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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="d"><span class="content">A Prayer of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear the right, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, attend unto my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">Give ear unto my prayer, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that goeth</span></span><span class="content"> not out of feigned lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="content">Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited </span><span class="add"><span class="content">me</span></span><span class="content"> in the night; Thou hast tried me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> shalt find nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">I am purposed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> my mouth shall not transgress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="content">I have kept </span><span class="add"><span class="content">me from</span></span><span class="content"> the paths of the destroyer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Hold up my goings in thy paths, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> my footsteps slip not.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="content">Incline thine ear unto me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> hear my speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in thee</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="content">From those that rise up </span><span class="add"><span class="content">against them</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep me as the apple of the eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="content">Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the wicked that oppress me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">From</span></span><span class="content"> my deadly enemies, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">who</span></span><span class="content"> compass me about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They are inclosed in their own fat:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="content">With their mouth they speak proudly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They have now compassed us in our steps:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="content">They have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like as a lion </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> is greedy of his prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="content">And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Arise, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, disappoint him, cast him down:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="content">Deliver my soul from the wicked, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> thy sword:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From men </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which are</span></span><span class="content"> thy hand, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, from men of the world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which have</span></span><span class="content"> their portion in </span><span class="add"><span class="content">this</span></span><span class="content"> life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid </span><span class="add"><span class="content">treasure:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">They are full of children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">And leave the rest of their </span><span class="add"><span class="content">substance</span></span><span class="content"> to their babes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.17.15"><span class="content">I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">47</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O clap your hands, all ye people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="content">Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.47.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> most high </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> terrible;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He is</span></span><span class="content"> a great King over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He shall subdue the people under us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="content">And the nations under our feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.47.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He shall choose our inheritance for us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="content">The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God is gone up with a shout,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> with the sound of a trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.47.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sing praises to God, sing praises:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="content">Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the King of all the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="content">Sing ye praises with understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.47.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God reigneth over the heathen:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="content">God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.47.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The princes of the people are gathered together, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> the people of the God of Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.47.9"><span class="content">For the shields of the earth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belong</span></span><span class="content"> unto God: He is greatly exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">77</div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I Cried unto God with my voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Even</span></span><span class="content"> unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">My sore ran in the night, and ceased not: My soul refused to be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I remembered God, and was troubled:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. </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.77.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Thou holdest mine eyes waking:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I am so troubled that I cannot speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I have considered the days of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">The years of ancient times.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I call to remembrance my song in the night:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">I commune with mine own heart: And my spirit made diligent search.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will the Lord cast off for ever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">And will he be favourable no more?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Is his mercy clean gone for ever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Doth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> promise fail for evermore?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hath God forgotten to be gracious?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And I said, This </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> my infirmity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But I will remember</span></span><span class="content"> the years of the right hand of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I will remember the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">Surely I will remember thy wonders of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will meditate also of all thy work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">And talk of thy doings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Thy way, O God, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the sanctuary:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">Who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is so</span></span><span class="content"> great a God as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">our</span></span><span class="content"> God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> the God that doest wonders:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">Thou hast declared thy strength among the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Thou hast with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thine</span></span><span class="content"> arm redeemed thy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">The sons of Jacob and Joseph. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">The depths also were troubled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The clouds poured out water: The skies sent out a sound:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">Thine arrows also went abroad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The voice of thy thunder </span><span class="add"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> in the heaven:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Thy way </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the sea, and thy path in the great waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">And thy footsteps are not known.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Thou leddest thy people like a flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">By the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">137</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">When we remembered Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We hanged our harps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">Upon the willows in the midst thereof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; And they that wasted us </span><span class="add"><span class="content">required of us</span></span><span class="content"> mirth, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saying</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">Sing us </span><span class="add"><span class="content">one</span></span><span class="content"> of the songs of Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How shall we sing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">'s song in a strange land?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">Let my right hand forget </span><span class="add"><span class="content">her cunning</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">Who said, Rase </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, rase </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> to the foundation thereof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall he be</span></span><span class="content">, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Happy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall he be</span></span><span class="content">, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="content">Against the stones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">Than an house full of sacrifices </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fining pot </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> for silver, and the furnace for gold:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> trieth the hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children's children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the crown of old men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">And the glory of children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> their fathers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Excellent speech becometh not a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">Much less do lying lips a prince.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A gift </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">But he that repeateth a matter separateth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">very</span></span><span class="content"> friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A reproof entereth more into a wise man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">Than an hundred stripes into a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">An evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> seeketh only rebellion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">Rather than a fool in his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso rewardeth evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">Evil shall not depart from his house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The beginning of strife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> when one letteth out water:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">Even they both </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wherefore </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is there</span></span><span class="content"> a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">Seeing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he hath</span></span><span class="content"> no heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loveth at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">And a brother is born for adversity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A man void of understanding striketh hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> becometh surety in the presence of his friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He loveth transgression that loveth strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that begetteth a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doeth it</span></span><span class="content"> to his sorrow:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">And the father of a fool hath no joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A merry heart doeth good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">like</span></span><span class="content"> a medicine:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">But a broken spirit drieth the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> taketh a gift out of the bosom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">To pervert the ways of judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before him that hath understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">But the eyes of a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son is a grief to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">And bitterness to her that bare him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Also to punish the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Nor</span></span><span class="content"> to strike princes for equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that hath knowledge spareth his words:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that shutteth his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is esteemed</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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