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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Uzziah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:1 </span><span class="ft">Also called </span><span class="fqa">Azariah</span></span></span><span class="content"> who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as his father Amaziah had done. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:5 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; other Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">vision</span></span></span><span class="content"> of God. As long as he sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, God gave him success.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The total number of family leaders over the fighting men was 2,600. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In Jerusalem he made devices invented for use on the towers and on the corner defenses so that soldiers could shoot arrows and hurl large stones from the walls. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God, and entered the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to burn incense on the altar of incense. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> followed him in. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They confronted King Uzziah and said, &#8220;It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple, leprosy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:19 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 20, 21 and 23.</span></span></span><span class="content"> broke out on his forehead. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had afflicted him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in a house where he was relieved of responsibilities</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;leprous, and banned from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The other events of Uzziah&#8217;s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, &#8220;He had leprosy.&#8221; And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jotham King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother&#8217;s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,800 tons or about 1,600 metric tons of wheat</span></span></span><span class="content"> of wheat and ten thousand cors</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:5 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 1,500 tons or about 1,350 metric tons of barley</span></span></span><span class="content"> of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The other events in Jotham&#8217;s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahaz King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had driven out before the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.28.5"><span class="content">He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah&#8212;because Judah had forsaken the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king&#8217;s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The men of Israel took captive from their fellow Israelites who were from Judah two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But a prophet of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, &#8220;Because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren&#8217;t you also guilty of sins against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger rests on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then some of the leaders in Ephraim&#8212;Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai&#8212;confronted those who were arriving from the war. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not bring those prisoners here,&#8221; they said, &#8220;or we will be guilty before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the soldiers gave up the prisoners and plunder in the presence of the officials and all the assembly. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:16 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Kings 16:7) </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Assyria for help. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:19 </span><span class="ft">That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles</span></span></span><span class="content"> for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Tiglath-Pileser</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Tilgath-Pilneser, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Tiglath-Pileser</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, &#8220;Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.&#8221; But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of his ancestors.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 10</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you stand far off?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">who are caught in the schemes he devises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He boasts about the cravings of his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">he blesses the greedy and reviles the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">in all his thoughts there is no room for God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His ways are always prosperous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">your laws are rejected by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ they are haughty, and your laws are far from</span></span></span><span class="content"> him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">he sneers at all his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;Nothing will ever shake me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">He swears, &#8220;No one will ever do me harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">His mouth is full of lies and threats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">trouble and evil are under his tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He lies in wait near the villages;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">from ambush he murders the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">His eyes watch in secret for his victims;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">like a lion in cover he lies in wait.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">He lies in wait to catch the helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His victims are crushed, they collapse;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">they fall under his strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;God will never notice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">he covers his face and never sees.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Lift up your hand, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">Do not forget the helpless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why does the wicked man revile God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">Why does he say to himself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">&#8220;He won&#8217;t call me to account&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you consider their grief and take it in hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">The victims commit themselves to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you are the helper of the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Break the arm of the wicked man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">call the evildoer to account for his wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">that would not otherwise be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is King for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">the nations will perish from his land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear the desire of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">defending the fatherless and the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">so that mere earthly mortals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">will never again strike terror.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not let the righteous go hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Lazy hands make for poverty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">but diligent hands bring wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blessings crown the head of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The name of the righteous is used in blessings,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 48:20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">but the name of the wicked will rot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wise in heart accept commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">but a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">and a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hatred stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">but love covers over all wrongs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wise store up knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">but poverty is the ruin of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wages of the righteous is life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">and spreads slander is a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sin is not ended by multiplying words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">but the prudent hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">but the heart of the wicked is of little value.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous nourish many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">but fools die for lack of sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">without painful toil for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What the wicked dread will overtake them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">what the righteous desire will be granted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">but the righteous stand firm forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">so are sluggards to those who send them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> adds length to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">but the years of the wicked are cut short.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The prospect of the righteous is joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The way of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a refuge for the blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">but it is the ruin of those who do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The righteous will never be uprooted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">but the wicked will not remain in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God is not human, that he should lie,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">not a human being, that he should change his mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he speak and then not act?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he promise and not fulfill?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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