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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The earth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s, and the fulness thereof;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">The world, and they that dwell therein.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For he hath founded it upon the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">And established it upon the floods.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Who shall ascend into the hill of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">Or who shall stand in his holy place?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He shall receive the blessing from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">And righteousness from the God of his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the generation of them that seek him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">That seek thy face, O Jacob. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, O ye gates;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> strong and mighty, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> mighty in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> up, ye everlasting doors;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">And the King of glory shall come in.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who is this King of glory?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.24.10"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts, he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the King of glory. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">54</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">A Psalm</span></span><span class="content"> of David, when the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God, by thy name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">And judge me by thy strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.54.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">Give ear to the words of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.54.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For strangers are risen up against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">And oppressors seek after my soul: They have not set God before them. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.54.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Behold, God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> mine helper:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">The Lord </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> with them that uphold my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.54.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He shall reward evil unto mine enemies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">Cut them off in thy truth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.54.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will freely sacrifice unto thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">I will praise thy name, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">; for </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.54.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For he hath delivered me out of all trouble:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.54.7"><span class="content">And mine eye hath seen </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his desire</span></span><span class="content"> upon mine enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How amiable </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> thy tabernacles, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Even</span></span><span class="content"> thine altars, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts, my King, and my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> they that dwell in thy house:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">They will be still praising thee. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man whose strength </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">in thee; In whose heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the ways </span><span class="add"><span class="content">of them</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Who</span></span><span class="content"> passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">The rain also filleth the pools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Every one of them</span></span><span class="content"> in Zion appeareth before God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> God of hosts, hear my prayer:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">Give ear, O God of Jacob. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Behold, O God our shield,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">And look upon the face of thine anointed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For a day in thy courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> better than a thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a sun and shield:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will give grace and glory: No good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thing</span></span><span class="content"> will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the man that trusteth in thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">114</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Israel went out of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="content">The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Judah was his sanctuary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> Israel his dominion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The sea saw </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, and fled:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="content">Jordan was driven back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The mountains skipped like rams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the little hills like lambs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">What </span><span class="add"><span class="content">ailed</span></span><span class="content"> thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="content">Thou Jordan, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> thou wast driven back?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Ye mountains, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> ye skipped like rams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> ye little hills, like lambs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="content">At the presence of the God of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Which turned the rock </span><span class="add"><span class="content">into</span></span><span class="content"> a standing water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="content">The flint into a fountain of waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">144</div><div class="d"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">A Psalm</span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">Which teacheth my hands to war, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> my fingers to fight:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My goodness, and my fortress; My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he</span></span><span class="content"> in whom I trust;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">Who subdueth my people under me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> man, that thou takest knowledge of him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Or</span></span><span class="content"> the son of man, that thou makest account of him!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Man is like to vanity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">His days </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> as a shadow that passeth away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Bow thy heavens, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, and come down:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">Shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Send thine hand from above;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whose mouth speaketh vanity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">And their right hand </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a right hand of falsehood.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">Upon a psaltery </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is he</span></span><span class="content"> that giveth salvation unto kings:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">Who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a right hand of falsehood:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">That our sons </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may be</span></span><span class="content"> as plants grown up in their youth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> our daughters </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may be</span></span><span class="content"> as corner stones, polished </span><span class="add"><span class="content">after</span></span><span class="content"> the similitude of a palace:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> our garners </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may be</span></span><span class="content"> full, affording all manner of store:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> our oxen </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may be</span></span><span class="content"> strong to labour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That there be</span></span><span class="content"> no breaking in, nor going out; That </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there be</span></span><span class="content"> no complaining in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is that</span></span><span class="content"> people, that is in such a case:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yea</span></span><span class="content">, happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is that</span></span><span class="content"> people, whose God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be not thou envious against evil men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">Neither desire to be with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For their heart studieth destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">And their lips talk of mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through wisdom is an house builded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">And by understanding it is established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">With all precious and pleasant riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A wise man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">And in multitude of counsellors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> too high for a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">He openeth not his mouth in the gate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that deviseth to do evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">Shall be called a mischievous person.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The thought of foolishness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">And the scorner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> thou faint in the day of adversity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">Thy strength </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If thou forbear to deliver </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them that are</span></span><span class="content"> drawn unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that are</span></span><span class="content"> ready to be slain;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Doth not he that pondereth the heart consider </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And he that keepeth thy soul, doth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he know </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And shall </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he render to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">every</span></span><span class="content"> man according to his works?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My son, eat thou honey, because </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">And the honeycomb, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> sweet to thy taste:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall</span></span><span class="content"> the knowledge of wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> unto thy soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">When thou hast found </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, then there shall be a reward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">And thy expectation shall not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Lay not wait, O wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, against the dwelling of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">Spoil not his resting place:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For a just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> falleth seven times, and riseth up again:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">But the wicked shall fall into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Lest the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> see </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, and it displease him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">And he turn away his wrath from him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Fret not thyself because of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">Neither be thou envious at the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For there shall be no reward to the evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">The candle of the wicked shall be put out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, fear thou the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> and the king:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> meddle not with them that are given to change:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For their calamity shall rise suddenly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">And who knoweth the ruin of them both?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> also </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belong</span></span><span class="content"> to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that saith unto the wicked, Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But to them that rebuke </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content"> shall be delight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">And a good blessing shall come upon them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Every man</span></span><span class="content"> shall kiss </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">That giveth a right answer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Prepare thy work without,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And make it fit for thyself in the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And afterwards build thine house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">And deceive </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> with thy lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I will render to the man according to his work.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went by the field of the slothful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> nettles had covered the face thereof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">And the stone wall thereof was broken down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then I saw, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> considered </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> well:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">I looked upon </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it, and</span></span><span class="content"> received instruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yet</span></span><span class="content"> a little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">A little folding of the hands to sleep:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So shall thy poverty come </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> one that travelleth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">And thy want as an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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