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         <div class="label">57</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 57</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#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 he had fled from Saul into the cave.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">until the disaster has passed.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I cry out to God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="content">to God, who vindicates me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He sends from heaven and saves me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">rebuking those who hotly pursue me&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">57:3 </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 6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am in the midst of lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">men whose teeth are spears and arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">whose tongues are sharp swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They spread a net for my feet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">I was bowed down in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">They dug a pit in my path&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">but they have fallen into it themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My heart, O God, is steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">my heart is steadfast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">I will sing and make music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Awake, my soul!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">Awake, harp and lyre!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">I will awaken the dawn.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="content">I will sing of you among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="content">your faithfulness reaches to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#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></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 59</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 59:1-17 is numbered 59:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#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 Saul had sent men to watch David&#8217;s house in order to kill him.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Deliver me from my enemies, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"><span class="content">be my fortress against those who are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.59.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Deliver me from evildoers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"><span class="content">and save me from those who are after my blood.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.59.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">See how they lie in wait for me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">Fierce men conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"><span class="content">for no offense or sin of mine, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.59.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"><span class="content">Arise to help me; look on my plight!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.59.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">you who are the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">rouse yourself to punish all the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"><span class="content">show no mercy to wicked traitors.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">59:5 </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 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.59.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.59.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">See what they spew from their mouths&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">the words from their lips are sharp as swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"><span class="content">and they think, &#8220;Who can hear us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.59.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you laugh at them, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"><span class="content">you scoff at all those nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.59.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I watch for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.59.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">God will go before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"><span class="content">and will let me gloat over those who slander me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.59.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But do not kill them, Lord our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">59:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">or my people will forget.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">In your might uproot them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"><span class="content">and bring them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.59.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the sins of their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">for the words of their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">let them be caught in their pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"><span class="content">For the curses and lies they utter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.59.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">consume them in your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">consume them till they are no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">Then it will be known to the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"><span class="content">that God rules over Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.59.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They return at evening,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">snarling like dogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"><span class="content">and prowl about the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.59.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They wander about for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"><span class="content">and howl if not satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.59.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But I will sing of your strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">in the morning I will sing of your love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">for you are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"><span class="content">my refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.59.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You are my strength, I sing praise to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">you, God, are my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.59.17"><span class="content">my God on whom I can rely.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">60</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 60</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Lily of the Covenant.&#8221; 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"> of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aram Zobah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria</span></span></span><span class="content"> and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="content">you have been angry&#8212;now restore us!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have shaken the land and torn it open;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="content">mend its fractures, for it is quaking.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have shown your people desperate times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="content">you have given us wine that makes us stagger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="content">to be unfurled against the bow.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">60:4 </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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Save us and help us with your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="content">that those you love may be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God has spoken from his sanctuary:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">&#8220;In triumph I will parcel out Shechem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Ephraim is my helmet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Judah is my scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Moab is my washbasin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">on Edom I toss my sandal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">over Philistia I shout in triumph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who will bring me to the fortified city?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="content">Who will lead me to Edom?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="content">and no longer go out with our armies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Give us aid against the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="content">for human help is worthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With God we will gain the victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="content">and he will trample down our enemies.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">61</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 61</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 61:1-8 is numbered 61:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear my cry, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.61.1"><span class="content">listen to my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.61.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.61.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the ends of the earth I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.61.2"><span class="content">I call as my heart grows faint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.61.2"><span class="content">lead me to the rock that is higher than I.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.61.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For you have been my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.61.3"><span class="content">a strong tower against the foe.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.61.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.61.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I long to dwell in your tent forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.61.4"><span class="content">and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">61:4 </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="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.61.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you, God, have heard my vows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.61.5"><span class="content">you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.61.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.61.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Increase the days of the king&#8217;s life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.61.6"><span class="content">his years for many generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.61.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May he be enthroned in God&#8217;s presence forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.61.7"><span class="content">appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.61.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.61.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then I will ever sing in praise of your name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.61.8"><span class="content">and fulfill my vows day after day.</span></span></div>
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