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         <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Favor</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </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="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="2CO.9.6+2CO.9.7+2CO.9.8+2CO.9.9+2CO.9.10+2CO.9.11+2CO.9.12+2CO.9.13+2CO.9.14+2CO.9.15">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">&#8220;They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">their righteousness endures forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 112:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord&#8217;s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="PSA.24">
         <div class="label">24</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 24</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The earth is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s, and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">the world, and all who live in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for he founded it on the seas</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">and established it on the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Who may ascend the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">Who may stand in his holy place?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">who does not trust in an idol</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">or swear by a false god.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">swear falsely</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They will receive blessing from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">and vindication from God their Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Such is the generation of those who seek him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">who seek your face, God of Jacob.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">face, Jacob</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:6 </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 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, you gates;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">be lifted up, you ancient doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">that the King of glory may come in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who is this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> strong and mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> mighty in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, you gates;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">lift them up, you ancient doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">that the King of glory may come in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who is he, this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="content">he is the King of glory.</span></span></div>
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