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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life Through the Spirit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is singular; some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content"> free from the law of sin and death. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">flesh, for sin</span></span></span><span class="content"> And so he condemned sin in the flesh, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God&#8217;s law, nor can it do so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive</span></span></span><span class="content"> because of righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">bodies through</span></span></span><span class="content"> his Spirit who lives in you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation&#8212;but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And by him we cry, &#8220;</span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Abba,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">Aramaic for </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content"> Father.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God&#8217;s children. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now if we are children, then we are heirs&#8212;heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Present Suffering and Future Glory</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">that</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:20,21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">subjected it in hope. </span><span class="fv">21 </span><span class="fqa">For</span></span></span><span class="content"> the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God&#8217;s people in accordance with the will of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that all things work together for good to those who love God, who</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good&#8212;with those who</span></span></span><span class="content"> have been called according to his purpose. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">More Than Conquerors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all&#8212;how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died&#8212;more than that, who was raised to life&#8212;is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 44:22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ROM.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ROM.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nor heavenly rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ROM.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch26" data-usfm="ISA.26">
         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Song of Praise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">We have a strong city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">God makes salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">its walls and ramparts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Open the gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">that the righteous nation may enter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">the nation that keeps faith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will keep in perfect peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">those whose minds are steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">because they trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself, is the Rock eternal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He humbles those who dwell on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he lays the lofty city low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he levels it to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">and casts it down to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Feet trample it down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the feet of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the footsteps of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is level;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yes, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, walking in the way of your laws,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">judgments</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">we wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">your name and renown</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">are the desire of our hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My soul yearns for you in the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">in the morning my spirit longs for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">When your judgments come upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">the people of the world learn righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But when grace is shown to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">they do not learn righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">and do not regard the majesty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your hand is lifted high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">but they do not see it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you establish peace for us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">all that we have accomplished you have done for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">but your name alone do we honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are now dead, they live no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">their spirits do not rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">You punished them and brought them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">you wiped out all memory of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have enlarged the nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">You have gained glory for yourself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have extended all the borders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, they came to you in their distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">when you disciplined them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">they could barely whisper a prayer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As a pregnant woman about to give birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">writhes and cries out in her pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">so were we in your presence, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We were with child, we writhed in labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">but we gave birth to wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">We have not brought salvation to the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">and the people of the world have not come to life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But your dead will live, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">their bodies will rise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">let those who dwell in the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">wake up and shout for joy&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">your dew is like the dew of the morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">the earth will give birth to her dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Go, my people, enter your rooms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">and shut the doors behind you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">hide yourselves for a little while</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">until his wrath has passed by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming out of his dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">to punish the people of the earth for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">the earth will conceal its slain no longer.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 27</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.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my light and my salvation&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">whom shall I fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the stronghold of my life&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">of whom shall I be afraid?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the wicked advance against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">to devour</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">slander</span></span></span><span class="content"> me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">it is my enemies and my foes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">who will stumble and fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though an army besiege me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">my heart will not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">though war break out against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">even then I will be confident.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One thing I ask from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">this only do I seek:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">that I may dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">to gaze on the beauty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">and to seek him in his temple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For in the day of trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">he will keep me safe in his dwelling;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">and set me high upon a rock.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then my head will be exalted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">above the enemies who surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">I will sing and make music to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hear my voice when I call, </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.27.7"><span class="content">be merciful to me and answer me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My heart says of you, &#8220;Seek his face!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="content">Your face, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will seek.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">do not turn your servant away in anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">you have been my helper.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">Do not reject me or forsake me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">God my Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Though my father and mother forsake me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will receive me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Teach me your way, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">lead me in a straight path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">because of my oppressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">for false witnesses rise up against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">spouting malicious accusations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I remain confident of this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">I will see the goodness of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">in the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="content">be strong and take heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.27.14"><span class="content">and wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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