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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 31</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">deliver me in your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Turn your ear to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">come quickly to my rescue;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">a strong fortress to save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Since you are my rock and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="content">for the sake of your name lead and guide me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="content">for you are my refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Into your hands I commit my spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="content">deliver me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my faithful God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I hate those who cling to worthless idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="content">as for me, I trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.31.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in your love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">for you saw my affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">and knew the anguish of my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have not given me into the hands of the enemy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="content">but have set my feet in a spacious place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for I am in distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my eyes grow weak with sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">my soul and body with grief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.31.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My life is consumed by anguish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my years by groaning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">my strength fails because of my affliction,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">guilt</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">and my bones grow weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.31.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Because of all my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">I am the utter contempt of my neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">and an object of dread to my closest friends&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">those who see me on the street flee from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.31.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am forgotten as though I were dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="content">I have become like broken pottery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.31.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I hear many whispering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Terror on every side!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">They conspire against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">and plot to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.31.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But I trust in you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.31.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My times are in your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">deliver me from the hands of my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">from those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.31.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let your face shine on your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="content">save me in your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.31.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let me not be put to shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">for I have cried out to you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">but let the wicked be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">and be silent in the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.31.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let their lying lips be silenced,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">for with pride and contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">they speak arrogantly against the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.31.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How abundant are the good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you have stored up for those who fear you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">that you bestow in the sight of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">on those who take refuge in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.31.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In the shelter of your presence you hide them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from all human intrigues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">you keep them safe in your dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">from accusing tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.31.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">for he showed me the wonders of his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">when I was in a city under siege.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.31.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In my alarm I said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">&#8220;I am cut off from your sight!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">Yet you heard my cry for mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">when I called to you for help.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.31.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Love the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all his faithful people!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> preserves those who are true to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">but the proud he pays back in full.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.31.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Be strong and take heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.31.24"><span class="content">all you who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</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="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></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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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 33</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing joyfully to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">it is fitting for the upright to praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sing to him a new song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">play skillfully, and shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is right and true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">he is faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves righteousness and justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">the earth is full of his unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> the heavens were made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">their starry host by the breath of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He gathers the waters of the sea into jars</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sea as into a heap</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">he puts the deep into storehouses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let all the earth fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">let all the people of the world revere him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he spoke, and it came to be;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">he commanded, and it stood firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> foils the plans of the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the plans of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stand firm forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">the purposes of his heart through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the nation whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">the people he chose for his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From heaven the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looks down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">and sees all mankind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from his dwelling place he watches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">all who live on earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">he who forms the hearts of all,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">who considers everything they do.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">No king is saved by the size of his army;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">no warrior escapes by his great strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">despite all its great strength it cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are on those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">to deliver them from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">and keep them alive in famine.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We wait in hope for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">he is our help and our shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In him our hearts rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">for we trust in his holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">May your unfailing love be with us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.33.22"><span class="content">even as we put our hope in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Arrival at Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us warmly. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: &#8220;You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Arrested</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">shouting, &#8220;Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.21.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.21.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The crowd that followed kept shouting, &#8220;Get rid of him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Speaks to the Crowd</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.21.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.21.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, &#8220;May I say something to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.21.37"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you speak Greek?&#8221; he replied. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.21.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.21.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.21.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Paul answered, &#8220;I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.21.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.21.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">After receiving the commander&#8217;s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:40 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">Hebrew</span><span class="ft">; also in 22:2</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div>
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