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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 22</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Doe of the Morning.&#8221; A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">Why are you so far from saving me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">so far from my cries of anguish?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">by night, but I find no rest.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">night, and am not silent</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">you are the one Israel praises.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In you our ancestors put their trust;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">they trusted and you delivered them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">To you they cried out and were saved;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">in you they trusted and were not put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But I am a worm and not a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">scorned by everyone, despised by the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who see me mock me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">they hurl insults, shaking their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;He trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221; they say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">&#8220;let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rescue him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">Let him deliver him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">since he delights in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Yet you brought me out of the womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">you made me trust in you, even at my mother&#8217;s breast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">From birth I was cast on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">from my mother&#8217;s womb you have been my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not be far from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">for trouble is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">and there is no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Many bulls surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Roaring lions that tear their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">open their mouths wide against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am poured out like water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">and all my bones are out of joint.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">My heart has turned to wax;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">it has melted within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My mouth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:15 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">strength</span></span></span><span class="content"> is dried up like a potsherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">you lay me in the dust of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Dogs surround me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">a pack of villains encircles me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">they pierce</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">me, / like a lion</span></span></span><span class="content"> my hands and my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All my bones are on display;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">people stare and gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They divide my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not be far from me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">You are my strength; come quickly to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deliver me from the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">my precious life from the power of the dogs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">save me from the horns of the wild oxen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will declare your name to my people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">in the assembly I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, praise him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For he has not despised or scorned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">the suffering of the afflicted one;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">he has not hidden his face from him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">but has listened to his cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">before those who fear you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> I will fulfill my vows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The poor will eat and be satisfied;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will praise him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">may your hearts live forever!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">will remember and turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">and all the families of the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">will bow down before him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">for dominion belongs to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">and he rules over the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">all who go down to the dust will kneel before him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">those who cannot keep themselves alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Posterity will serve him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">future generations will be told about the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They will proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">declaring to a people yet unborn:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.22.31"><span class="content">He has done it!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</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 David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">82</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 82</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God presides in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">he renders judgment among the &#8220;gods&#8221;:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend the unjust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">and show partiality to the wicked?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Defend the weak and the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rescue the weak and the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The &#8216;gods&#8217; know nothing, they understand nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">They walk about in darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I said, &#8216;You are &#8220;gods&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">you are all sons of the Most High.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But you will die like mere mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">you will fall like every other ruler.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, judge the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="content">for all the nations are your inheritance.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">112</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 112</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">112:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">Blessed are those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">who find great delight in his commands.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.112.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Their children will be mighty in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="content">the generation of the upright will be blessed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.112.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Wealth and riches are in their houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="content">and their righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.112.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="content">for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.112.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="content">who conduct their affairs with justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.112.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will never be shaken;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="content">they will be remembered forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.112.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will have no fear of bad news;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="content">their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.112.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="content">in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.112.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their righteousness endures forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">their horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">112:9 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes dignity.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be lifted high in honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.112.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked will see and be vexed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">they will gnash their teeth and waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.112.10"><span class="content">the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">142</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 142</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">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 David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cry aloud to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">I lift up my voice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I pour out before him my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">before him I tell my trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When my spirit grows faint within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">it is you who watch over my way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">In the path where I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">people have hidden a snare for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one is concerned for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">I have no refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one cares for my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cry to you, </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.142.5"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">my portion in the land of the living.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen to my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for I am in desperate need;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">rescue me from those who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for they are too strong for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Set me free from my prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">that I may praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">Then the righteous will gather about me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">because of your goodness to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A good name is more desirable than great riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rich and poor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the Maker of them all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Humility is the fear of the </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="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">its wages are riches and honor and life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Start children off on the way they should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">and even when they are old they will not turn from it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The rich rule over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">and the borrower is slave to the lender.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The generous will themselves be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">for they share their food with the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">quarrels and insults are ended.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">will have the king for a friend.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> keep watch over knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion outside!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll be killed in the public square!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">a man who is under the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath falls into it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">and one who gives gifts to the rich&#8212;both come to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Thirty Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">apply your heart to what I teach,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">and have all of them ready on your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So that your trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I teach you today, even you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have I not written thirty sayings for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">sayings of counsel and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">so that you bring back truthful reports</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">to those you serve?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not exploit the poor because they are poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">and do not crush the needy in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take up their case</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">and will exact life for life.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 3</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">do not associate with one easily angered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">or you may learn their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">and get yourself ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 4</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">or puts up security for debts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">if you lack the means to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">your very bed will be snatched from under you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 5</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">set up by your ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 6</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do you see someone skilled in their work?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">They will serve before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">they will not serve before officials of low rank.</span></span></div>
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