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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. &#8220;They have credited David with tens of thousands,&#8221; he thought, &#8220;but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.18.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The next day an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a harmful</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and he hurled it, saying to himself, &#8220;I&#8217;ll pin David to the wall.&#8221; But David eluded him twice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.18.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Saul was afraid of David, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with David but had departed from Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In everything he did he had great success, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Saul said to David, &#8220;Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; For Saul said to himself, &#8220;I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.18.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But David said to Saul, &#8220;Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king&#8217;s son-in-law?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">However,</span></span></span><span class="content"> when the time came for Merab, Saul&#8217;s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.18.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now Saul&#8217;s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will give her to him,&#8221; he thought, &#8220;so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.&#8221; So Saul said to David, &#8220;Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.18.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Saul ordered his attendants: &#8220;Speak to David privately and say, &#8216;Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.18.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They repeated these words to David. But David said, &#8220;Do you think it is a small matter to become the king&#8217;s son-in-law? I&#8217;m only a poor man and little known.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.18.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Saul&#8217;s servants told him what David had said, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Saul replied, &#8220;Say to David, &#8216;The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Saul&#8217;s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.18.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king&#8217;s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king&#8217;s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.18.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Saul realized that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.18.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1SA.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul&#8217;s officers, and his name became well known.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Tries to Kill David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and warned him, &#8220;My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I&#8217;ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.19.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, &#8220;Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.19.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, David will not be put to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.19.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.19.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But an evil</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">But a harmful</span></span></span><span class="content"> spirit from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.19.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Saul sent men to David&#8217;s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David&#8217;s wife, warned him, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you&#8217;ll be killed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats&#8217; hair at the head.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.19.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, &#8220;He is ill.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.19.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, &#8220;Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats&#8217; hair.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.19.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Saul said to Michal, &#8220;Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"><span class="content">Michal told him, &#8220;He said to me, &#8216;Let me get away. Why should I kill you?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.19.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Word came to Saul: &#8220;David is in Naioth at Ramah&#8221;; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul&#8217;s men, and they also prophesied. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, &#8220;Where are Samuel and David?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Over in Naioth at Ramah,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.19.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel&#8217;s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, &#8220;Is Saul also among the prophets?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">5</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 5</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my words, </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.5.1"><span class="content">consider my lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">for to you I pray.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the morning, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">in the morning I lay my requests before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">and wait expectantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">with you, evil people are not welcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant cannot stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">You hate all who do wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you destroy those who tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">The bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, detest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But I, by your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">can come into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">in reverence I bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">because of my enemies&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">make your way straight before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">their heart is filled with malice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">Their throat is an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">with their tongues they tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Declare them guilty, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Let their intrigues be their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Banish them for their many sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">for they have rebelled against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But let all who take refuge in you be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">let them ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">Spread your protection over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">that those who love your name may rejoice in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Surely, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you bless the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="content">you surround them with your favor as with a shield.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">59</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 59</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 59:1-17 is numbered 59:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</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"> When Saul had sent men to watch David&#8217;s house in order to kill him.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Deliver me from my enemies, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="content">be my fortress against those who are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Deliver me from evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="content">and save me from those who are after my blood.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">See how they lie in wait for me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">Fierce men conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">for no offense or sin of mine, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="content">Arise to help me; look on my plight!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">you who are the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">rouse yourself to punish all the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">show no mercy to wicked traitors.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">59:5 </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 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">See what they spew from their mouths&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">the words from their lips are sharp as swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">and they think, &#8220;Who can hear us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you laugh at them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="content">you scoff at all those nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I watch for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">God will go before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">and will let me gloat over those who slander me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But do not kill them, Lord our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">59:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">or my people will forget.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">In your might uproot them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">and bring them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the sins of their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">for the words of their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">let them be caught in their pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">For the curses and lies they utter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consume them in your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">consume them till they are no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">Then it will be known to the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">that God rules over Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They wander about for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="content">and howl if not satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But I will sing of your strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">in the morning I will sing of your love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">for you are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">my refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I sing praise to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div>
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