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         <div class="label">73</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK III</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 73&#8211;89</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 73</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely God is good to Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">to those who are pure in heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.73.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">I had nearly lost my foothold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.73.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I envied the arrogant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.73.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They have no struggles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">their bodies are healthy and strong.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:4 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.73.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They are free from common human burdens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">they are not plagued by human ills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.73.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore pride is their necklace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">they clothe themselves with violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.73.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">From their callous hearts comes iniquity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Their eyes bulge with fat</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">their evil imaginations have no limits.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.73.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They scoff, and speak with malice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">with arrogance they threaten oppression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.73.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their mouths lay claim to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">and their tongues take possession of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.73.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore their people turn to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">and drink up waters in abundance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">73:10 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.73.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;How would God know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">Does the Most High know anything?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.73.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the wicked are like&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.73.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">and have washed my hands in innocence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.73.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">All day long I have been afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">and every morning brings new punishments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.73.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If I had spoken out like that,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">I would have betrayed your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.73.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When I tried to understand all this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">it troubled me deeply</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.73.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">till I entered the sanctuary of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">then I understood their final destiny.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.73.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely you place them on slippery ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">you cast them down to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.73.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">How suddenly are they destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">completely swept away by terrors!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.73.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They are like a dream when one awakes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">when you arise, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">you will despise them as fantasies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.73.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When my heart was grieved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">and my spirit embittered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.73.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was senseless and ignorant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">I was a brute beast before you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.73.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet I am always with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">you hold me by my right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.73.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You guide me with your counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">and afterward you will take me into glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.73.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Whom have I in heaven but you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">And earth has nothing I desire besides you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.73.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My flesh and my heart may fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">but God is the strength of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">and my portion forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.73.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who are far from you will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.73.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But as for me, it is good to be near God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I have made the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.73.28"><span class="content">I will tell of all your deeds.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">74</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 74</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, why have you rejected us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="content">Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.74.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Remember the nation you purchased long ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">Mount Zion, where you dwelt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.74.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="content">all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.74.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="content">they set up their standards as signs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.74.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They behaved like men wielding axes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="content">to cut through a thicket of trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.74.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They smashed all the carved paneling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="content">with their axes and hatchets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.74.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They burned your sanctuary to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="content">they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.74.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They said in their hearts, &#8220;We will crush them completely!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="content">They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.74.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We are given no signs from God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">no prophets are left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">and none of us knows how long this will be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.74.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">How long will the enemy mock you, God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="content">Will the foe revile your name forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.74.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="content">Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.74.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But God is my King from long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="content">he brings salvation on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.74.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was you who split open the sea by your power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="content">you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.74.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="content">and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.74.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It was you who opened up springs and streams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="content">you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.74.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The day is yours, and yours also the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="content">you established the sun and moon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.74.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="content">you made both summer and winter.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.74.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Remember how the enemy has mocked you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="content">how foolish people have reviled your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.74.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="content">do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.74.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have regard for your covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="content">because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.74.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="content">may the poor and needy praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.74.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="content">remember how fools mock you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.74.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.74.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.74.23"><span class="content">the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">75</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 75</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">We praise you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">we praise you, for your Name is near;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">people tell of your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You say, &#8220;I choose the appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">it is I who judge with equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the earth and all its people quake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">it is I who hold its pillars firm.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">To the arrogant I say, &#8216;Boast no more,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">and to the wicked, &#8216;Do not lift up your horns.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">75:4 </span><span class="fq">Horns </span><span class="ft">here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not lift your horns against heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">do not speak so defiantly.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one from the east or the west</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">or from the desert can exalt themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is God who judges:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">He brings one down, he exalts another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a cup</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">full of foaming wine mixed with spices;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">drink it down to its very dregs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As for me, I will declare this forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who says, &#8220;I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="content">but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">76</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 76</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 76:1-12 is numbered 76:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is renowned in Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">in Israel his name is great.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.76.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His tent is in Salem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">his dwelling place in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.76.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">There he broke the flashing arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.76.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are radiant with light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">more majestic than mountains rich with game.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.76.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The valiant lie plundered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">they sleep their last sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">not one of the warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">can lift his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.76.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At your rebuke, God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">both horse and chariot lie still.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.76.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is you alone who are to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">Who can stand before you when you are angry?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.76.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From heaven you pronounced judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">and the land feared and was quiet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.76.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when you, God, rose up to judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">to save all the afflicted of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.76.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">76:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.76.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and fulfill them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">let all the neighboring lands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">bring gifts to the One to be feared.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.76.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He breaks the spirit of rulers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.76.12"><span class="content">he is feared by the kings of the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">77</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 77</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.</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 out to God for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I cried out to God to hear 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">When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">at night I stretched out untiring hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">and I would not be comforted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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 you, God, and I groaned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">77:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.</span></span></span></span></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">You kept my eyes from closing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">I was too troubled to 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 thought about the former days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years of long ago;</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 remembered my songs in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">My heart meditated and my spirit asked:</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">&#8220;Will the Lord reject forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Will he never show his favor again?</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">Has his unfailing love vanished forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Has his promise failed for all time?</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">Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Has he in anger withheld his compassion?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">Then I thought, &#8220;To this I will appeal:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.</span></span></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 deeds 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">yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.</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 consider all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="content">and meditate on all your mighty deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">Your ways, God, are holy.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">What god is as great as our 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">You are the God who performs miracles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">you display your power among the peoples.</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">With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</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 you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the waters saw you and writhed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">the very depths were convulsed.</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 down water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">the heavens resounded with thunder;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">your arrows flashed back and forth.</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">Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">your lightning lit up the world;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">the earth trembled and quaked.</span></span></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">Your path led through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">your way through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">though your footprints were not seen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">You led your 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>
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