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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch79" data-usfm="PSA.79">
         <div class="label">79</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 79</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have defiled your holy temple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.79.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They have left the dead bodies of your servants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">as food for the birds of the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.79.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They have poured out blood like water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">all around Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">and there is no one to bury the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.79.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">of scorn and derision to those around us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.79.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you be angry forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">How long will your jealousy burn like fire?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.79.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not acknowledge you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">on the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">that do not call on your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.79.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for they have devoured Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">and devastated his homeland.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.79.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">may your mercy come quickly to meet us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">for we are in desperate need.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.79.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Help us, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for the glory of your name;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">deliver us and forgive our sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">for your name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.79.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Why should the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">Before our eyes, make known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.79.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May the groans of the prisoners come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.79.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.79.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">will praise you forever;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">from generation to generation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.79.13"><span class="content">we will proclaim your praise.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPRO">
      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="PRO.12">
         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">but whoever hates correction is stupid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Good people obtain favor from 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="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one can be established through wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">but the righteous cannot be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wife of noble character is her husband&#8217;s crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the righteous are just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">but the speech of the upright rescues them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">but the house of the righteous stands firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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   <div class="book bkLUK">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="LUK.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Faith of the Centurion</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There a centurion&#8217;s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, &#8220;This man deserves to have you do this, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jesus went with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="content">He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes; and that one, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes. I say to my servant, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Widow&#8217;s Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out&#8212;the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t cry.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Young man, I say to you, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They were all filled with awe and praised God. &#8220;A great prophet has appeared among us,&#8221; they said. &#8220;God has come to help his people.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus and John the Baptist</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">John&#8217;s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">he sent them to the Lord to ask, &#8220;Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When the men came to Jesus, they said, &#8220;John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, &#8216;Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So he replied to the messengers, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:22 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After John&#8217;s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is the one about whom it is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.7.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;I will send my messenger ahead of you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.7.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">who will prepare your way before you.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">7:27 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Mal. 3:1
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus&#8217; words, acknowledged that God&#8217;s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God&#8217;s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.7.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jesus went on to say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;We played the pipe for you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you did not dance;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">we sang a dirge,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you did not cry.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, &#8216;He has a demon.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, &#8216;Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But wisdom is proved right by all her children.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.7.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee&#8217;s house and reclined at the table. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee&#8217;s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.7.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.7.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.7.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, &#8220;If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is&#8212;that she is a sinner.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.7.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.7.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Simon, I have something to tell you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.7.40"><span class="content">&#8220;Tell me, teacher,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.7.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.7.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">7:41 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the other fifty.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.7.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.7.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.7.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Simon replied, &#8220;I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.7.43"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have judged correctly,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.7.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.7.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.7.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.7.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.7.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven&#8212;as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.7.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.7.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.7.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.7.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">The other guests began to say among themselves, &#8220;Who is this who even forgives sins?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.7.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.7.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said to the woman, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Your faith has saved you; go in peace.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="EPH.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="content">To God&#8217;s holy people in Ephesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">in Ephesus</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the faithful in Christ Jesus:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EPH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EPH.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EPH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EPH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EPH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4,5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sight in love. </span><span class="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">He</span></span></span><span class="content"> predestined us for adoption to sonship</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.</span></span></span><span class="content"> through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EPH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EPH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God&#8217;s grace </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8,9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us with all wisdom and understanding. </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">And he</span></span></span><span class="content"> made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment&#8212;to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In him we were also chosen,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">were made heirs</span></span></span><span class="content"> having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God&#8217;s possession&#8212;to the praise of his glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God&#8217;s people, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">a spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EPH.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EPH.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EPH.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJOB">
      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="JOB.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, I know that this is true.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they wished to dispute with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He moves mountains without their knowing it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">and overturns them in his anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He shakes the earth from its place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">and makes its pillars tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">he seals off the light of the stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He alone stretches out the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">and treads on the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">miracles that cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When he passes me, I cannot see him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he snatches away, who can stop him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">Who can say to him, &#8216;What are you doing?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">God does not restrain his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then can I dispute with him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">How can I find words to argue with him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even if I summoned him and he responded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">I do not believe he would give me a hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He would crush me with a storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">and multiply my wounds for no reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He would not let me catch my breath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">but would overwhelm me with misery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:19 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me.</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although I am blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I have no concern for myself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I despise my own life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It is all the same; that is why I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">&#8216;He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When a scourge brings sudden death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">he mocks the despair of the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">he blindfolds its judges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">If it is not he, then who is it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;My days are swifter than a runner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">they fly away without a glimpse of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They skim past like boats of papyrus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">like eagles swooping down on their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If I say, &#8216;I will forget my complaint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">I will change my expression, and smile,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I still dread all my sufferings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">for I know you will not hold me innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Since I am already found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">why should I struggle in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even if I washed myself with soap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">and my hands with cleansing powder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">you would plunge me into a slime pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">so that even my clothes would detest me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">that we might confront each other in court.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If only there were someone to mediate between us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">someone to bring us together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">someone to remove God&#8217;s rod from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">so that his terror would frighten me no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then I would speak up without fear of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="content">but as it now stands with me, I cannot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="JOB.10">
         <div class="label">10</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I loathe my very life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">therefore I will give free rein to my complaint</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="content">but tell me what charges you have against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Does it please you to oppress me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">to spurn the work of your hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">while you smile on the plans of the wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do you have eyes of flesh?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="content">Do you see as a mortal sees?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Are your days like those of a mortal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="content">or your years like those of a strong man,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">that you must search out my faults</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="content">and probe after my sin&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">though you know that I am not guilty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="content">and that no one can rescue me from your hand?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your hands shaped me and made me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="content">Will you now turn and destroy me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember that you molded me like clay.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="content">Will you now turn me to dust again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Did you not pour me out like milk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="content">and curdle me like cheese,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">clothe me with skin and flesh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="content">and knit me together with bones and sinews?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You gave me life and showed me kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="content">and in your providence watched over my spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But this is what you concealed in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="content">and I know that this was in your mind:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If I sinned, you would be watching me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="content">and would not let my offense go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If I am guilty&#8212;woe to me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">for I am full of shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">and drowned in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and aware of</span></span></span><span class="content"> my affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="content">and again display your awesome power against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You bring new witnesses against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">and increase your anger toward me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">your forces come against me wave upon wave.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why then did you bring me out of the womb?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="content">I wish I had died before any eye saw me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If only I had never come into being,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="content">or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Are not my few days almost over?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="content">Turn away from me so I can have a moment&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">before I go to the place of no return,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="content">to the land of gloom and utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">to the land of deepest night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="content">of utter darkness and disorder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="content">where even the light is like darkness.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkREV">
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hair was like women&#8217;s hair, and their teeth were like lions&#8217; teeth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, &#8220;Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood&#8212;idols that cannot see or hear or walk. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.</span></span></div>
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