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         <div class="label">46</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 46</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth.</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"> A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is our refuge and strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">an ever-present help in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">though its waters roar and foam</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">and the mountains quake with their surging.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">46:3 </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 verses 7 and 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">the holy place where the Most High dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God is within her, she will not fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">God will help her at break of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">he lifts his voice, the earth melts.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come and see what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">the desolations he has brought on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He makes wars cease</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">he burns the shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">chariots</span></span></span><span class="content"> with fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He says, &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted in the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your great compassion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">blot out my transgressions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Wash away all my iniquity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="content">and cleanse me from my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I know my transgressions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="content">and my sin is always before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Against you, you only, have I sinned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and done what is evil in your sight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">so you are right in your verdict</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and justified when you judge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely I was sinful at birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="content">sinful from the time my mother conceived me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="content">you taught me wisdom in that secret place.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="content">wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let me hear joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="content">let the bones you have crushed rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hide your face from my sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="content">and blot out all my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Create in me a pure heart, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="content">and renew a steadfast spirit within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not cast me from your presence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="content">or take your Holy Spirit from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Restore to me the joy of your salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="content">and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I will teach transgressors your ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"><span class="content">so that sinners will turn back to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="content">you who are God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="content">and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Open my lips, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"><span class="content">and my mouth will declare your praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"><span class="content">you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My sacrifice, O God, is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">51:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The sacrifices of God are</span></span></span><span class="content"> a broken spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="content">a broken and contrite heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="content">you, God, will not despise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"></span></div>
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