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         <div class="label">72</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 72</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of Solomon.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Endow the king with your justice, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="content">the royal son with your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.72.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May he judge your people in righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="content">your afflicted ones with justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.72.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="content">the hills the fruit of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.72.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May he defend the afflicted among the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">and save the children of the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">may he crush the oppressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.72.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May he endure</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:5 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">You will be feared</span></span></span><span class="content"> as long as the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="content">as long as the moon, through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.72.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May he be like rain falling on a mown field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="content">like showers watering the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.72.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In his days may the righteous flourish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="content">and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.72.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May he rule from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="content">and from the River</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.72.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May the desert tribes bow before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="content">and his enemies lick the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.72.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">bring tribute to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">May the kings of Sheba and Seba</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">present him gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.72.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May all kings bow down to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="content">and all nations serve him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.72.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For he will deliver the needy who cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="content">the afflicted who have no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.72.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will take pity on the weak and the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="content">and save the needy from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.72.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will rescue them from oppression and violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="content">for precious is their blood in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.72.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Long may he live!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">May gold from Sheba be given him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">May people ever pray for him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">and bless him all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.72.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May grain abound throughout the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">on the tops of the hills may it sway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">May the crops flourish like Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">and thrive</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:16 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lebanon, / from the city</span></span></span><span class="content"> like the grass of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.72.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May his name endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">may it continue as long as the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">Then all nations will be blessed through him,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">72:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will use his name in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see Gen. 48:20)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">and they will call him blessed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.72.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="content">who alone does marvelous deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.72.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to his glorious name forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">may the whole earth be filled with his glory.</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">Amen and Amen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.72.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.72.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of King Lemuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of King Lemuel&#8212;an inspired utterance his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not spend your strength</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wealth</span></span></span><span class="content"> on women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">your vigor on those who ruin kings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is not for kings, Lemuel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">it is not for kings to drink wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">not for rulers to crave beer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let beer be for those who are perishing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">wine for those who are in anguish!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them drink and forget their poverty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">and remember their misery no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">for the rights of all who are destitute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak up and judge fairly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">defend the rights of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content"> A wife of noble character who can find?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">She is worth far more than rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Her husband has full confidence in her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">and lacks nothing of value.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She brings him good, not harm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">all the days of her life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She selects wool and flax</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">and works with eager hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She is like the merchant ships,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">bringing her food from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She gets up while it is still night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">she provides food for her family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">and portions for her female servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She considers a field and buys it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">She sets about her work vigorously;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">her arms are strong for her tasks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She sees that her trading is profitable,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">and her lamp does not go out at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In her hand she holds the distaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">and grasps the spindle with her fingers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She opens her arms to the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">and extends her hands to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When it snows, she has no fear for her household;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">for all of them are clothed in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">She makes coverings for her bed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">she is clothed in fine linen and purple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Her husband is respected at the city gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She makes linen garments and sells them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">and supplies the merchants with sashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">She is clothed with strength and dignity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">she can laugh at the days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She speaks with wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">and faithful instruction is on her tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">She watches over the affairs of her household</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">and does not eat the bread of idleness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Her children arise and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">her husband also, and he praises her:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many women do noble things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">but you surpass them all.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">but a woman who fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Honor her for all that her hands have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.</span></span></div>
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