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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 54</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 54:1-7 is numbered 54:3-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. 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><span class="content"> of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, &#8220;Is not David hiding among us?&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God, by your name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">vindicate me by your might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">listen to the words of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">people without regard for God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">54:3 </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 v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Surely God is my help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">the Lord is the one who sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let evil recoil on those who slander me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">in your faithfulness destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">I will praise your name, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for it is good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You have delivered me from all my troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="content">and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 7</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When you sit to dine with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">note well what</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is before you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and put a knife to your throat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">if you are given to gluttony.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not crave his delicacies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">for that food is deceptive.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 8</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not wear yourself out to get rich;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">do not trust your own cleverness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">for they will surely sprout wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">and fly off to the sky like an eagle.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 9</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">do not crave his delicacies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for he is the kind of person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">who is always thinking about the cost.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for as he thinks within himself, / so he is</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">for as he puts on a feast, / so he is</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">but his heart is not with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will vomit up the little you have eaten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">and will have wasted your compliments.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 10</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not speak to fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">for they will scorn your prudent words.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 11</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for their Defender is strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">he will take up their case against you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 12</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Apply your heart to instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">and your ears to words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 13</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not withhold discipline from a child;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Punish them with the rod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">and save them from death.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 14</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, if your heart is wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">then my heart will be glad indeed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">my inmost being will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">when your lips speak what is right.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 15</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not let your heart envy sinners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">but always be zealous for the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There is surely a future hope for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 16</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">and set your heart on the right path:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not join those who drink too much wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">or gorge themselves on meat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">for drunkards and gluttons become poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">and drowsiness clothes them in rags.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 17</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Listen to your father, who gave you life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">and do not despise your mother when she is old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Buy the truth and do not sell it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">wisdom, instruction and insight as well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The father of a righteous child has great joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">May your father and mother rejoice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">may she who gave you birth be joyful!</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 18</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My son, give me your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">and let your eyes delight in my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">and a wayward wife is a narrow well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a bandit she lies in wait</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">and multiplies the unfaithful among men.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 19</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who has woe? Who has sorrow?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has strife? Who has complaints?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Those who linger over wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do not gaze at wine when it is red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it sparkles in the cup,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">when it goes down smoothly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">In the end it bites like a snake</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">and poisons like a viper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see strange sights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">and your mind will imagine confusing things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">lying on top of the rigging.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;They hit me,&#8221; you will say, &#8220;but I&#8217;m not hurt!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">They beat me, but I don&#8217;t feel it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">When will I wake up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">so I can find another drink?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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