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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abraham and Abimelek</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, &#8220;She is my sister.&#8221; Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, &#8220;You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.20.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, &#8220;Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Did he not say to me, &#8216;She is my sister,&#8217; and didn&#8217;t she also say, &#8216;He is my brother&#8217;? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.20.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then God said to him in the dream, &#8220;Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now return the man&#8217;s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.20.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, &#8220;What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And Abimelek asked Abraham, &#8220;What was your reason for doing this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Abraham replied, &#8220;I said to myself, &#8216;There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And when God had me wander from my father&#8217;s household, I said to her, &#8216;This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, &#8220;He is my brother.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.20.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And Abimelek said, &#8220;My land is before you; live wherever you like.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To Sarah he said, &#8220;I am giving your brother a thousand shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.20.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had kept all the women in Abimelek&#8217;s household from conceiving because of Abraham&#8217;s wife Sarah.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Birth of Isaac</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did for Sarah what he had promised. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Abraham gave the name Isaac</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:3 </span><span class="fq">Isaac </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he laughs.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the son Sarah bore him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.21.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sarah said, &#8220;God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And she added, &#8220;Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.21.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and she said to Abraham, &#8220;Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman&#8217;s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.21.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But God said to him, &#8220;Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be reckoned. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.21.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.21.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, &#8220;I cannot watch the boy die.&#8221; And as she sat there, she</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the child</span></span></span><span class="content"> began to sob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.21.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, &#8220;What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.21.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.21.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Treaty at Beersheba</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.21.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, &#8220;God is with you in everything you do. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.21.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Abraham said, &#8220;I swear it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.21.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek&#8217;s servants had seized. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But Abimelek said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.21.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">and Abimelek asked Abraham, &#8220;What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.21.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.21.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So that place was called Beersheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:31 </span><span class="fq">Beersheba </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fqa">well of seven </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">well of the oath.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because the two men swore an oath there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.21.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the Eternal God. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 23</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my shepherd, I lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He makes me lie down in green pastures,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">he leads me beside quiet waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he refreshes my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">He guides me along the right paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">for his name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even though I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">through the darkest valley,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the valley of the shadow of death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">I will fear no evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">for you are with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">your rod and your staff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">they comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You prepare a table before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">in the presence of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">You anoint my head with oil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">my cup overflows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely your goodness and love will follow me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">and I will dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">forever.</span></span></div>
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         <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="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><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"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"></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><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"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"></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><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"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"></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><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><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><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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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 25</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"><span class="content">I put my trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.25.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I trust in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"><span class="content">nor let my enemies triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.25.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one who hopes in you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">will ever be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">but shame will come on those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"><span class="content">who are treacherous without cause.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.25.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Show me your ways, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"><span class="content">teach me your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.25.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Guide me in your truth and teach me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">for you are God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"><span class="content">and my hope is in you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.25.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your great mercy and love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"><span class="content">for they are from of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.25.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not remember the sins of my youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">and my rebellious ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">according to your love remember me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are good.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.25.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Good and upright is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"><span class="content">therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.25.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He guides the humble in what is right</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"><span class="content">and teaches them his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.25.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the ways of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are loving and faithful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"><span class="content">toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.25.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the sake of your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"><span class="content">forgive my iniquity, though it is great.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.25.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who, then, are those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"><span class="content">He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">25:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ways he chooses</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.25.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will spend their days in prosperity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"><span class="content">and their descendants will inherit the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.25.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> confides in those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"><span class="content">he makes his covenant known to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.25.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My eyes are ever on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"><span class="content">for only he will release my feet from the snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.25.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and be gracious to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"><span class="content">for I am lonely and afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.25.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Relieve the troubles of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"><span class="content">and free me from my anguish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.25.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Look on my affliction and my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"><span class="content">and take away all my sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.25.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">See how numerous are my enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"><span class="content">and how fiercely they hate me!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.25.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Guard my life and rescue me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">do not let me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"><span class="content">for I take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.25.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">May integrity and uprightness protect me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"><span class="content">because my hope, </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">25:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">Lord</span></span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.25.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Deliver Israel, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.25.22"><span class="content">from all their troubles!</span></span></div>
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