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   <div class="book bk2KI">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="2KI.3.1+2KI.3.2+2KI.3.3+2KI.3.4+2KI.3.5+2KI.3.6+2KI.3.7+2KI.3.8+2KI.3.9+2KI.3.10+2KI.3.11+2KI.3.12+2KI.3.13+2KI.3.14+2KI.3.15+2KI.3.16+2KI.3.17+2KI.3.18+2KI.3.19+2KI.3.20+2KI.3.21+2KI.3.22+2KI.3.23+2KI.3.24+2KI.3.25+2KI.3.26+2KI.3.27">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joram</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but not as his father and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to pay the king of Israel a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: &#8220;The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.3.7"><span class="content">&#8220;I will go with you,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;By what route shall we attack?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Through the Desert of Edom,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;What!&#8221; exclaimed the king of Israel. &#8220;Has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But Jehoshaphat asked, &#8220;Is there no prophet of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> here, through whom we may inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.3.11"><span class="content">An officer of the king of Israel answered, &#8220;Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, he was Elijah&#8217;s personal servant.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jehoshaphat said, &#8220;The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with him.&#8221; So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Elisha said to the king of Israel, &#8220;Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.3.13"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; the king of Israel answered, &#8220;because it was the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who called us three kings together to deliver us into the hands of Moab.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Elisha said, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But now bring me a harpist.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.3.15"><span class="content">While the harpist was playing, the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Elisha </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and he said, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I will fill this valley with pools of water. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is an easy thing in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; he will also deliver Moab into your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was&#8212;water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2KI.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red&#8212;like blood. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2KI.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;That&#8217;s blood!&#8221; they said. &#8220;Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2KI.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2KI.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2KI.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2KI.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk2KI">
      <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="2KI.4.1+2KI.4.2+2KI.4.3+2KI.4.4+2KI.4.5+2KI.4.6+2KI.4.7+2KI.4.8+2KI.4.9+2KI.4.10+2KI.4.11+2KI.4.12+2KI.4.13+2KI.4.14+2KI.4.15+2KI.4.16+2KI.4.17">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, &#8220;Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Elisha replied to her, &#8220;How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.4.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Your servant has nothing there at all,&#8221; she said, &#8220;except a small jar of olive oil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Elisha said, &#8220;Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don&#8217;t ask for just a few. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When all the jars were full, she said to her son, &#8220;Bring me another one.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.4.6"><span class="content">But he replied, &#8220;There is not a jar left.&#8221; Then the oil stopped flowing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">She went and told the man of God, and he said, &#8220;Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Shunammite&#8217;s Son Restored to Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">She said to her husband, &#8220;I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let&#8217;s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said to his servant Gehazi, &#8220;Call the Shunammite.&#8221; So he called her, and she stood before him. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Elisha said to him, &#8220;Tell her, &#8216;You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.4.13"><span class="content">She replied, &#8220;I have a home among my own people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;What can be done for her?&#8221; Elisha asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.4.14"><span class="content">Gehazi said, &#8220;She has no son, and her husband is old.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Elisha said, &#8220;Call her.&#8221; So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;About this time next year,&#8221; Elisha said, &#8220;you will hold a son in your arms.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.4.16"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord!&#8221; she objected. &#8220;Please, man of God, don&#8217;t mislead your servant!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="ACT.14.8+ACT.14.9+ACT.14.10+ACT.14.11+ACT.14.12+ACT.14.13+ACT.14.14+ACT.14.15+ACT.14.16+ACT.14.17+ACT.14.18+ACT.14.19+ACT.14.20+ACT.14.21+ACT.14.22+ACT.14.23+ACT.14.24+ACT.14.25+ACT.14.26+ACT.14.27+ACT.14.28">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and called out, &#8220;Stand up on your feet!&#8221; At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In the past, he let all nations go their own way. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Return to Antioch in Syria</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. &#8220;We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,&#8221; they said. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Paul and Barnabas appointed elders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Barnabas ordained elders</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">Barnabas had elders elected</span></span></span><span class="content"> for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Rescue me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who devise evil plans in their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">and stir up war every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">the poison of vipers is on their lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">140:3 </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 verses 5 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from the hands of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">who devise ways to trip my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">they have spread out the cords of their net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">and have set traps for me along my path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strong deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">you shield my head in the day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not grant the wicked their desires, </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.140.8"><span class="content">do not let their plans succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">may the mischief of their lips engulf them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May burning coals fall on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">may they be thrown into the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">into miry pits, never to rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May slanderers not be established in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">may disaster hunt down the violent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> secures justice for the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">and upholds the cause of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="content">and the upright will live in your presence.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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