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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David at Adullam and Mizpah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father&#8217;s household heard about it, they went down to him there. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, &#8220;Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But the prophet Gad said to David, &#8220;Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.&#8221; So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Kills the Priests of Nob</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul&#8217;s officials, said, &#8220;I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ahimelek inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Saul said, &#8220;Listen now, son of Ahitub.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, my lord,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Saul said to him, &#8220;Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Ahimelek answered the king, &#8220;Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king&#8217;s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father&#8217;s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But the king said, &#8220;You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the king ordered the guards at his side: &#8220;Turn and kill the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="content">But the king&#8217;s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The king then ordered Doeg, &#8220;You turn and strike down the priests.&#8221; So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to join David. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then David said to Abiathar, &#8220;That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Stay with me; don&#8217;t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 52</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: &#8220;David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.&#8221;</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">Why do you boast all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">your tongue plots destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">it is like a sharpened razor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You love evil rather than good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">falsehood rather than speaking the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">52:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You love every harmful word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">you deceitful tongue!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">he will uproot you from the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteous will see and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">they will laugh at you, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here now is the man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">who did not make God his stronghold</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">but trusted in his great wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">and grew strong by destroying others!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I am like an olive tree</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">flourishing in the house of God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">I trust in God&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For what you have done I will always praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">in the presence of your faithful people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">And I will hope in your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="content">for your name is good.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">57</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 57</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he had fled from Saul into the cave.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">until the disaster has passed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I cry out to God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="content">to God, who vindicates me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He sends from heaven and saves me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">rebuking those who hotly pursue me&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">57:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am in the midst of lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">men whose teeth are spears and arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">whose tongues are sharp swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They spread a net for my feet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">I was bowed down in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">They dug a pit in my path&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">but they have fallen into it themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My heart, O God, is steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">my heart is steadfast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">I will sing and make music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Awake, my soul!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">Awake, harp and lyre!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">I will awaken the dawn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="content">I will sing of you among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="content">your faithfulness reaches to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">63</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 63</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, God, are my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">earnestly I seek you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">I thirst for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">my whole being longs for you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">in a dry and parched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">where there is no water.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I have seen you in the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="content">and beheld your power and your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because your love is better than life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="content">my lips will glorify you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will praise you as long as I live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="content">and in your name I will lift up my hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="content">with singing lips my mouth will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On my bed I remember you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="content">I think of you through the watches of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because you are my help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="content">I sing in the shadow of your wings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I cling to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="content">your right hand upholds me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="content">they will go down to the depths of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will be given over to the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="content">and become food for jackals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the king will rejoice in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="content">all who swear by God will glory in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="content">while the mouths of liars will be silenced.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">142</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 142</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cry aloud to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">I lift up my voice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I pour out before him my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">before him I tell my trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When my spirit grows faint within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">it is you who watch over my way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">In the path where I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">people have hidden a snare for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one is concerned for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">I have no refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one cares for my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cry to you, </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.142.5"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">my portion in the land of the living.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen to my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for I am in desperate need;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">rescue me from those who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for they are too strong for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Set me free from my prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">that I may praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">Then the righteous will gather about me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">because of your goodness to me.</span></span></div>
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