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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Priestly Garments</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary. They also made sacred garments for Aaron, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ephod</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.39.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">39:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7, 8 and 22</span></span></span><span class="content"> made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen&#8212;the work of skilled hands. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Its skillfully woven waistband was like it&#8212;of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.39.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Breastpiece</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.39.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They fashioned the breastpiece&#8212;the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It was square&#8212;a span</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">39:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> long and a span wide&#8212;and folded double. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">39:13 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> They were mounted in gold filigree settings. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.39.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod&#8212;as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Other Priestly Garments</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.39.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth&#8212;the work of a weaver&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">39:23 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.39.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen&#8212;the work of a weaver&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and the turban of fine linen, the linen caps and the undergarments of finely twisted linen. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The sash was made of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn&#8212;the work of an embroiderer&#8212;as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.39.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They made the plate, the sacred emblem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.39.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Inspects the Tabernacle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.39.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.39.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.39.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.39.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">39:34 </span><span class="ft">Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the shielding curtain; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.39.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover; </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.39.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EXO.39.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its accessories, and the olive oil for the light; </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EXO.39.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent; </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="EXO.39.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="EXO.39.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="EXO.39.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">and the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="EXO.39.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="EXO.39.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The Israelites had done all the work just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="EXO.39.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded. So Moses blessed them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Setting Up the Tabernacle</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.40.1"><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.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.40.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.40.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.40.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Moses did everything just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.40.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.40.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.40.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and set out the bread on it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.40.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.40.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and set up the lamps before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.40.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.40.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Moses placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.40.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and burned fragrant incense on it, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.40.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.40.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.40.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.40.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.40.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.40.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.40.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.40.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.40.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.40.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.40.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> filled the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.40.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> filled the tabernacle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.40.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.40.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="EXO.40.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out&#8212;until the day it lifted. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="EXO.40.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">So the cloud of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.</span></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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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 32</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil.</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></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">whose sin the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not count against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and in whose spirit is no deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones wasted away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">through my groaning all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">your hand was heavy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">my strength was sapped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">as in the heat of summer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I acknowledged my sin to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">and did not cover up my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will confess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my transgressions to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And you forgave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">the guilt of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the faithful pray to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">while you may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">surely the rising of the mighty waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">will not reach them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are my hiding place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">you will protect me from trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">and surround me with songs of deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be like the horse or the mule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">which have no understanding</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">but must be controlled by bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">or they will not come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many are the woes of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">surrounds the one who trusts in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and be glad, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">sing, all you who are upright in heart!</span></span></div>
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