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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Micah&#8217;s Idols</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">said to his mother, &#8220;The eleven hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">17:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse&#8212;I have that silver with me; I took it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.17.2"><span class="content">Then his mother said, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you, my son!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.17.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, &#8220;I solemnly consecrate my silver to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.17.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">17:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah&#8217;s house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.17.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.17.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">17:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">To carry on his profession</span></span></span><span class="content"> he came to Micah&#8217;s house in the hill country of Ephraim.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.17.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Micah asked him, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.17.9"><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and I&#8217;m looking for a place to stay.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.17.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Micah said to him, &#8220;Live with me and be my father and priest, and I&#8217;ll give you ten shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">17:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver a year, your clothes and your food.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And Micah said, &#8220;Now I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Danites Settle in Laish</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Israel had no king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JDG.18.1"><span class="content">And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Danites sent five of their leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, &#8220;Go, explore the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JDG.18.2"><span class="content">So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When they were near Micah&#8217;s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they turned in there and asked him, &#8220;Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JDG.18.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, &#8220;He has hired me and I am his priest.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JDG.18.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then they said to him, &#8220;Please inquire of God to learn whether our journey will be successful.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JDG.18.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The priest answered them, &#8220;Go in peace. Your journey has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s approval.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JDG.18.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure. And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no relationship with anyone else.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">with the Arameans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JDG.18.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, &#8220;How did you find things?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JDG.18.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JDG.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They answered, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren&#8217;t you going to do something? Don&#8217;t hesitate to go there and take it over. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JDG.18.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JDG.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then six hundred men of the Danites, armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JDG.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:12 </span><span class="fq">Mahaneh Dan </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">Dan&#8217;s camp.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah&#8217;s house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JDG.18.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JDG.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, &#8220;Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JDG.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah&#8217;s place and greeted him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JDG.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JDG.18.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When the five men went into Micah&#8217;s house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, &#8220;What are you doing?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JDG.18.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JDG.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They answered him, &#8220;Be quiet! Don&#8217;t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn&#8217;t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man&#8217;s household?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JDG.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JDG.18.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JDG.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When they had gone some distance from Micah&#8217;s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, &#8220;What&#8217;s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JDG.18.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, &#8216;What&#8217;s the matter with you?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JDG.18.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JDG.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The Danites answered, &#8220;Don&#8217;t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned around and went back home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JDG.18.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JDG.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JDG.18.28"><span class="content">The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JDG.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They named it Dan after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel&#8212;though the city used to be called Laish. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JDG.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:30 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Manasseh</span></span></span><span class="content"> and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JDG.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He came to Jesus at night and said, &#8220;Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">again </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">from above</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 7.</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.3.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can someone be born when they are old?&#8221; Nicodemus asked. &#8220;Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother&#8217;s womb to be born!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">gives birth to spirit.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You should not be surprised at my saying, &#8216;You</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">must be born again.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Spirit </span><span class="ft">is the same as that for </span><span class="fqa">wind.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.3.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;How can this be?&#8221; Nicodemus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are Israel&#8217;s teacher,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and do you not understand these things?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven&#8212;the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Man, who is in heaven</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">lifted up </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">exalted.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.3.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God&#8217;s one and only Son. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John Testifies Again About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.3.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, you are very great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wraps himself in light as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">He makes the clouds his chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">and rides on the wings of the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He makes winds his messengers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">angels</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">flames of fire his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He set the earth on its foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">it can never be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at your rebuke the waters fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">they flowed over the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">they went down into the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">to the place you assigned for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You set a boundary they cannot cross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">never again will they cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">it flows between the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They give water to all the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">they sing among the branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He makes grass grow for the cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">bringing forth food from the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">wine that gladdens human hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">oil to make their faces shine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">and bread that sustains their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">but the rich have many friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"></span></div>
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