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         <div class="label">64</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 64</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.</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.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"><span class="content">protect my life from the threat of the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.64.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"><span class="content">from the plots of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.64.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They sharpen their tongues like swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"><span class="content">and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.64.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They shoot from ambush at the innocent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"><span class="content">they shoot suddenly, without fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.64.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They encourage each other in evil plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they talk about hiding their snares;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"><span class="content">they say, &#8220;Who will see it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">64:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.64.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They plot injustice and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">&#8220;We have devised a perfect plan!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"><span class="content">Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.64.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But God will shoot them with his arrows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"><span class="content">they will suddenly be struck down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.64.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He will turn their own tongues against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">and bring them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"><span class="content">all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.64.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All people will fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">they will proclaim the works of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"><span class="content">and ponder what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.64.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">and take refuge in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.64.10"><span class="content">all the upright in heart will glory in him!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moral Benefits of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you accept my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">turning your ear to wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">and applying your heart to understanding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">indeed, if you call out for insight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">and cry aloud for understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if you look for it as for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">and search for it as for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then you will understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">and find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He holds success in store for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for he guards the course of the just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">and protects the way of his faithful ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will understand what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">and fair&#8212;every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For wisdom will enter your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion will protect you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">and understanding will guard you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">from men whose words are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who have left the straight paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">to walk in dark ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who delight in doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">whose paths are crooked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">and who are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who has left the partner of her youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">and ignored the covenant she made before God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant of her God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely her house leads down to death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">and her paths to the spirits of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None who go to her return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">or attain the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thus you will walk in the ways of the good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright will live in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">and the blameless will remain in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">and the unfaithful will be torn from it.</span></span></div>
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