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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A good name is more desirable than great riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rich and poor have this in common:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the Maker of them all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The prudent see danger and take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Humility is the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">its wages are riches and honor and life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Start children off on the way they should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">and even when they are old they will not turn from it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The rich rule over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">and the borrower is slave to the lender.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The generous will themselves be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">for they share their food with the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">quarrels and insults are ended.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">will have the king for a friend.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> keep watch over knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion outside!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">I&#8217;ll be killed in the public square!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">a man who is under the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath falls into it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">and one who gives gifts to the rich&#8212;both come to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Thirty Sayings of the Wise</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">apply your heart to what I teach,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">and have all of them ready on your lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So that your trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I teach you today, even you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have I not written thirty sayings for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">sayings of counsel and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">so that you bring back truthful reports</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">to those you serve?</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not exploit the poor because they are poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">and do not crush the needy in court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take up their case</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">and will exact life for life.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 3</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">do not associate with one easily angered,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">or you may learn their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">and get yourself ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 4</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">or puts up security for debts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">if you lack the means to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">your very bed will be snatched from under you.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 5</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do not move an ancient boundary stone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">set up by your ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Saying 6</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Do you see someone skilled in their work?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">They will serve before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">they will not serve before officials of low rank.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">91</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 91</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will say of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely he will save you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will not fear the terror of night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A thousand may fall at your side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">but it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will only observe with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my refuge,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">and you make the Most High your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">no harm will overtake you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">no disaster will come near your tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">to guard you in all your ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will tread on the lion and the cobra;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">you will trample the great lion and the serpent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably the king</span></span></span><span class="content"> loves me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will rescue him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will call on me, and I will answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will be with him in trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">With long life I will satisfy him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="content">and show him my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who testifies to everything he saw&#8212;that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Greetings and Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">To the seven churches in the province of Asia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> before his throne, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="content">To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father&#8212;to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, he is coming with the clouds,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="DAN.7.13">Daniel 7:13</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and &#8220;every eye will see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">even those who pierced him&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and all peoples on earth &#8220;will mourn because of him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ZEC.12.10">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">So shall it be! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221; says the Lord God, &#8220;who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Vision of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the Lord&#8217;s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" data-usfm="DAN.7.13">Daniel 7:13</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">messengers</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">83</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 83</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O God, do not remain silent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not turn a deaf ear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">do not stand aloof, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.83.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">See how your enemies growl,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">how your foes rear their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.83.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With cunning they conspire against your people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">they plot against those you cherish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.83.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221; they say, &#8220;let us destroy them as a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">so that Israel&#8217;s name is remembered no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.83.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">With one mind they plot together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">they form an alliance against you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.83.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">of Moab and the Hagrites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.83.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">Philistia, with the people of Tyre.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.83.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Even Assyria has joined them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">to reinforce Lot&#8217;s descendants.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">83:8 </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="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.83.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do to them as you did to Midian,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.83.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">who perished at Endor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">and became like dung on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.83.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.83.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who said, &#8220;Let us take possession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">of the pasturelands of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.83.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Make them like tumbleweed, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">like chaff before the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.83.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As fire consumes the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.83.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so pursue them with your tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">and terrify them with your storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.83.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Cover their faces with shame, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">so that they will seek your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.83.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">may they perish in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.83.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Let them know that you, whose name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.83.18"><span class="content">that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</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 lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">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">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></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 are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:4 </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 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></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 are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</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">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></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">till each appears before God in Zion.</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">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</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">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</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">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would 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 dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></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 is 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"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></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">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">85</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 85</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 85:1-13 is numbered 85:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, showed favor to your land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">you restored the fortunes of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You forgave the iniquity of your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">and covered all their sins.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">85:2 </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 v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You set aside all your wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">and turned from your fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">and put away your displeasure toward us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Will you be angry with us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">Will you prolong your anger through all generations?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will you not revive us again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">that your people may rejoice in you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Show us your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">and grant us your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will listen to what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">but let them not turn to folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">that his glory may dwell in our land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness meet together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">righteousness and peace kiss each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">and righteousness looks down from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will indeed give what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">and our land will yield its harvest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Righteousness goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="content">and prepares the way for his steps.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">86</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 86</span></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.86.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and answer me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">for I am poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">save your servant who trusts in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">You are my God; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">have mercy on me, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">for I call to you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Bring joy to your servant, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">for I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, Lord, are forgiving and good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">abounding in love to all who call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I am in distress, I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">because you answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">no deeds can compare with yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the nations you have made</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">will come and worship before you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">they will bring glory to your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you are great and do marvelous deeds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">you alone are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Teach me your way, </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.86.11"><span class="content">that I may rely on your faithfulness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">give me an undivided heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">that I may fear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">I will glorify your name forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For great is your love toward me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">you have delivered me from the depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">from the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">they have no regard for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and have mercy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">show your strength in behalf of your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">save me, because I serve you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">just as my mother did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Give me a sign of your goodness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have helped me and comforted me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">87</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 87</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.87.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">He has founded his city on the holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.87.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the gates of Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="content">more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.87.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorious things are said of you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="content">city of God:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:3 </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 6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.87.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will record Rahab</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">A poetic name for Egypt</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">among those who acknowledge me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">and will say, &#8216;This one was born in Zion.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">87:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / &#8216;This one was born in Zion.&#8217; / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.87.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Indeed, of Zion it will be said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">&#8220;This one and that one were born in her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">and the Most High himself will establish her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.87.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will write in the register of the peoples:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="content">&#8220;This one was born in Zion.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.87.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.87.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As they make music they will sing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.87.7"><span class="content">&#8220;All my fountains are in you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">88</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 88</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">mahalath leannoth.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Possibly a tune, &#8220;The Suffering of Affliction&#8221;</span></span></span><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 Heman the Ezrahite.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are the God who saves me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="content">day and night I cry out to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="content">turn your ear to my cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I am overwhelmed with troubles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="content">and my life draws near to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am counted among those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="content">I am like one without strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am set apart with the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">like the slain who lie in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">whom you remember no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">who are cut off from your care.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have put me in the lowest pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="content">in the darkest depths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your wrath lies heavily on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="content">you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">88:7 </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 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have taken from me my closest friends</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">and have made me repulsive to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">I am confined and cannot escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">my eyes are dim with grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, every day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do you show your wonders to the dead?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="content">Do their spirits rise up and praise you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is your love declared in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="content">your faithfulness in Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">88:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="content">or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.88.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But I cry to you for help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.88.13"><span class="content">in the morning my prayer comes before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.88.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you reject me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="content">and hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="content">I have borne your terrors and am in despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your wrath has swept over me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="content">your terrors have destroyed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All day long they surround me like a flood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="content">they have completely engulfed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.88.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have taken from me friend and neighbor&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.88.18"><span class="content">darkness is my closest friend.</span></span></div>
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