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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh&#8212;an inspired utterance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">This man&#8217;s utterance to Ithiel:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I am weary, God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">but I can prevail.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:1 </span><span class="ft">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I am only a brute, not a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">I do not have human understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have not learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has gone up to heaven and come down?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Whose hands have gathered up the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What is his name, and what is the name of his son?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Every word of God is flawless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not add to his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Two things I ask of you, </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="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">do not refuse me before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep falsehood and lies far from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">give me neither poverty nor riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">but give me only my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and say, &#8216;Who is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or I may become poor and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">and so dishonor the name of my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not slander a servant to their master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who curse their fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">and do not bless their mothers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">those who are pure in their own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">and yet are not cleansed of their filth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">those whose eyes are ever so haughty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">whose glances are so disdainful;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">those whose teeth are swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and whose jaws are set with knives</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">to devour the poor from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">and the needy from among mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The leech has two daughters.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8216;Give! Give!&#8217; they cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">four that never say, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the grave, the barren womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">land, which is never satisfied with water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">and fire, which never says, &#8216;Enough!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The eye that mocks a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">that scorns an aged mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">will be eaten by the vultures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are too amazing for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">four that I do not understand:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">the way of an eagle in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a snake on a rock,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">the way of a ship on the high seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">and the way of a man with a young woman.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the way of an adulterous woman:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eats and wipes her mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done nothing wrong.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Under three things the earth trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">under four it cannot bear up:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">a servant who becomes king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">a contemptible woman who gets married,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">and a servant who displaces her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Four things on earth are small,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">yet they are extremely wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Ants are creatures of little strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">yet they store up their food in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">hyraxes are creatures of little power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">yet they make their home in the crags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">yet they advance together in ranks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">a lizard can be caught with the hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">yet it is found in kings&#8217; palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are three things that are stately in their stride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">four that move with stately bearing:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">a lion, mighty among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">who retreats before nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">a strutting rooster, a he-goat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">and a king secure against revolt.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you play the fool and exalt yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">or if you plan evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">clap your hand over your mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For as churning cream produces butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">and as twisting the nose produces blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">so stirring up anger produces strife.&#8221;</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">9</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their hair was like women&#8217;s hair, and their teeth were like lions&#8217; teeth. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, &#8220;Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood&#8212;idols that cannot see or hear or walk. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">140</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 140</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Rescue me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.140.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who devise evil plans in their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">and stir up war every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.140.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">the poison of vipers is on their lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">140:3 </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 5 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.140.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, from the hands of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">protect me from the violent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">who devise ways to trip my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.140.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">they have spread out the cords of their net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">and have set traps for me along my path.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.140.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">Hear, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.140.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my strong deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">you shield my head in the day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.140.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not grant the wicked their desires, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">do not let their plans succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.140.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">may the mischief of their lips engulf them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.140.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May burning coals fall on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">may they be thrown into the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">into miry pits, never to rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.140.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May slanderers not be established in the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">may disaster hunt down the violent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.140.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> secures justice for the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">and upholds the cause of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.140.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely the righteous will praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.140.13"><span class="content">and the upright will live in your presence.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">141</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 141</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, come quickly to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">hear me when I call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer be set before you like incense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Set a guard over my mouth, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">keep watch over the door of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">so that I take part in wicked deeds</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">along with those who are evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">do not let me eat their delicacies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let a righteous man strike me&#8212;that is a kindness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">let him rebuke me&#8212;that is oil on my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">My head will not refuse it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will say, &#8220;As one plows and breaks up the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">in you I take refuge&#8212;do not give me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">from the snares they have laid for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let the wicked fall into their own nets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="content">while I pass by in safety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">142</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 142</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.</span></span></span></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 David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I cry aloud to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">I lift up my voice to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.142.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I pour out before him my complaint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">before him I tell my trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.142.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When my spirit grows faint within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">it is you who watch over my way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">In the path where I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">people have hidden a snare for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.142.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one is concerned for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">I have no refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">no one cares for my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.142.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I cry to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">I say, &#8220;You are my refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">my portion in the land of the living.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.142.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen to my cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for I am in desperate need;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">rescue me from those who pursue me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">for they are too strong for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.142.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Set me free from my prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">that I may praise your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">Then the righteous will gather about me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.142.7"><span class="content">because of your goodness to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">143</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 143</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear my prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">in your faithfulness and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">come to my relief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not bring your servant into judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">for no one living is righteous before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The enemy pursues me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he crushes me to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he makes me dwell in the darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">like those long dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So my spirit grows faint within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">my heart within me is dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I remember the days of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">I meditate on all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">and consider what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">I thirst for you like a parched land.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">143:6 </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 v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Answer me quickly, </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.143.7"><span class="content">my spirit fails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for I have put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">Show me the way I should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for to you I entrust my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rescue me from my enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">for I hide myself in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Teach me to do your will,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">for you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">may your good Spirit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">lead me on level ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For your name&#8217;s sake, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">destroy all my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">for I am your servant.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">144</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 144</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains my hands for war,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">my fingers for battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is my loving God and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my stronghold and my deliverer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my shield, in whom I take refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">who subdues peoples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:2 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">subdues my people</span></span></span><span class="content"> under me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what are human beings that you care for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">mere mortals that you think of them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are like a breath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">their days are like a fleeting shadow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Part your heavens, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">touch the mountains, so that they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">shoot your arrows and rout them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reach down your hand from on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">deliver me and rescue me</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will sing a new song to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to the One who gives victory to kings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">who delivers his servant David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">From the deadly sword </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">rescue me from the hands of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose mouths are full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">whose right hands are deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then our sons in their youth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">will be like well-nurtured plants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">and our daughters will be like pillars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">carved to adorn a palace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Our barns will be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">with every kind of provision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">Our sheep will increase by thousands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">by tens of thousands in our fields;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">our oxen will draw heavy loads.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">144:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">our chieftains will be firmly established</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">There will be no breaching of walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no going into captivity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no cry of distress in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blessed is the people of whom this is true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">blessed is the people whose God is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">145</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 145</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of praise. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will exalt you, my God the King;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">I will praise your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.145.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every day I will praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">and extol your name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.145.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and most worthy of praise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">his greatness no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.145.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One generation commends your works to another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">they tell of your mighty acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.145.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">and I will meditate on your wonderful works.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:5 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.145.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They tell of the power of your awesome works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">and I will proclaim your great deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.145.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They celebrate your abundant goodness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">and joyfully sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.145.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">slow to anger and rich in love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.145.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good to all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">he has compassion on all he has made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.145.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All your works praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">your faithful people extol you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.145.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They tell of the glory of your kingdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">and speak of your might,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.145.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">so that all people may know of your mighty acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.145.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and your dominion endures through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is trustworthy in all he promises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">145:13 </span><span class="ft">One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.145.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> upholds all who fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">and lifts up all who are bowed down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.145.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eyes of all look to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">and you give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.145.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You open your hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">and satisfy the desires of every living thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.145.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous in all his ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">and faithful in all he does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.145.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near to all who call on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">to all who call on him in truth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.145.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">he hears their cry and saves them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.145.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over all who love him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">but all the wicked he will destroy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.145.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak in praise of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">Let every creature praise his holy name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.145.21"><span class="content">for ever and ever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">146:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not put your trust in princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">in human beings, who cannot save.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">on that very day their plans come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">whose hope is in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of heaven and earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">the sea, and everything in them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">he remains faithful forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He upholds the cause of the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">and gives food to the hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sets prisoners free,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the blind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lifts up those who are bowed down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the foreigner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">and sustains the fatherless and the widow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">your God, O Zion, for all generations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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