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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK I</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 1&#8211;41</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><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.1.1"><span class="content">who does not walk in step with the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or stand in the way that sinners take</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or sit in the company of mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but whose delight is in the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">and who meditates on his law day and night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">which yields its fruit in season</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">and whose leaf does not wither&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">whatever they do prospers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not so the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">They are like chaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">that the wind blows away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the way of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do the nations conspire</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">rage</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">and the peoples plot in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth rise up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">and the rulers band together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against his anointed, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us break their chains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">and throw off their shackles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The One enthroned in heaven laughs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">the Lord scoffs at them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebukes them in his anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have installed my king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">on Zion, my holy mountain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will proclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s decree:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;You are my son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">today I have become your father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ask me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">and I will make the nations your inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">the ends of the earth your possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You will break them with a rod of iron</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will rule them with an iron scepter </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint and Syriac)</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">you will dash them to pieces like pottery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, you kings, be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">be warned, you rulers of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">and celebrate his rule with trembling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kiss his son, or he will be angry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">and your way will lead to your destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">for his wrath can flare up in a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">Blessed are all who take refuge in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 3</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how many are my foes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">How many rise up against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many are saying of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </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 4 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are a shield around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">my glory, the One who lifts my head high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I call out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">and he answers me from his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I lie down and sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">I wake again, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will not fear though tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">assail me on every side.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Deliver me, my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Strike all my enemies on the jaw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">break the teeth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="content">May your blessing be on your people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Vision of the Man of Macedonia</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, &#8220;Come over to Macedonia and help us.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lydia&#8217;s Conversion in Philippi</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:12 </span><span class="ft">The text and meaning of the Greek for </span><span class="fqa">the leading city of that district </span><span class="ft">are uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul&#8217;s message. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. &#8220;If you consider me a believer in the Lord,&#8221; she said, &#8220;come and stay at my house.&#8221; And she persuaded us.</span></span></div>
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