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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Festival of Trumpets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; with the ram, two-tenths</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content">; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 10 and 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span><span class="ft">; also elsewhere in this chapter</span></span></span><span class="content"> to make atonement for you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are food offerings presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, a pleasing aroma.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of Atonement</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.29.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">must fast</span></span></span><span class="content"> and do no work. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Festival of Tabernacles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.29.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">With each of the thirteen bulls offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with each of the two rams, two-tenths; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and with each of the fourteen lambs, one-tenth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.29.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the second day offer twelve young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.29.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the third day offer eleven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.29.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fourth day offer ten bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.29.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.29.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the fifth day offer nine bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.29.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.29.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.29.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.29.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the sixth day offer eight bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.29.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.29.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.29.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.29.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the seventh day offer seven bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.29.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">With the bulls, rams and lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.29.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.29.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.29.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On the eighth day hold a closing special assembly and do no regular work. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.29.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Present as an aroma pleasing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of one bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.29.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">With the bull, the ram and the lambs, offer their grain offerings and drink offerings according to the number specified. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.29.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.29.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.29.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, offer these to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at your appointed festivals: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.29.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.29.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Moses told the Israelites all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">29:40 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (29:40) is numbered 30:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Vows</span></div><div class="p"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 30:1-16 is numbered 30:2-17.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel: &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commands: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a man makes a vow to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.30.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;When a young woman still living in her father&#8217;s household makes a vow to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> or obligates herself by a pledge </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will release her because her father has forbidden her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.30.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will release her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.30.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.30.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will release her. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">30:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to fast</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.30.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These are the regulations the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him, &#8220;Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither this man nor his parents sinned,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man&#8217;s eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;wash in the Pool of Siloam&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (this word means &#8220;Sent&#8221;). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the same man who used to sit and beg?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Some claimed that he was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;No, he only looks like him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">But he himself insisted, &#8220;I am the man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then were your eyes opened?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is this man?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man&#8217;s eyes was a Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. &#8220;He put mud on my eyes,&#8221; the man replied, &#8220;and I washed, and now I see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees said, &#8220;This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">But others asked, &#8220;How can a sinner perform such signs?&#8221; So they were divided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they turned again to the blind man, &#8220;What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">The man replied, &#8220;He is a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 31</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.</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.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">deliver me in your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Turn your ear to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">come quickly to my rescue;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">a strong fortress to save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Since you are my rock and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="content">for the sake of your name lead and guide me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="content">for you are my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Into your hands I commit my spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="content">deliver me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my faithful God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I hate those who cling to worthless idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="content">as for me, I trust in the </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.31.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in your love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">for you saw my affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">and knew the anguish of my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have not given me into the hands of the enemy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="content">but have set my feet in a spacious place.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for I am in distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my eyes grow weak with sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my soul and body with grief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My life is consumed by anguish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my years by groaning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">my strength fails because of my affliction,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">guilt</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my bones grow weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Because of all my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">I am the utter contempt of my neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">and an object of dread to my closest friends&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">those who see me on the street flee from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am forgotten as though I were dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="content">I have become like broken pottery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I hear many whispering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Terror on every side!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">They conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">and plot to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But I trust in you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My times are in your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">deliver me from the hands of my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">from those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let your face shine on your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="content">save me in your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let me not be put to shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">for I have cried out to you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">but let the wicked be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">and be silent in the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let their lying lips be silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">for with pride and contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">they speak arrogantly against the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How abundant are the good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you have stored up for those who fear you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you bestow in the sight of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">on those who take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the shelter of your presence you hide them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from all human intrigues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">you keep them safe in your dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from accusing tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">for he showed me the wonders of his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">when I was in a city under siege.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In my alarm I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">&#8220;I am cut off from your sight!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">Yet you heard my cry for mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">when I called to you for help.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his faithful people!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> preserves those who are true to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">but the proud he pays back in full.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Be strong and take heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="content">all you who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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