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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Defeats the Ammonites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David thought, &#8220;I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.&#8221; So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.10.2"><span class="content">When David&#8217;s men came to the land of the Ammonites, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, &#8220;Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn&#8217;t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Hanun seized David&#8217;s envoys, shaved off half of each man&#8217;s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, &#8220;Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Joab said, &#8220;If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do what is good in his sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer&#8217;s army leading them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:18 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also <span class="ref" data-usfm="1CH.19.18">1 Chron. 19:18</span>); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">horsemen</span></span></span><span class="content"> He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.10.19"><span class="content">So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Defeats the Ammonites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David thought, &#8220;I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.&#8221; So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.19.2"><span class="content">When David&#8217;s envoys came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, &#8220;Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Haven&#8217;t his envoys come to you only to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Hanun seized David&#8217;s envoys, shaved them, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When someone came and told David about the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, &#8220;Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 38 tons or about 34 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:6 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> Aram Maakah and Zobah. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maakah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Joab said, &#8220;If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to rescue me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will rescue you. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do what is good in his sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they sent messengers and had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophak the commander of Hadadezer&#8217;s army leading them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan; he advanced against them and formed his battle lines opposite them. David formed his lines to meet the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also killed Shophak the commander of their army.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When the vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.19.19"><span class="content">So the Arameans were not willing to help the Ammonites anymore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Capture of Rabbah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David took the crown from the head of their king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Milkom, </span><span class="ft">that is, Molek</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;its weight was found to be a talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, and it was set with precious stones&#8212;and it was placed on David&#8217;s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">War With the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver&#8217;s rod.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot&#8212;twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David&#8217;s brother, killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK V</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span>Psalms 107&#8211;150</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 107</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </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.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He turned rivers into a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and fruitful land into a salt waste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He turned the desert into pools of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">there he brought the hungry to live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">and they founded a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sowed fields and planted vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">and he did not let their herds diminish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">he who pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">made them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">and increased their families like flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The upright see and rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Let the one who is wise heed these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="content">and ponder the loving deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy, my dear son:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has saved us and called us to a holy life&#8212;not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TI.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you&#8212;guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TI.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.</span></span></div>
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