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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Consecration of the Firstborn</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Moses said to the people, &#8220;Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites&#8212;the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey&#8212;you are to observe this ceremony in this month: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day tell your son, &#8216;I do this because of what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did for me when I came out of Egypt.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be on your lips. For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;After the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">you are to give over to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;In days to come, when your son asks you, &#8216;What does this mean?&#8217; say to him, &#8216;With a mighty hand the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Crossing the Sea</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, &#8220;If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, &#8220;God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:19 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 50:25.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">14</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pharaoh will think, &#8216;The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And I will harden Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; So the Israelites did this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, &#8220;What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Egyptians&#8212;all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots, horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> and troops&#8212;pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They said to Moses, &#8220;Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Didn&#8217;t we say to you in Egypt, &#8216;Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians&#8217;? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Moses answered the people, &#8220;Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will fight for you; you need only to be still.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Egyptians will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel&#8217;s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">During the last watch of the night the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He jammed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:25 </span><span class="ft">See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">removed</span></span></span><span class="content"> the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s get away from the Israelites! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is fighting for them against Egypt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> it, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swept them into the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen&#8212;the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.</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="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></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">6</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 6</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not rebuke me in your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"><span class="content">or discipline me in your wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for I am faint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"><span class="content">heal me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for my bones are in agony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My soul is in deep anguish.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how long?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turn, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"><span class="content">save me because of your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Among the dead no one proclaims your name.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"><span class="content">Who praises you from the grave?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am worn out from my groaning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="content">All night long I flood my bed with weeping</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="content">and drench my couch with tears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My eyes grow weak with sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"><span class="content">they fail because of all my foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Away from me, all you who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has heard my weeping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has heard my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> accepts my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.6.10"><span class="content">they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 7</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">shiggaion</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David, which he sang to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> concerning Cush, a Benjamite.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I take refuge in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="content">save and deliver me from all who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">or they will tear me apart like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="content">and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, if I have done this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="content">and there is guilt on my hands&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">if I have repaid my ally with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="content">or without cause have robbed my foe&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">let him trample my life to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">and make me sleep in the dust.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:5 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">rise up against the rage of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">Awake, my God; decree justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the assembled peoples gather around you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="content">while you sit enthroned over them on high.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> judge the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">Vindicate me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to my righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">according to my integrity, O Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Bring to an end the violence of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">and make the righteous secure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">you, the righteous God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">who probes minds and hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My shield</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> is God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="content">who saves the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">God is a righteous judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="content">a God who displays his wrath every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he does not relent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">If anyone does not repent, / God</span></span></span><span class="content"> will sharpen his sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">he will bend and string his bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He has prepared his deadly weapons;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="content">he makes ready his flaming arrows.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whoever is pregnant with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="content">conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="content">falls into the pit they have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trouble they cause recoils on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="content">their violence comes down on their own heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> because of his righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Most High.</span></span></div>
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