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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span></div><div class="q1"><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"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"></span></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"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"></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><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><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><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"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"></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><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><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><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"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"></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"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"></span></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="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"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"></span></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"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"></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><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><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><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><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"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.6"></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"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.147.7"></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><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"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.147.9"></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><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"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.11"></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"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"></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><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"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"></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><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><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><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"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"></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><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"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"></span></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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