Lent: The Journey of Letting Go

The Uniqueness of Jesus

Heart Detox: The War for Your Soul by Vance K. Jackson

Ignite Your Marriage: 7 Days to Deeper Love & Lasting Connection

How to Have a Quiet Time With God

The Pursuit of Pleasure: A Godly Perspective

[Know This] Promises of a Precious Faith

Romans: God's Power to Save | Video Devotional

Noah: A Covenant With Humanity

When Your World Ends

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJDG">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="JDG.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gideon Defeats the Midianites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Gideon, &#8220;You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, &#8216;My own strength has saved me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now announce to the army, &#8216;Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.7.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Gideon, &#8220;There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, &#8216;This one shall go with you,&#8217; he shall go; but if I say, &#8216;This one shall not go with you,&#8217; he shall not go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.7.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told him, &#8220;Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.7.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Gideon, &#8220;With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.7.8"><span class="content">Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">During that night the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Gideon, &#8220;Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.&#8221; So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.7.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. &#8220;I had a dream,&#8221; he was saying. &#8220;A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.7.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">His friend responded, &#8220;This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.7.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, &#8220;Get up! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given the Midianite camp into your hands.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.7.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Watch me,&#8221; he told them. &#8220;Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, &#8216;For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for Gideon.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.7.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, &#8220;A sword for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for Gideon!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.7.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Israelites from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, &#8220;Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.7.24"><span class="content">So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJDG">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="JDG.8.1+JDG.8.2+JDG.8.3+JDG.8.4+JDG.8.5+JDG.8.6+JDG.8.7+JDG.8.8+JDG.8.9+JDG.8.10+JDG.8.11+JDG.8.12+JDG.8.13+JDG.8.14+JDG.8.15+JDG.8.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, &#8220;Why have you treated us like this? Why didn&#8217;t you call us when you went to fight Midian?&#8221; And they challenged him vigorously.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But he answered them, &#8220;What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren&#8217;t the gleanings of Ephraim&#8217;s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?&#8221; At this, their resentment against him subsided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He said to the men of Sukkoth, &#8220;Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the officials of Sukkoth said, &#8220;Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Gideon replied, &#8220;Just for that, when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From there he went up to Peniel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Penuel, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Peniel</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 9 and 17</span></span></span><span class="content"> and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So he said to the men of Peniel, &#8220;When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.8.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the unsuspecting army. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.8.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Gideon son of Joash then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth, the elders of the town. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, &#8220;Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, &#8216;Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. </span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkLUK">
      <div class="chapter ch23" data-usfm="LUK.23.11+LUK.23.12+LUK.23.13+LUK.23.14+LUK.23.15+LUK.23.16+LUK.23.17+LUK.23.18+LUK.23.19+LUK.23.20+LUK.23.21+LUK.23.22+LUK.23.23+LUK.23.24+LUK.23.25+LUK.23.26+LUK.23.27+LUK.23.28+LUK.23.29+LUK.23.30+LUK.23.31+LUK.23.32+LUK.23.33+LUK.23.34+LUK.23.35+LUK.23.36+LUK.23.37+LUK.23.38+LUK.23.39+LUK.23.40+LUK.23.41+LUK.23.42+LUK.23.43">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That day Herod and Pilate became friends&#8212;before this they had been enemies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.23.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and said to them, &#8220;You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"><span class="label">[17]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:17 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to <span class="ref" usfm="MAT.27.15">Matt. 27:15</span> and <span class="ref" usfm="MRK.15.6">Mark 15:6</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the whole crowd shouted, &#8220;Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But they kept shouting, &#8220;Crucify him! Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.23.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the third time he spoke to them: &#8220;Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.23.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Pilate decided to grant their demand. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.23.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus turned and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the time will come when you will say, &#8216;Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"><span class="wj"><span class="content">and to the hills, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:30 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HOS.10.8">Hosea 10:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.23.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.23.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals&#8212;one on his right, the other on his left. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:34 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.23.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, &#8220;He saved others; let him save himself if he is God&#8217;s Messiah, the Chosen One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.23.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.23.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">There was a written notice above him, which read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">this is the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.23.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.23.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.23.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But the other criminal rebuked him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you fear God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;since you are under the same sentence? </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.23.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:42 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">come with your kingly power</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.23.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.23.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch97" data-usfm="PSA.97">
         <div class="label">97</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 97</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns, let the earth be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"><span class="content">let the distant shores rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.97.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Clouds and thick darkness surround him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"><span class="content">righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.97.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Fire goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"><span class="content">and consumes his foes on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.97.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His lightning lights up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"><span class="content">the earth sees and trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.97.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains melt like wax before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"><span class="content">before the Lord of all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.97.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The heavens proclaim his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"><span class="content">and all peoples see his glory.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.97.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who worship images are put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">those who boast in idols&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"><span class="content">worship him, all you gods!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.97.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Zion hears and rejoices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">and the villages of Judah are glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"><span class="content">because of your judgments, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.97.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are the Most High over all the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"><span class="content">you are exalted far above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.97.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let those who love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hate evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">for he guards the lives of his faithful ones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"><span class="content">and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.97.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Light shines</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">97:11 </span><span class="ft">One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Light is sown</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"><span class="content">and joy on the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.97.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you who are righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.97.12"><span class="content">and praise his holy name.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch98" data-usfm="PSA.98">
         <div class="label">98</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 98</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">for he has done marvelous things;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">his right hand and his holy arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">have worked salvation for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made his salvation known</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="content">and revealed his righteousness to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He has remembered his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">and his faithfulness to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">all the ends of the earth have seen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">the salvation of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="content">burst into jubilant song with music;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">make music to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="content">with the harp and the sound of singing,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">with trumpets and the blast of the ram&#8217;s horn&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="content">shout for joy before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the sea resound, and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="content">the world, and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the rivers clap their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="content">let the mountains sing together for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">let them sing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">for he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">He will judge the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">and the peoples with equity.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="PRO.14.7+PRO.14.8">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

Taylor University One Year BibleSample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related Plans