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            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Athaliah and Joash</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoram</span></span></span><span class="content"> and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Then he showed them the king&#8217;s son. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He commanded them, saying, &#8220;This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath&#8212;a third of you guarding the royal palace, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">a third at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guard, who take turns guarding the temple&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and you who are in the other two companies that normally go off Sabbath duty are all to guard the temple for the king. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Station yourselves around the king, each of you with weapon in hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">approaches the precincts</span></span></span><span class="content"> is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men&#8212;those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty&#8212;and came to Jehoiada the priest. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The guards, each with weapon in hand, stationed themselves around the king&#8212;near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jehoiada brought out the king&#8217;s son and put the crown on him; he presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and shouted, &#8220;Long live the king!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guards and the people, she went to the people at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, &#8220;Treason! Treason!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.11.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops: &#8220;Bring her out between the ranks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out from the precincts</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put to the sword anyone who follows her.&#8221; For the priest had said, &#8220;She must not be put to death in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jehoiada then made a covenant between the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the king and people that they would be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.11.18"><span class="content">Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.11.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2KI.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Joash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joash</span></span></span><span class="content"> was seven years old when he began to reign.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:21 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (11:21) is numbered 12:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch22" data-usfm="2CH.22.10+2CH.22.11+2CH.22.12">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoshabeath, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehosheba</span></span></span><span class="content"> the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah&#8217;s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.23.3"><span class="content">Jehoiada said to them, &#8220;The king&#8217;s son shall reign, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised concerning the descendants of David. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one is to enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the others are to observe the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command not to enter.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are to stand guard where the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has assigned them</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each with weapon in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.23.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men&#8212;those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty&#8212;for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king&#8212;near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.23.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king&#8217;s son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, &#8220;Long live the king!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.23.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and musicians with their instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, &#8220;Treason! Treason!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.23.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: &#8220;Bring her out between the ranks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out from the precincts</span></span></span><span class="content"> and put to the sword anyone who follows her.&#8221; For the priest had said, &#8220;Do not put her to death at the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.23.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant between the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and the people and the king that they </span><span class="ft">(see <span class="ref" usfm="2KI.11.17">2 Kings 11:17</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch47" data-usfm="PSA.47">
            <div class="label">47</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 47</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 47:1-9 is numbered 47:2-10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Clap your hands, all you nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="content">shout to God with cries of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Most High is awesome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="content">the great King over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He subdued nations under us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="content">peoples under our feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He chose our inheritance for us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="content">the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">47:4 </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"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God has ascended amid shouts of joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> amid the sounding of trumpets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sing praises to God, sing praises;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="content">sing praises to our King, sing praises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For God is the King of all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="content">sing to him a psalm of praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God reigns over the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="content">God is seated on his holy throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The nobles of the nations assemble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">as the people of the God of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">for the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">47:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shields</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the earth belong to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">he is greatly exalted.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">48</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 48</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and most worthy of praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"><span class="content">in the city of our God, his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.48.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Beautiful in its loftiness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the joy of the whole earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">like the heights of Zaphon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:2 </span><span class="fq">Zaphon </span><span class="ft">was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"><span class="content">the city of the Great King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.48.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God is in her citadels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"><span class="content">he has shown himself to be her fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.48.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the kings joined forces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"><span class="content">when they advanced together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.48.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">they saw her and were astounded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"><span class="content">they fled in terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.48.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Trembling seized them there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"><span class="content">pain like that of a woman in labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.48.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"><span class="content">shattered by an east wind.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.48.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As we have heard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">so we have seen</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">in the city of our God:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">God makes her secure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"><span class="content">forever.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">48:8 </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"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.48.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Within your temple, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"><span class="content">we meditate on your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.48.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like your name, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"><span class="content">your right hand is filled with righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.48.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mount Zion rejoices,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"><span class="content">because of your judgments.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.48.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Walk about Zion, go around her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"><span class="content">count her towers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.48.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consider well her ramparts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">view her citadels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">that you may tell of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"><span class="content">to the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.48.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For this God is our God for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.48.14"><span class="content">he will be our guide even to the end.</span></span></div>
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