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         <div class="label">105</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 105</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He remembers his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">they wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He called down famine on the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">and destroyed all their supplies of food;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.105.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">and he sent a man before them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">Joseph, sold as a slave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.105.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They bruised his feet with shackles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">his neck was put in irons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.105.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">till what he foretold came to pass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">till the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> proved him true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.105.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The king sent and released him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">the ruler of peoples set him free.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.105.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He made him master of his household,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">ruler over all he possessed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.105.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">to instruct his princes as he pleased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">and teach his elders wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.105.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Israel entered Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.105.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made his people very fruitful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">he made them too numerous for their foes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.105.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">whose hearts he turned to hate his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">to conspire against his servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.105.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He sent Moses his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">and Aaron, whom he had chosen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.105.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They performed his signs among them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">his wonders in the land of Ham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.105.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He sent darkness and made the land dark&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">for had they not rebelled against his words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.105.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He turned their waters into blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">causing their fish to die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.105.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Their land teemed with frogs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.105.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">and gnats throughout their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.105.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He turned their rain into hail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">with lightning throughout their land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.105.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">he struck down their vines and fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">and shattered the trees of their country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.105.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He spoke, and the locusts came,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">grasshoppers without number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.105.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">they ate up every green thing in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">ate up the produce of their soil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.105.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">the firstfruits of all their manhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.105.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">and from among their tribes no one faltered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.105.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Egypt was glad when they left,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">because dread of Israel had fallen on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.105.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He spread out a cloud as a covering,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">and a fire to give light at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.105.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">They asked, and he brought them quail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">he fed them well with the bread of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.105.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He opened the rock, and water gushed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">it flowed like a river in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.105.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">For he remembered his holy promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">given to his servant Abraham.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.105.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He brought out his people with rejoicing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">his chosen ones with shouts of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.105.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">he gave them the lands of the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">and they fell heir to what others had toiled for&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.105.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">that they might keep his precepts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><span class="content">and observe his laws.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.105.45"><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">105:45 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch61" data-usfm="ISA.61">
         <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Favor</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </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="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </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="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch62" data-usfm="ISA.62">
         <div class="label">62</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zion&#8217;s New Name</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For Zion&#8217;s sake I will not keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">for Jerusalem&#8217;s sake I will not remain quiet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">till her vindication shines out like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">her salvation like a blazing torch.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The nations will see your vindication,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">and all kings your glory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">you will be called by a new name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">that the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bestow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will be a crown of splendor in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="content">a royal diadem in the hand of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No longer will they call you Deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">or name your land Desolate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">But you will be called Hephzibah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Hephzibah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my delight is in her.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land Beulah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Beulah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">married</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take delight in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land will be married.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As a young man marries a young woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your Builder marry you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your God rejoice over you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">they will never be silent day or night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">You who call on the </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="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">give yourselves no rest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="content">and makes her the praise of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by his right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and by his mighty arm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will I give your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">as food for your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and never again will foreigners drink the new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">for which you have toiled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">but those who harvest it will eat it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and those who gather the grapes will drink it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">in the courts of my sanctuary.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Pass through, pass through the gates!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Prepare the way for the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Build up, build up the highway!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Remove the stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Raise a banner for the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made proclamation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Say to Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8216;See, your Savior comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They will be called the Holy People,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the Redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">and you will be called Sought After,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the City No Longer Deserted.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bk1CO">
      <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="1CO.14">
         <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Intelligibility in Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For anyone who speaks in a tongue</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in another language</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27</span></span></span><span class="content"> does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in other languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39</span></span></span><span class="content"> but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in other languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39</span></span></span><span class="content"> unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:16 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">inquirer </span><span class="ft">is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.</span></span></span><span class="content"> say &#8220;Amen&#8221; to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In the Law it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With other tongues</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">and through the lips of foreigners</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">I will speak to this people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">but even then they will not listen to me,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">says the Lord.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:21 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 28:11,12</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, &#8220;God is really among you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Good Order in Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If anyone speaks in a tongue, two&#8212;or at the most three&#8212;should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">For God is not a God of disorder but of peace&#8212;as in all the congregations of the Lord&#8217;s people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1CO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Women</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:33,34 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">peace. As in all the congregations of the Lord&#8217;s people, </span><span class="fv">34 </span><span class="fqa">women</span></span></span><span class="content"> should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:34,35 </span><span class="ft">In a few manuscripts these verses come after verse 40.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CO.14.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CO.14.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CO.14.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord&#8217;s command. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:38 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">But anyone who is ignorant of this will be ignorant</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CO.14.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CO.14.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CO.14.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.</span></span></div>
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