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            <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, &#8220;What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.20.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never!&#8221; Jonathan replied. &#8220;You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn&#8217;t do anything, great or small, without letting me know. Why would he hide this from me? It isn&#8217;t so!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.20.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But David took an oath and said, &#8220;Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, &#8216;Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.&#8217; Yet as surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.20.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Whatever you want me to do, I&#8217;ll do for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.20.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So David said, &#8220;Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If your father misses me at all, tell him, &#8216;David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If he says, &#8216;Very well,&#8217; then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.20.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never!&#8221; Jonathan said. &#8220;If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn&#8217;t I tell you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.20.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">David asked, &#8220;Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.20.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; Jonathan said, &#8220;let&#8217;s go out into the field.&#8221; So they went there together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.20.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan said to David, &#8220;I swear by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, that I will surely sound out my father by this time the day after tomorrow! If he is favorably disposed toward you, will I not send you word and let you know? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But if my father intends to harm you, may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be with you as he has been with my father. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But show me unfailing kindness like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family&#8212;not even when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has cut off every one of David&#8217;s enemies from the face of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.20.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> call David&#8217;s enemies to account.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.20.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then I will send a boy and say, &#8216;Go, find the arrows.&#8217; If I say to him, &#8216;Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them here,&#8217; then come, because, as surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, you are safe; there is no danger. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But if I say to the boy, &#8216;Look, the arrows are beyond you,&#8217; then you must go, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent you away. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And about the matter you and I discussed&#8212;remember, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is witness between you and me forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.20.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast came, the king sat down to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:25 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">wall. Jonathan arose</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Abner sat next to Saul, but David&#8217;s place was empty. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, &#8220;Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean&#8212;surely he is unclean.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But the next day, the second day of the month, David&#8217;s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, &#8220;Why hasn&#8217;t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.20.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jonathan answered, &#8220;David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He said, &#8216;Let me go, because our family is observing a sacrifice in the town and my brother has ordered me to be there. If I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away to see my brothers.&#8217; That is why he has not come to the king&#8217;s table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.20.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1SA.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, &#8220;You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don&#8217;t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1SA.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1SA.20.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1SA.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why should he be put to death? What has he done?&#8221; Jonathan asked his father. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.20.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father&#8217;s shameful treatment of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.20.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1SA.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1SA.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">and he said to the boy, &#8220;Run and find the arrows I shoot.&#8221; As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1SA.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the boy came to the place where Jonathan&#8217;s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t the arrow beyond you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1SA.20.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then he shouted, &#8220;Hurry! Go quickly! Don&#8217;t stop!&#8221; The boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1SA.20.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">(The boy knew nothing about all this; only Jonathan and David knew.) </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.20.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said, &#8220;Go, carry them back to town.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.20.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1SA.20.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together&#8212;but David wept the most.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1SA.20.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1SA.20.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Jonathan said to David, &#8220;Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, saying, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">20:42 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this sentence (20:42b) is numbered 21:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 11</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">How then can you say to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Flee like a bird to your mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For look, the wicked bend their bows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">they set their arrows against the strings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">to shoot from the shadows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">at the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the foundations are being destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">what can the righteous do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on his heavenly throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">He observes everyone on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">his eyes examine them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> examines the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked, those who love violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">he hates with a passion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the wicked he will rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">fiery coals and burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">a scorching wind will be their lot.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">he loves justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">the upright will see his face.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">64</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 64</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">protect my life from the threat of the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">from the plots of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They sharpen their tongues like swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They shoot from ambush at the innocent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">they shoot suddenly, without fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They encourage each other in evil plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they talk about hiding their snares;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they say, &#8220;Who will see it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">64:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They plot injustice and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">&#8220;We have devised a perfect plan!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But God will shoot them with his arrows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">they will suddenly be struck down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will turn their own tongues against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">and bring them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All people will fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">they will proclaim the works of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">and ponder what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">and take refuge in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">all the upright in heart will glory in him!</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">26</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 26</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Vindicate me, </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.26.1"><span class="content">for I have led a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">I have trusted in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"><span class="content">and have not faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.26.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Test me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and try me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"><span class="content">examine my heart and my mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.26.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"><span class="content">and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.26.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I do not sit with the deceitful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"><span class="content">nor do I associate with hypocrites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.26.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I abhor the assembly of evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"><span class="content">and refuse to sit with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.26.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wash my hands in innocence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"><span class="content">and go about your altar, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.26.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">proclaiming aloud your praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"><span class="content">and telling of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.26.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I love the house where you live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"><span class="content">the place where your glory dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.26.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not take away my soul along with sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"><span class="content">my life with those who are bloodthirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.26.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in whose hands are wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"><span class="content">whose right hands are full of bribes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.26.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I lead a blameless life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"><span class="content">deliver me and be merciful to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.26.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My feet stand on level ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.26.12"><span class="content">in the great congregation I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">36</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 36</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I have a message from God in my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">36:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">There is no fear of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"><span class="content">before their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.36.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In their own eyes they flatter themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"><span class="content">too much to detect or hate their sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.36.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"><span class="content">they fail to act wisely or do good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.36.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even on their beds they plot evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="content">they commit themselves to a sinful course</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"><span class="content">and do not reject what is wrong.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.36.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reaches to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"><span class="content">your faithfulness to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.36.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="content">your justice like the great deep.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve both people and animals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.36.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"><span class="content">People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.36.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They feast on the abundance of your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"><span class="content">you give them drink from your river of delights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.36.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For with you is the fountain of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"><span class="content">in your light we see light.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.36.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Continue your love to those who know you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"><span class="content">your righteousness to the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.36.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the foot of the proud not come against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"><span class="content">nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.36.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">See how the evildoers lie fallen&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.36.12"><span class="content">thrown down, not able to rise!</span></span></div>
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