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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moral Benefits of Wisdom</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, if you accept my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">turning your ear to wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"><span class="content">and applying your heart to understanding&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">indeed, if you call out for insight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"><span class="content">and cry aloud for understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and if you look for it as for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"><span class="content">and search for it as for hidden treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">then you will understand the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"><span class="content">and find the knowledge of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"><span class="content">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He holds success in store for the upright,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"><span class="content">he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for he guards the course of the just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"><span class="content">and protects the way of his faithful ones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will understand what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"><span class="content">and fair&#8212;every good path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For wisdom will enter your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"><span class="content">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Discretion will protect you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"><span class="content">and understanding will guard you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"><span class="content">from men whose words are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who have left the straight paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"><span class="content">to walk in dark ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who delight in doing wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"><span class="content">and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">whose paths are crooked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"><span class="content">and who are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who has left the partner of her youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"><span class="content">and ignored the covenant she made before God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">covenant of her God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely her house leads down to death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"><span class="content">and her paths to the spirits of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">None who go to her return</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"><span class="content">or attain the paths of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thus you will walk in the ways of the good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"><span class="content">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the upright will live in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"><span class="content">and the blameless will remain in it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.2.22"><span class="content">and the unfaithful will be torn from it.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Faithfulness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God&#8217;s faithfulness? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;So that you may be proved right when you speak</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"><span class="content">and prevail when you judge.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.51.4">Psalm 51:4</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if our unrighteousness brings out God&#8217;s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Someone might argue, &#8220;If my falsehood enhances God&#8217;s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Why not say&#8212;as some slanderously claim that we say&#8212;&#8220;Let us do evil that good may result&#8221;? Their condemnation is just!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No One Is Righteous</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.3.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no one righteous, not even one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">there is no one who understands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"><span class="content">there is no one who seeks God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All have turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">they have together become worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">there is no one who does good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"><span class="content">not even one.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; <span class="ref" usfm="ECC.7.20">Eccles. 7:20</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.3.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their throats are open graves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">their tongues practice deceit.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.5.9">Psalm 5:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"><span class="content">&#8220;The poison of vipers is on their lips.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.140.3">Psalm 140:3</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.10.7">Psalm 10:7</span> (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their feet are swift to shed blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.3.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">ruin and misery mark their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and the way of peace they do not know.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.59.7">Isaiah 59:7</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="ISA.59.8">8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.3.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no fear of God before their eyes.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.36.1">Psalm 36:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God&#8217;s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Righteousness Through Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.3.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This righteousness is given through faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:25 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">sacrifice of atonement </span><span class="ft">refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see <span class="ref" usfm="LEV.16.15">Lev. 16:15</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="LEV.16.16">16</span>).</span></span></span><span class="content"> through the shedding of his blood&#8212;to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.3.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abraham Justified by Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about&#8212;but not before God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What does Scripture say? &#8220;Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:3 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.15.6">Gen. 15:6</span>; also in verse 22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.4.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.4.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.4.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"><span class="content">whose sin the Lord will never count against them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.32.1">Psalm 32:1</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.32.2">2</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.4.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham&#8217;s faith was credited to him as righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.4.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.4.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham&#8217;s offspring&#8212;not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As it is written: &#8220;I have made you a father of many nations.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:17 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.17.5">Gen. 17:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed&#8212;the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.4.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, &#8220;So shall your offspring be.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:18 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.15.5">Gen. 15:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead&#8212;since he was about a hundred years old&#8212;and that Sarah&#8217;s womb was also dead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">This is why &#8220;it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The words &#8220;it was credited to him&#8221; were written not for him alone, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness&#8212;for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 32</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. 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></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose transgressions are forgiven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"><span class="content">whose sins are covered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.32.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">whose sin the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not count against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">and in whose spirit is no deceit.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">my bones wasted away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"><span class="content">through my groaning all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.32.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">your hand was heavy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">my strength was sapped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">as in the heat of summer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">32:4 </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 verses 5 and 7.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I acknowledged my sin to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">and did not cover up my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will confess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">my transgressions to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">And you forgave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">the guilt of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore let all the faithful pray to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">while you may be found;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">surely the rising of the mighty waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"><span class="content">will not reach them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.32.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are my hiding place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">you will protect me from trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">and surround me with songs of deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"><span class="content">I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.32.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be like the horse or the mule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">which have no understanding</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">but must be controlled by bit and bridle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"><span class="content">or they will not come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.32.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Many are the woes of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">surrounds the one who trusts in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and be glad, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.32.11"><span class="content">sing, all you who are upright in heart!</span></span></div>
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