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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">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">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="q1"><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></div>
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         <div class="q1"><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="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake</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="fv">5 </span><span class="fqa">My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It will be a unique day&#8212;a day known only to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and his name the only name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">circumcision</span></span></span><span class="content"> on behalf of God&#8217;s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Again, it says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:43</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">let all the peoples extol him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 117:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And again, Isaiah says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">&#8220;The Root of Jesse will spring up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">one who will arise to rule over the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">in him the Gentiles will hope.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:12 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone asks you, &#8216;Why are you untying it?&#8217; say, &#8216;The Lord needs it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.19.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, &#8220;Why are you untying the colt?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.19.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;The Lord needs it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.19.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.19.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.19.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:38 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:26</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.19.38"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.19.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, &#8220;Teacher, rebuke your disciples!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.19.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.19.40"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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