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         <div class="label">99</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 99</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">let the nations tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">he sits enthroned between the cherubim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">let the earth shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.99.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="content">he is exalted over all the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.99.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let them praise your great and awesome name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="content">he is holy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.99.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The King is mighty, he loves justice&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">you have established equity;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">in Jacob you have done</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">what is just and right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.99.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Exalt the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">and worship at his footstool;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">he is holy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.99.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron were among his priests,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">Samuel was among those who called on his name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">they called on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">and he answered them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.99.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="content">they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.99.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">you answered them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">you were to Israel a forgiving God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">though you punished their misdeeds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">99:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God, / an avenger of the wrongs done to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.99.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Exalt the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="content">and worship at his holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.99.9"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God is holy.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">50</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Sin and the Servant&#8217;s Obedience</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your mother&#8217;s certificate of divorce</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">with which I sent her away?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">Or to which of my creditors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">did I sell you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">Because of your sins you were sold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.50.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I came, why was there no one?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">When I called, why was there no one to answer?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">Was my arm too short to deliver you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">Do I lack the strength to rescue you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">I turn rivers into a desert;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">their fish rot for lack of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">and die of thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.50.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.50.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I clothe the heavens with darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.50.3"><span class="content">and make sackcloth its covering.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.50.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.50.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given me a well-instructed tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.50.4"><span class="content">to know the word that sustains the weary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.50.4"><span class="content">He wakens me morning by morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.50.4"><span class="content">wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.50.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.50.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has opened my ears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.50.5"><span class="content">I have not been rebellious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.50.5"><span class="content">I have not turned away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.50.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.50.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I offered my back to those who beat me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.50.6"><span class="content">my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.50.6"><span class="content">I did not hide my face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.50.6"><span class="content">from mocking and spitting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.50.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.50.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helps me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.50.7"><span class="content">I will not be disgraced.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.50.7"><span class="content">Therefore have I set my face like flint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.50.7"><span class="content">and I know I will not be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.50.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He who vindicates me is near.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="content">Who then will bring charges against me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="content">Let us face each other!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="content">Who is my accuser?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="content">Let him confront me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.50.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.50.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who helps me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.50.9"><span class="content">Who will condemn me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.50.9"><span class="content">They will all wear out like a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.50.9"><span class="content">the moths will eat them up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.50.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who among you fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">and obeys the word of his servant?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">Let the one who walks in the dark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">who has no light,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">trust in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">and rely on their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.50.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now, all you who light fires</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="content">and provide yourselves with flaming torches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="content">go, walk in the light of your fires</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="content">and of the torches you have set ablaze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="content">This is what you shall receive from my hand:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.50.11"><span class="content">You will lie down in torment.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="1CO.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;We all possess knowledge.&#8221; But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever loves God is known by God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2,3 </span><span class="ft">An early manuscript and another ancient witness </span><span class="fqa">think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. </span><span class="fv">3 </span><span class="fqa">But whoever loves truly knows.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that &#8220;An idol is nothing at all in the world&#8221; and that &#8220;There is no God but one.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many &#8220;gods&#8221; and many &#8220;lords&#8221;), </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol&#8217;s temple, won&#8217;t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.</span></span></div>
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