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         <div class="label">43</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 43</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms </span><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.42"><span class="heading">42</span></span><span class="heading"> and </span><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.43"><span class="heading">43</span></span><span class="heading"> constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Vindicate me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"><span class="content">and plead my cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"><span class="content">against an unfaithful nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"><span class="content">Rescue me from those who are</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"><span class="content">deceitful and wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.43.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.43.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You are God my stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.43.2"><span class="content">Why have you rejected me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.43.2"><span class="content">Why must I go about mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.43.2"><span class="content">oppressed by the enemy?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.43.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.43.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Send me your light and your faithful care,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.43.3"><span class="content">let them lead me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.43.3"><span class="content">let them bring me to your holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.43.3"><span class="content">to the place where you dwell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.43.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I will go to the altar of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"><span class="content">to God, my joy and my delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"><span class="content">I will praise you with the lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"><span class="content">O God, my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.43.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.43.5"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.43.5"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.43.5"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.43.5"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">44</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 44</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We have heard it with our ears, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">our ancestors have told us</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">what you did in their days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"><span class="content">in days long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.44.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With your hand you drove out the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">and planted our ancestors;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">you crushed the peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"><span class="content">and made our ancestors flourish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.44.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It was not by their sword that they won the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">nor did their arm bring them victory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">it was your right hand, your arm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"><span class="content">and the light of your face, for you loved them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.44.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"><span class="content">who decrees</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">44:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">King, O God; / command</span></span></span><span class="content"> victories for Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.44.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through you we push back our enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"><span class="content">through your name we trample our foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.44.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I put no trust in my bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"><span class="content">my sword does not bring me victory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.44.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">but you give us victory over our enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"><span class="content">you put our adversaries to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.44.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In God we make our boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"><span class="content">and we will praise your name forever.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">44:8 </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"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.44.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But now you have rejected and humbled us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"><span class="content">you no longer go out with our armies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.44.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You made us retreat before the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"><span class="content">and our adversaries have plundered us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.44.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You gave us up to be devoured like sheep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"><span class="content">and have scattered us among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.44.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You sold your people for a pittance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"><span class="content">gaining nothing from their sale.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.44.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"><span class="content">the scorn and derision of those around us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.44.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You have made us a byword among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"><span class="content">the peoples shake their heads at us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.44.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I live in disgrace all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"><span class="content">and my face is covered with shame</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.44.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"><span class="content">because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.44.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All this came upon us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="content">though we had not forgotten you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"><span class="content">we had not been false to your covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.44.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Our hearts had not turned back;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"><span class="content">our feet had not strayed from your path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.44.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"><span class="content">you covered us over with deep darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.44.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If we had forgotten the name of our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"><span class="content">or spread out our hands to a foreign god,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.44.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">would not God have discovered it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"><span class="content">since he knows the secrets of the heart?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.44.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Yet for your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.44.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"><span class="content">Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.44.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Why do you hide your face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"><span class="content">and forget our misery and oppression?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.44.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">We are brought down to the dust;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"><span class="content">our bodies cling to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.44.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.44.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Rise up and help us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.44.26"><span class="content">rescue us because of your unfailing love.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">45</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 45</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Lilies.&#8221; Of the Sons of Korah. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A wedding song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.45.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My heart is stirred by a noble theme</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.45.1"><span class="content">as I recite my verses for the king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.45.1"><span class="content">my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.45.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.45.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.45.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You are the most excellent of men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.45.2"><span class="content">and your lips have been anointed with grace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.45.2"><span class="content">since God has blessed you forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.45.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.45.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.45.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.45.3"><span class="content">clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.45.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.45.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In your majesty ride forth victoriously</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.45.4"><span class="content">in the cause of truth, humility and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.45.4"><span class="content">let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.45.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.45.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king&#8217;s enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.45.5"><span class="content">let the nations fall beneath your feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.45.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.45.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your throne, O God,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">45:6 </span><span class="ft">Here the king is addressed as God&#8217;s representative.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will last for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.45.6"><span class="content">a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.45.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.45.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You love righteousness and hate wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.45.7"><span class="content">therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.45.7"><span class="content">by anointing you with the oil of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.45.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.45.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.45.8"><span class="content">from palaces adorned with ivory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.45.8"><span class="content">the music of the strings makes you glad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.45.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.45.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Daughters of kings are among your honored women;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.45.9"><span class="content">at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.45.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.45.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.45.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.45.10"><span class="content">Forget your people and your father&#8217;s house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.45.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.45.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.45.11"><span class="content">honor him, for he is your lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.45.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.45.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The city of Tyre will come with a gift,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">45:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A Tyrian robe is among the gifts</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.45.12"><span class="content">people of wealth will seek your favor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.45.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.45.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All glorious is the princess within her chamber;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.45.13"><span class="content">her gown is interwoven with gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.45.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.45.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In embroidered garments she is led to the king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.45.14"><span class="content">her virgin companions follow her&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.45.14"><span class="content">those brought to be with her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.45.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.45.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Led in with joy and gladness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.45.15"><span class="content">they enter the palace of the king.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.45.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.45.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.45.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your sons will take the place of your fathers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.45.16"><span class="content">you will make them princes throughout the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.45.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.45.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.45.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.45.17"><span class="content">therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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