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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ark</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood&#8212;two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.37.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He made the atonement cover of pure gold&#8212;two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Table</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 11-29</span></span></span><span class="content"> made the table of acacia wood&#8212;two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/4 feet high or about 90 centimeters long, 45 centimeters wide and 68 centimeters high</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They also made around it a rim a handbreadth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and put a gold molding on the rim. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And they made from pure gold the articles for the table&#8212;its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lampstand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand&#8212;three on one side and three on the other. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair&#8212;six branches in all. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:24 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of pure gold.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar of Incense</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.37.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.37.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:25 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 feet long and wide and 3 feet high or about 45 centimeters long and wide and 90 centimeters high</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;its horns of one piece with it. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.37.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.37.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They made two gold rings below the molding&#8212;two on each of the opposite sides&#8212;to hold the poles used to carry it. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.37.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.37.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.37.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense&#8212;the work of a perfumer.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">96</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 96</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="content">sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.96.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, praise his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="content">proclaim his salvation day after day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.96.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Declare his glory among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="content">his marvelous deeds among all peoples.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.96.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="content">he is to be feared above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.96.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For all the gods of the nations are idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.96.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Splendor and majesty are before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="content">strength and glory are in his sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.96.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you families of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="content">ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> glory and strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.96.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ascribe to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the glory due his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="content">bring an offering and come into his courts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.96.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the splendor of his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">96:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> with the splendor of</span></span></span><span class="content"> holiness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="content">tremble before him, all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.96.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Say among the nations, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">he will judge the peoples with equity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.96.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="content">let the sea resound, and all that is in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.96.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="content">let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.96.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let all creation rejoice before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he comes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">He will judge the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.96.13"><span class="content">and the peoples in his faithfulness.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">97</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 97</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="content">let the distant shores rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Clouds and thick darkness surround him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="content">righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Fire goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="content">and consumes his foes on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His lightning lights up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="content">the earth sees and trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains melt like wax before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="content">before the Lord of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The heavens proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="content">and all peoples see his glory.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who worship images are put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">those who boast in idols&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">worship him, all you gods!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Zion hears and rejoices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">and the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">because of your judgments, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are the Most High over all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="content">you are exalted far above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let those who love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hate evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">for he guards the lives of his faithful ones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Light shines</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">97:11 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Light is sown</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="content">and joy on the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you who are righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="content">and praise his holy name.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">98</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 98</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">for he has done marvelous things;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">his right hand and his holy arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">have worked salvation for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made his salvation known</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="content">and revealed his righteousness to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He has remembered his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">and his faithfulness to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">all the ends of the earth have seen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">the salvation of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="content">burst into jubilant song with music;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">make music to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="content">with the harp and the sound of singing,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">with trumpets and the blast of the ram&#8217;s horn&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="content">shout for joy before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the sea resound, and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="content">the world, and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the rivers clap their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="content">let the mountains sing together for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">let them sing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">for he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">He will judge the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">and the peoples with equity.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">99</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 99</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">let the nations tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">he sits enthroned between the cherubim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">let the earth shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="content">he is exalted over all the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let them praise your great and awesome name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="content">he is holy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The King is mighty, he loves justice&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">you have established equity;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">in Jacob you have done</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">what is just and right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Exalt the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">and worship at his footstool;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">he is holy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron were among his priests,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">Samuel was among those who called on his name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">they called on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">and he answered them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="content">they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">you answered them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">you were to Israel a forgiving God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">though you punished their misdeeds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">99:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God, / an avenger of the wrongs done to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Exalt the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="content">and worship at his holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is holy.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Married Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now for the matters you wrote about: &#8220;It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I say this as a concession, not as a command. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now to the unmarried</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">widowers</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Change of Status</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God&#8217;s commands is what counts. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Were you a slave when you were called? Don&#8217;t let it trouble you&#8212;although if you can gain your freedom, do so. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord&#8217;s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ&#8217;s slave. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning the Unmarried</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord&#8217;s mercy is trustworthy. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.7.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord&#8217;s affairs&#8212;how he can please the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world&#8212;how he can please his wife&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord&#8217;s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world&#8212;how she can please her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.7.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage</span></span></span><span class="content"> and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin&#8212;this man also does the right thing. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.7.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:36-38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">36 </span><span class="fqa">If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years </span><span class="ft">(or </span><span class="fqa">if her passions are too strong</span><span class="ft">)</span><span class="fqa">, and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. </span><span class="fv">37 </span><span class="fqa">But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried&#8212;this man also does the right thing. </span><span class="fv">38 </span><span class="fqa">So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.7.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.7.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.7.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is&#8212;and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.</span></span></div>
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