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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Tamar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But Er, Judah&#8217;s firstborn, was wicked in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sight; so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Judah said to Onan, &#8220;Sleep with your brother&#8217;s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother&#8217;s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">What he did was wicked in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sight; so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, &#8220;Live as a widow in your father&#8217;s household until my son Shelah grows up.&#8221; For he thought, &#8220;He may die too, just like his brothers.&#8221; So Tamar went to live in her father&#8217;s household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After a long time Judah&#8217;s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Tamar was told, &#8220;Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">she took off her widow&#8217;s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, &#8220;Come now, let me sleep with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="content">&#8220;And what will you give me to sleep with you?&#8221; she asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;ll send you a young goat from my flock,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?&#8221; she asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;What pledge should I give you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.38.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,&#8221; she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow&#8217;s clothes again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He asked the men who lived there, &#8220;Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="content">&#8220;There hasn&#8217;t been any shrine prostitute here,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So he went back to Judah and said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, &#8216;There hasn&#8217;t been any shrine prostitute here.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Judah said, &#8220;Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn&#8217;t find her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">About three months later Judah was told, &#8220;Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="content">Judah said, &#8220;Bring her out and have her burned to death!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. &#8220;I am pregnant by the man who owns these,&#8221; she said. And she added, &#8220;See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Judah recognized them and said, &#8220;She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn&#8217;t give her to my son Shelah.&#8221; And he did not sleep with her again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, &#8220;This one came out first.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, &#8220;So this is how you have broken out!&#8221; And he was named Perez.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:29 </span><span class="fq">Perez </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">breaking out.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:30 </span><span class="fq">Zerah </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fq">scarlet </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">brightness.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 41</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers them in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> protects and preserves them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">they are counted among the blessed in the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains them on their sickbed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">and restores them from their bed of illness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Have mercy on me, </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.41.4"><span class="content">heal me, for I have sinned against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My enemies say of me in malice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">&#8220;When will he die and his name perish?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When one of them comes to see me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">then he goes out and spreads it around.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All my enemies whisper together against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">they imagine the worst for me, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;A vile disease has afflicted him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">he will never get up from the place where he lies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Even my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">someone I trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">one who shared my bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">has turned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">has lifted up his heel</span></span></span><span class="content"> against me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But may you have mercy on me, </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="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">raise me up, that I may repay them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I know that you are pleased with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">for my enemy does not triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Because of my integrity you uphold me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">and set me in your presence forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">Amen and Amen.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK II</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span>Psalms 42&#8211;72</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 42</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" data-usfm="PSA.42">42</span><span class="heading"> and </span><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.43">43</span><span class="heading"> constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts </span><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.42.1+PSA.42.2+PSA.42.3+PSA.42.4+PSA.42.5+PSA.42.6+PSA.42.7+PSA.42.8+PSA.42.9+PSA.42.10+PSA.42.11">42:1-11</span><span class="heading"> is numbered 42:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. 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"> of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As the deer pants for streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">so my soul pants for you, my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">When can I go and meet with God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My tears have been my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">while people say to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These things I remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">as I pour out my soul:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">how I used to go to the house of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">under the protection of the Mighty One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:4 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">with shouts of joy and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">among the festive throng.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><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.42.5"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My soul is downcast within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">therefore I will remember you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">from the land of the Jordan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">the heights of Hermon&#8212;from Mount Mizar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Deep calls to deep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">in the roar of your waterfalls;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">all your waves and breakers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">have swept over me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> directs his love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">at night his song is with me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">a prayer to the God of my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I say to God my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Why have you forgotten me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">Why must I go about mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">oppressed by the enemy?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My bones suffer mortal agony</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">as my foes taunt me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">saying to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div>
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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" data-usfm="PSA.42">42</span><span class="heading"> and </span><span class="ref" data-usfm="PSA.43">43</span><span class="heading"> constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.43.4"><span class="content">  </span></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">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Ten Virgins</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Five of them were foolish and five were wise.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At midnight the cry rang out: &#8216;Here&#8217;s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The foolish ones said to the wise, &#8216;Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No,&#8217; they replied, &#8216;there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Later the others also came. &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; they said, &#8216;open the door for us!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he replied, &#8216;Truly I tell you, I don&#8217;t know you.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.25.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Bags of Gold</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.25.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">five talents&#8230; two talents&#8230; one talent</span><span class="ft">; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer&#8217;s wage.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master&#8217;s money.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The man with two bags of gold also came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sheep and the Goats</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the King will say to those on his right, &#8216;Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.25.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.25.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the righteous will answer him, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.25.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The King will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.25.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he will say to those on his left, &#8216;Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.25.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;They also will answer, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.25.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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