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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Covenant With Noah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever sheds human blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">by humans shall their blood be shed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">for in the image of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">has God made mankind.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and with every living creature that was with you&#8212;the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you&#8212;every living creature on earth. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So God said to Noah, &#8220;This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sons of Noah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">soil, was the first</span></span></span><span class="content"> to plant a vineyard. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father&#8217;s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed be Canaan!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">The lowest of slaves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">will he be to his brothers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He also said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Shem!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">May Canaan be the slave of Shem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May God extend Japheth&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:27 </span><span class="fq">Japheth </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">extend</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> territory;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">After the flood Noah lived 350 years. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Table of Nations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah&#8217;s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Japhethites</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The sons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:2 </span><span class="fq">Sons </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">descendants </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">successors </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">nations</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Japheth:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.10.2"><span class="content">Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The sons of Gomer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.10.3"><span class="content">Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The sons of Javan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.10.4"><span class="content">Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:4 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Dodanites</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Hamites</span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The sons of Ham:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.10.6"><span class="content">Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The sons of Cush:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.10.7"><span class="content">Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.10.7"><span class="content">The sons of Raamah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.10.7"><span class="content">Sheba and Dedan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Cush was the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">ancestor </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">predecessor </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">founder; </span><span class="ft">also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He was a mighty hunter before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; that is why it is said, &#8220;Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Uruk and Akkad&#8212;all of them in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shinar.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, Babylonia</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nineveh with its city squares</span></span></span><span class="content"> Calah </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah&#8212;which is the great city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Egypt was the father of</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.10.13"><span class="content">the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Canaan was the father of</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.10.15"><span class="content">Sidon his firstborn,</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">of the Sidonians, the foremost</span></span></span><span class="content"> and of the Hittites, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.10.18"><span class="content">Later the Canaanite clans scattered </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">The Semites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Shem, the older brother of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Shem:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.10.22"><span class="content">Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Aram:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.10.23"><span class="content">Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:23 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Mash.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Arphaxad was the father of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Shelah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.10.24"><span class="content">and Shelah the father of Eber.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Two sons were born to Eber:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.10.25"><span class="content">One was named Peleg,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:25 </span><span class="fq">Peleg </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">division.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Joktan was the father of</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.10.26"><span class="content">Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Obal, Abimael, Sheba, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.10.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the clans of Noah&#8217;s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 5</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my words, </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.5.1"><span class="content">consider my lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">for to you I pray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the morning, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">in the morning I lay my requests before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">and wait expectantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">with you, evil people are not welcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant cannot stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">You hate all who do wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you destroy those who tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">The bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, detest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But I, by your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">can come into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">in reverence I bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">because of my enemies&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">make your way straight before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">their heart is filled with malice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">Their throat is an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">with their tongues they tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Declare them guilty, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Let their intrigues be their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Banish them for their many sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">for they have rebelled against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But let all who take refuge in you be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">let them ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">Spread your protection over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">that those who love your name may rejoice in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Surely, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you bless the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="content">you surround them with your favor as with a shield.</span></span></div>
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