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         <div class="label">81</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 81</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing for joy to God our strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="content">shout aloud to the God of Jacob!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Begin the music, strike the timbrel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="content">play the melodious harp and lyre.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sound the ram&#8217;s horn at the New Moon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="content">and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">this is a decree for Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="content">an ordinance of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When God went out against Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">he established it as a statute for Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">I heard an unknown voice say:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I removed the burden from their shoulders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="content">their hands were set free from the basket.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In your distress you called and I rescued you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">I answered you out of a thundercloud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">I tested you at the waters of Meribah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">81:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear me, my people, and I will warn you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="content">if you would only listen to me, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You shall have no foreign god among you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="content">you shall not worship any god other than me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">who brought you up out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But my people would not listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="content">Israel would not submit to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="content">to follow their own devices.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my people would only listen to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="content">if Israel would only follow my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">how quickly I would subdue their enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="content">and turn my hand against their foes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who hate the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> would cringe before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="content">and their punishment would last forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.81.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.81.16"><span class="content">with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">91</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 91</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will say of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely he will save you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will not fear the terror of night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A thousand may fall at your side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">but it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will only observe with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my refuge,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">and you make the Most High your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">no harm will overtake you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">no disaster will come near your tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">to guard you in all your ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will tread on the lion and the cobra;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">you will trample the great lion and the serpent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably the king</span></span></span><span class="content"> loves me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will rescue him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will call on me, and I will answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will be with him in trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">With long life I will satisfy him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="content">and show him my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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