The Comeback Part 2

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Someone Else's World

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         <div class="label">144</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 144</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains my hands for war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">my fingers for battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is my loving God and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my stronghold and my deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my shield, in whom I take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">who subdues peoples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:2 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">subdues my people</span></span></span><span class="content"> under me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what are human beings that you care for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">mere mortals that you think of them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are like a breath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">their days are like a fleeting shadow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Part your heavens, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">touch the mountains, so that they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">shoot your arrows and rout them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reach down your hand from on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">deliver me and rescue me</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will sing a new song to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to the One who gives victory to kings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">who delivers his servant David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">From the deadly sword </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">rescue me from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then our sons in their youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">will be like well-nurtured plants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">and our daughters will be like pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">carved to adorn a palace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Our barns will be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">with every kind of provision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">Our sheep will increase by thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">by tens of thousands in our fields;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">our oxen will draw heavy loads.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">our chieftains will be firmly established</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">There will be no breaching of walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no going into captivity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no cry of distress in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blessed is the people of whom this is true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">blessed is the people whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">145</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 145</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of praise. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, my God the King;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">I will praise your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every day I will praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">and extol your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">his greatness no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One generation commends your works to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">they tell of your mighty acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">and I will meditate on your wonderful works.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:5 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They tell of the power of your awesome works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">and I will proclaim your great deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They celebrate your abundant goodness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">and joyfully sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">slow to anger and rich in love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good to all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">he has compassion on all he has made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All your works praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">your faithful people extol you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They tell of the glory of your kingdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">and speak of your might,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that all people may know of your mighty acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and your dominion endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is trustworthy in all he promises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:13 </span><span class="ft">One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> upholds all who fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">and lifts up all who are bowed down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of all look to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">and you give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You open your hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">and satisfy the desires of every living thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous in all his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near to all who call on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">to all who call on him in truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">he hears their cry and saves them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over all who love him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak in praise of 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="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">Let every creature praise his holy name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">146:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not put your trust in princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">in human beings, who cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">on that very day their plans come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">whose hope is in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of heaven and earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">the sea, and everything in them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">he remains faithful forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He upholds the cause of the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">and gives food to the hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sets prisoners free,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the blind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lifts up those who are bowed down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the foreigner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">and sustains the fatherless and the widow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">your God, O Zion, for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">147</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 147</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">147:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">How good it is to sing praises to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">how pleasant and fitting to praise him!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> builds up Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">he gathers the exiles of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.147.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He heals the brokenhearted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">and binds up their wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.147.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He determines the number of the stars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">and calls them each by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.147.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Great is our Lord and mighty in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">his understanding has no limit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.147.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains the humble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">but casts the wicked to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with grateful praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">make music to our God on the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He covers the sky with clouds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">he supplies the earth with rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">and makes grass grow on the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.147.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provides food for the cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">and for the young ravens when they call.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.147.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delights in those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">who put their hope in his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">praise your God, Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He strengthens the bars of your gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">and blesses your people within you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He grants peace to your borders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He sends his command to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">his word runs swiftly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He spreads the snow like wool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">and scatters the frost like ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He hurls down his hail like pebbles.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">Who can withstand his icy blast?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He sends his word and melts them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has revealed his word to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">his laws and decrees to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He has done this for no other nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">they do not know his laws.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">147:20 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">nation; / he has not made his laws known to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">149</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 149</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">149:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.149.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">let the people of Zion be glad in their King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.149.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let them praise his name with dancing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">and make music to him with timbrel and harp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.149.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes delight in his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">he crowns the humble with victory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.149.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">and sing for joy on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.149.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the praise of God be in their mouths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">and a double-edged sword in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.149.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to inflict vengeance on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">and punishment on the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.149.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">to bind their kings with fetters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">their nobles with shackles of iron,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.149.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to carry out the sentence written against them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">this is the glory of all his faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.149.9"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">150</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 150</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">150:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">Praise God in his sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">praise him in his mighty heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.150.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him for his acts of power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">praise him for his surpassing greatness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.150.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">praise him with the harp and lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.150.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">praise him with timbrel and dancing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">praise him with the strings and pipe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.150.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">praise him with the clash of cymbals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">praise him with resounding cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.150.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let everything that has breath praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.150.6"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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