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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</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.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">102</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 102</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="content">let my cry for help come to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.102.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I am in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">Turn your ear to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">when I call, answer me quickly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.102.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For my days vanish like smoke;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="content">my bones burn like glowing embers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.102.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart is blighted and withered like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="content">I forget to eat my food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.102.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In my distress I groan aloud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="content">and am reduced to skin and bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.102.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am like a desert owl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="content">like an owl among the ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.102.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I lie awake; I have become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="content">like a bird alone on a roof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.102.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All day long my enemies taunt me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="content">those who rail against me use my name as a curse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.102.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I eat ashes as my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="content">and mingle my drink with tears</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.102.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because of your great wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="content">for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.102.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My days are like the evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="content">I wither away like grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.102.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, sit enthroned forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="content">your renown endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.102.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will arise and have compassion on Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">for it is time to show favor to her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">the appointed time has come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.102.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For her stones are dear to your servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="content">her very dust moves them to pity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.102.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The nations will fear the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="content">all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.102.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rebuild Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="content">and appear in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.102.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="content">he will not despise their plea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.102.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let this be written for a future generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="content">that a people not yet created may praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.102.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked down from his sanctuary on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="content">from heaven he viewed the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.102.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">to hear the groans of the prisoners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="content">and release those condemned to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.102.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be declared in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="content">and his praise in Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.102.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">when the peoples and the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="content">assemble to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.102.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In the course of my life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">102:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">By his power</span></span></span><span class="content"> he broke my strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="content">he cut short my days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.102.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So I said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">your years go on through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.102.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="content">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.102.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They will perish, but you remain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">they will all wear out like a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">Like clothing you will change them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">and they will be discarded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.102.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But you remain the same,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="content">and your years will never end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.102.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The children of your servants will live in your presence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.102.28"><span class="content">their descendants will be established before you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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