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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. 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 Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">53</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 53</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">mahalath.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> 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.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fool says in his heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"><span class="content">there is no one who does good.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.53.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God looks down from heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">on all mankind</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">to see if there are any who understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"><span class="content">any who seek God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.53.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"><span class="content">not even one.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.53.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do all these evildoers know nothing?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="content">They devour my people as though eating bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"><span class="content">they never call on God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.53.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">where there was nothing to dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"><span class="content">you put them to shame, for God despised them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.53.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="content">When God restores his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.53.6"><span class="content">let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!</span></span></div>
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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">55</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 55</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.</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.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my prayer, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">do not ignore my plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">hear me and answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because of what my enemy is saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">because of the threats of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">for they bring down suffering on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">and assail me in their anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is in anguish within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">the terrors of death have fallen on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fear and trembling have beset me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">horror has overwhelmed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">I would fly away and be at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I would flee far away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="content">and stay in the desert;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">55:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I would hurry to my place of shelter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">far from the tempest and storm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">for I see violence and strife in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Day and night they prowl about on its walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="content">malice and abuse are within it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Destructive forces are at work in the city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="content">threats and lies never leave its streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If an enemy were insulting me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could endure it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">if a foe were rising against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">I could hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it is you, a man like myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="content">my companion, my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">at the house of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">as we walked about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="content">among the worshipers.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let death take my enemies by surprise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">for evil finds lodging among them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As for me, I call to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saves me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Evening, morning and noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">I cry out in distress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">and he hears my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He rescues me unharmed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">from the battle waged against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">even though many oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God, who is enthroned from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">who does not change&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">he will hear them and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">because they have no fear of God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My companion attacks his friends;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">he violates his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His talk is smooth as butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet war is in his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">his words are more soothing than oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">yet they are drawn swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Cast your cares on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">and he will sustain you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">he will never let</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">the righteous be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But you, God, will bring down the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">into the pit of decay;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">the bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">will not live out half their days.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">But as for me, I trust in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 56</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</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"> When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">all day long they press their attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My adversaries pursue me all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">in their pride many are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All day long they twist my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">all their schemes are for my ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They conspire, they lurk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">they watch my steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">hoping to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of their wickedness do not</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">56:7 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">do not</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> let them escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Record my misery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">list my tears on your scroll</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">56:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">misery; / put my tears in your wineskin</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">are they not in your record?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my enemies will turn back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">when I call for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">By this I will know that God is for me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">What can man do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am under vows to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">I will present my thank offerings to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have delivered me from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">and my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">that I may walk before God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">in the light of life.</span></span></div>
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