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    <div class="book bk1CH">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="1CH.13">
            <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bringing Back the Ark</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, &#8220;If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">we neglected</span></span></span><span class="content"> it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> during the reign of Saul.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is enthroned between the cherubim&#8212;the ark that is called by the Name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.13.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They moved the ark of God from Abinadab&#8217;s house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.13.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.13.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David was angry because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:11 </span><span class="fq">Perez Uzzah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">outbreak </span><span class="fq">against Uzzah</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">David was afraid of God that day and asked, &#8220;How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed his household and everything he had.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk1CH">
        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="1CH.15">
            <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then David said, &#8220;No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> chose them to carry the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and to minister before him forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.15.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the place he had prepared for it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.15.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Kohath,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"><span class="content">Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.15.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Merari,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"><span class="content">Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.15.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Gershon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Gershom, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Gershon</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"><span class="content">Joel the leader and 130 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.15.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Elizaphan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"><span class="content">Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.15.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Hebron,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"><span class="content">Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.15.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the descendants of Uzziel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"><span class="content">Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.15.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.15.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.15.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Three Hebrew manuscripts and most Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 20 and 16:5); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Zechariah son and </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">Zechariah, Ben and</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint (see also verse 21) </span><span class="fqa">Jeiel and Azaziah</span></span></span><span class="content"> the gatekeepers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.15.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Zechariah, Jaaziel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">See verse 18; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Aziel</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jaaziel</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">15:21 </span><span class="ft">Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.15.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.15.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with shouts, with the sounding of rams&#8217; horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.15.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="2SA.6">
            <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David again brought together all the able young men of Israel&#8212;thirty thousand. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He and all his men went to Baalah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, Kiriath Jearim (see <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.13.6">1 Chron. 13:6</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have </span><span class="fqa">the Name.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">with the ark of God on it,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:3,4 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">cart </span><span class="fv">4 </span><span class="fqa">and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Ahio was walking in front of it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with castanets,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:5 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also <span class="ref" usfm="1CH.13.8">1 Chron. 13:8</span>) </span><span class="fqa">songs</span></span></span><span class="content"> harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.6.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.6.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then David was angry because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:8 </span><span class="fq">Perez Uzzah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">outbreak against Uzzah.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.6.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">David was afraid of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that day and said, &#8220;How can the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> ever come to me?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was not willing to take the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed him and his entire household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.6.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now King David was told, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.&#8221; So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When those who were carrying the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all his might, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with shouts and the sound of trumpets.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.6.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, she despised him in her heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.6.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They brought the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.6.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, &#8220;How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.6.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">David said to Michal, &#8220;It was before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people Israel&#8212;I will celebrate before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.6.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="1CH.16">
            <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ministering Before the Ark</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.16.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to extol,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">petition</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">invoke</span></span></span><span class="content"> thank, and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel: </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:5 </span><span class="ft">See 15:18,20; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jeiel</span><span class="ft">, possibly another name for </span><span class="fq">Jaaziel</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.16.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in this manner:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.16.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.16.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.16.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.16.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.16.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.16.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He is 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 v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.16.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He remembers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:15 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.105.8">Psalm 105:8</span>); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Remember</span></span></span><span class="content"> his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.16.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.16.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.16.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.16.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.16.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:18-20 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.105.12">Psalm 105:12</span>); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">inherit, / </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.&#8221; / </span><span class="fv">20 </span><span class="fqa">They</span></span></span><span class="content"> wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.16.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.16.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.16.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><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="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"><span class="content">proclaim his salvation day after day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.16.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Declare his glory among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"><span class="content">his marvelous deeds among all peoples.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.16.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"><span class="label">25</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 v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"><span class="content">he is to be feared above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.16.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For all the gods of the nations are idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"><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 v26" data-usfm="1CH.16.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Splendor and majesty are before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"><span class="content">strength and joy are in his dwelling place.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.16.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"><span class="label">28</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 v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"><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 v28" data-usfm="1CH.16.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><span class="label">29</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 v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><span class="content">bring an offering and come before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"><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">16:29 </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 v29" data-usfm="1CH.16.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Tremble before him, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"><span class="content">The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.16.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"><span class="content">let them 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="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.16.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"><span class="content">let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.16.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Let the trees of the forest sing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="content">let them sing for joy before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"><span class="content">for he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CH.16.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CH.16.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Cry out, &#8220;Save us, God our Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">gather us and deliver us from the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">that we may give thanks to your holy name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"><span class="content">and glory in your praise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.16.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"><span class="content">Then all the people said &#8220;Amen&#8221; and &#8220;Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.16.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.16.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to minister there regularly, according to each day&#8217;s requirements. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.16.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.16.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.16.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at the high place in Gibeon </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.16.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">to present burnt offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which he had given Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.16.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for his love endures forever.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.16.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.16.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.16.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Then all the people left, each for their own home, and David returned home to bless his family.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch68" data-usfm="PSA.68">
            <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 68</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">may his foes flee before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">as wax melts before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">may the wicked perish before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But may the righteous be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">and rejoice before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">may they be happy and joyful.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">extol him who rides on the clouds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">is God in his holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God sets the lonely in families,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the desolate in a homeland</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When you, God, went out before your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">when you marched through the wilderness,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:7 </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 19 and 32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You gave abundant showers, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your people settled in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Lord announces the word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">the women at home divide the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> scattered the kings in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will dwell forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The chariots of God are tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">and thousands of thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you took many captives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you received gifts from people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">even from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gifts for people, / even</span></span></span><span class="content"> the rebellious&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">that you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">they</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, might dwell there.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">who daily bears our burdens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our God is a God who saves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">from the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes escape from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your procession, God, has come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Praise God in the great congregation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the assembly of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Summon your power, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Your God has summoned power for you</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Because of your temple at Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">kings will bring you gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envoys will come from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">68:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> will submit herself to God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">sing praise to the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">who thunders with mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Proclaim the power of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose majesty is over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose power is in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">Praise be to God!</span></span></div>
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