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         <div class="label">94</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 94</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God who avenges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"><span class="content">O God who avenges, shine forth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.94.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rise up, Judge of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"><span class="content">pay back to the proud what they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.94.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"><span class="content">how long will the wicked be jubilant?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.94.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They pour out arrogant words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"><span class="content">all the evildoers are full of boasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.94.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They crush your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"><span class="content">they oppress your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.94.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They slay the widow and the foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"><span class="content">they murder the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.94.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob takes no notice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.94.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"><span class="content">you fools, when will you become wise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.94.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"><span class="content">Does he who formed the eye not see?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.94.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Does he who disciplines nations not punish?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"><span class="content">Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.94.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> knows all human plans;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"><span class="content">he knows that they are futile.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.94.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one you discipline, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"><span class="content">the one you teach from your law;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.94.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">you grant them relief from days of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"><span class="content">till a pit is dug for the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.94.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not reject his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"><span class="content">he will never forsake his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.94.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"><span class="content">and all the upright in heart will follow it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.94.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Who will rise up for me against the wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"><span class="content">Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.94.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Unless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given me help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"><span class="content">I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.94.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I said, &#8220;My foot is slipping,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"><span class="content">your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, supported me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.94.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When anxiety was great within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"><span class="content">your consolation brought me joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.94.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can a corrupt throne be allied with you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"><span class="content">a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.94.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wicked band together against the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"><span class="content">and condemn the innocent to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.94.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has become my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"><span class="content">and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.94.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He will repay them for their sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">and destroy them for their wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.94.23"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will destroy them.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="PRO.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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