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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do the nations conspire</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">rage</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">and the peoples plot in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth rise up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">and the rulers band together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against his anointed, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us break their chains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">and throw off their shackles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The One enthroned in heaven laughs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">the Lord scoffs at them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebukes them in his anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have installed my king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">on Zion, my holy mountain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will proclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s decree:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;You are my son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">today I have become your father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ask me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">and I will make the nations your inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">the ends of the earth your possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You will break them with a rod of iron</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will rule them with an iron scepter </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint and Syriac)</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">you will dash them to pieces like pottery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, you kings, be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">be warned, you rulers of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">and celebrate his rule with trembling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kiss his son, or he will be angry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">and your way will lead to your destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">for his wrath can flare up in a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">Blessed are all who take refuge in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 32</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. 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></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">whose sin the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not count against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and in whose spirit is no deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones wasted away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">through my groaning all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">your hand was heavy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">my strength was sapped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">as in the heat of summer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I acknowledged my sin to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">and did not cover up my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will confess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my transgressions to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And you forgave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">the guilt of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the faithful pray to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">while you may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">surely the rising of the mighty waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">will not reach them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are my hiding place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">you will protect me from trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">and surround me with songs of deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be like the horse or the mule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">which have no understanding</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">but must be controlled by bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">or they will not come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many are the woes of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">surrounds the one who trusts in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and be glad, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">sing, all you who are upright in heart!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">62</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 62</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 62:1-12 is numbered 62:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Truly my soul finds rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"><span class="content">my salvation comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.62.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.62.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long will you assault me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">Would all of you throw me down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"><span class="content">this leaning wall, this tottering fence?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.62.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely they intend to topple me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">from my lofty place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">they take delight in lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">With their mouths they bless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"><span class="content">but in their hearts they curse.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:4 </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 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.62.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yes, my soul, find rest in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"><span class="content">my hope comes from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.62.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Truly he is my rock and my salvation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"><span class="content">he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.62.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My salvation and my honor depend on God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">62:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ God Most High is my salvation and my honor</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"><span class="content">he is my mighty rock, my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.62.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Trust in him at all times, you people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">pour out your hearts to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"><span class="content">for God is our refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.62.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the lowborn are but a breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">the highborn are but a lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"><span class="content">together they are only a breath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.62.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not trust in extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">or put vain hope in stolen goods;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">though your riches increase,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"><span class="content">do not set your heart on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.62.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One thing God has spoken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">two things I have heard:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Power belongs to you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.62.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and with you, Lord, is unfailing love&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">and, &#8220;You reward everyone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.62.12"><span class="content">according to what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">92</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 92</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 92:1-15 is numbered 92:2-16.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It is good to praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="content">and make music to your name, O Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">proclaiming your love in the morning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="content">and your faithfulness at night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">to the music of the ten-stringed lyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="content">and the melody of the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you make me glad by your deeds, </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.92.4"><span class="content">I sing for joy at what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How great are your works, </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.92.5"><span class="content">how profound your thoughts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Senseless people do not know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="content">fools do not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">that though the wicked spring up like grass</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">and all evildoers flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">they will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are forever exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For surely your enemies, </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.92.9"><span class="content">surely your enemies will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">all evildoers will be scattered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have exalted my horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">92:10 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> like that of a wild ox;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="content">fine oils have been poured on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="content">my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="content">they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">planted in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="content">they will flourish in the courts of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They will still bear fruit in old age,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="content">they will stay fresh and green,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">proclaiming, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is upright;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="content">he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">122</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 122</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I rejoiced with those who said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.122.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our feet are standing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"><span class="content">in your gates, Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.122.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jerusalem is built like a city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"><span class="content">that is closely compacted together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.122.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">That is where the tribes go up&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">the tribes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">to praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"><span class="content">according to the statute given to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.122.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There stand the thrones for judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"><span class="content">the thrones of the house of David.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.122.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who love you be secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.122.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May there be peace within your walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"><span class="content">and security within your citadels.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.122.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the sake of my family and friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"><span class="content">I will say, &#8220;Peace be within you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.122.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.122.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For the sake of the house of 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.122.9"><span class="content">I will seek your prosperity.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moral Benefits of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you accept my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">turning your ear to wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">and applying your heart to understanding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">indeed, if you call out for insight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">and cry aloud for understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if you look for it as for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">and search for it as for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then you will understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">and find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He holds success in store for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for he guards the course of the just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">and protects the way of his faithful ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will understand what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">and fair&#8212;every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For wisdom will enter your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion will protect you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">and understanding will guard you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">from men whose words are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who have left the straight paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">to walk in dark ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who delight in doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">whose paths are crooked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">and who are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who has left the partner of her youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">and ignored the covenant she made before God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant of her God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely her house leads down to death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">and her paths to the spirits of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None who go to her return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">or attain the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thus you will walk in the ways of the good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright will live in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">and the blameless will remain in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">and the unfaithful will be torn from it.</span></span></div>
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