And David became more and more powerful, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty was with him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Mighty Warriors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs of David&#8217;s mighty warriors&#8212;they, together with all Israel, gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had promised&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">this is the list of David&#8217;s mighty warriors:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="content">Jashobeam,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Possibly a variant of </span><span class="fqa">Jashob-Baal</span></span></span><span class="content"> a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Thirty</span><span class="ft">; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Three </span><span class="ft">(see also 2 Samuel 23:8)</span></span></span><span class="content">; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought about a great victory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David longed for water and said, &#8220;Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;God forbid that I should do this!&#8221; he said. &#8220;Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?&#8221; Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="content">Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab&#8217;s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver&#8217;s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian&#8217;s hand and killed him with his own spear. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The mighty warriors were:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">Asahel the brother of Joab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Shammoth the Harorite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="content">Helez the Pelonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="content">Abiezer from Anathoth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Sibbekai the Hushathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="content">Ilai the Ahohite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Maharai the Netophathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="content">Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="content">Benaiah the Pirathonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.11.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Hurai from the ravines of Gaash,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="content">Abiel the Arbathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.11.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Azmaveth the Baharumite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="content">Eliahba the Shaalbonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.11.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="content">Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.11.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="content">Eliphal son of Ur,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.11.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Hepher the Mekerathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="content">Ahijah the Pelonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.11.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Hezro the Carmelite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="content">Naarai son of Ezbai,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.11.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Joel the brother of Nathan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="content">Mibhar son of Hagri,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.11.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Zelek the Ammonite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="content">Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.11.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Ira the Ithrite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="content">Gareb the Ithrite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.11.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Uriah the Hittite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="content">Zabad son of Ahlai,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.11.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.11.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.11.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Hanan son of Maakah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="content">Joshaphat the Mithnite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.11.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Uzzia the Ashterathite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="content">Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.11.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Jediael son of Shimri,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="content">his brother Joha the Tizite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1CH.11.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Eliel the Mahavite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">Ithmah the Moabite,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1CH.11.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1CH.11.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warriors Join David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:4 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts the second half of this verse (</span><span class="fq">Jeremiah&#8230; Gederathite</span><span class="ft">) is numbered 12:5, and 12:5-40 is numbered 12:6-41.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ezer was the chief,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David went out to meet them and said to them, &#8220;If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">&#8220;We are yours, David!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">We are with you, son of Jesse!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">Success, success to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">and success to those who help you,</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">for your God will help you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, &#8220;It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a great and mighty army</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Others Join David at Hebron</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul&#8217;s kingdom over to him, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">from Judah, carrying shield and spear&#8212;6,800 armed for battle;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">from Simeon, warriors ready for battle&#8212;7,100;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">from Levi&#8212;4,600, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Saul&#8217;s tribe&#8212;3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul&#8217;s house until then;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.12.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans&#8212;20,800;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.12.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king&#8212;18,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.12.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do&#8212;200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.12.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty&#8212;50,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.12.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">from Naphtali&#8212;1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.12.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">from Dan, ready for battle&#8212;28,600;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.12.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle&#8212;40,000;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.12.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon&#8212;120,000.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.12.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Greater Than Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God&#8217;s house. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Moses was faithful as a servant in all God&#8217;s house,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Num. 12:7</span></span></span><span class="content"> bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But Christ is faithful as the Son over God&#8217;s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Unbelief</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So, as the Holy Spirit says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Today, if you hear his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not harden your hearts</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.3.8"><span class="content">as you did in the rebellion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.3.8"><span class="content">during the time of testing in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">where your ancestors tested and tried me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.3.9"><span class="content">though for forty years they saw what I did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">That is why I was angry with that generation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.3.10"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;Their hearts are always going astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.3.10"><span class="content">and they have not known my ways.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So I declared on oath in my anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.3.11"><span class="content">&#8216;They shall never enter my rest.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 95:7-11</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called &#8220;Today,&#8221; so that none of you may be hardened by sin&#8217;s deceitfulness. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As has just been said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.3.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Today, if you hear his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.3.15"><span class="content">do not harden your hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.3.15"><span class="content">as you did in the rebellion.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 95:7,8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HEB.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch107" data-usfm="PSA.107">
            <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK V</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 107&#8211;150</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 107</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He turned rivers into a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and fruitful land into a salt waste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He turned the desert into pools of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">there he brought the hungry to live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">and they founded a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sowed fields and planted vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">and he did not let their herds diminish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">he who pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">made them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">and increased their families like flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The upright see and rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Let the one who is wise heed these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="content">and ponder the loving deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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