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         <div class="label">82</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 82</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God presides in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">he renders judgment among the &#8220;gods&#8221;:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend the unjust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">and show partiality to the wicked?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Defend the weak and the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rescue the weak and the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The &#8216;gods&#8217; know nothing, they understand nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">They walk about in darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I said, &#8216;You are &#8220;gods&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">you are all sons of the Most High.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But you will die like mere mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">you will fall like every other ruler.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, judge the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="content">for all the nations are your inheritance.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">83</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 83</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, do not remain silent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not turn a deaf ear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not stand aloof, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">See how your enemies growl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">how your foes rear their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With cunning they conspire against your people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">they plot against those you cherish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; they say, &#8220;let us destroy them as a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">so that Israel&#8217;s name is remembered no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">With one mind they plot together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">they form an alliance against you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">of Moab and the Hagrites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">Philistia, with the people of Tyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Even Assyria has joined them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">to reinforce Lot&#8217;s descendants.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">83:8 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do to them as you did to Midian,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who perished at Endor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">and became like dung on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who said, &#8220;Let us take possession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">of the pasturelands of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Make them like tumbleweed, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">like chaff before the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As fire consumes the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so pursue them with your tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">and terrify them with your storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Cover their faces with shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">so that they will seek your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">may they perish in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let them know that you, whose name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="content">that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">till each appears before God in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God is a sun and shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But since you excel in everything&#8212;in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">and in your love for us</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;see that you also excel in this grace of giving.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">as it is written: &#8220;The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 16:18</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Titus Sent to Receive the Collection</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CO.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CO.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.</span></span></div>
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