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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Census</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men who are to assist you:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">From the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">From the descendants of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Manasseh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel&#8217;s army were counted according to their families. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The total number was 603,550.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The Israelites did all this just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 35</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.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Contend, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with those who contend with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">fight against those who fight against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take up shield and armor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">arise and come to my aid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brandish spear and javelin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and block the way</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">against those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">Say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am your salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May those who seek my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be disgraced and put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">may those who plot my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be turned back in dismay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May they be like chaff before the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> driving them away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">may their path be dark and slippery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pursuing them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since they hid their net for me without cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">and without cause dug a pit for me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">may ruin overtake them by surprise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may the net they hid entangle them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my soul will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">and delight in his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My whole being will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is like you, </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="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">the poor and needy from those who rob them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ruthless witnesses come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">they question me on things I know nothing about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">and leave me like one bereaved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">and humbled myself with fasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">When my prayers returned to me unanswered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I went about mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though for my friend or brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">I bowed my head in grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though weeping for my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">They slandered me without ceasing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew may mean </span><span class="fqa">Like an ungodly circle of mockers,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">they gnashed their teeth at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How long, Lord, will you look on?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">Rescue me from their ravages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">my precious life from these lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">among the throngs I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not let those gloat over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">who are my enemies without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">do not let those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">maliciously wink the eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They do not speak peaceably,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">but devise false accusations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">against those who live quietly in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They sneer at me and say, &#8220;Aha! Aha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">With our own eyes we have seen it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have seen this; do not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">Do not be far from me, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, and rise to my defense!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">Contend for me, my God and Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Vindicate me in your righteousness, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">do not let them gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let them think, &#8220;Aha, just what we wanted!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">or say, &#8220;We have swallowed him up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">May all who gloat over my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">may all who exalt themselves over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be clothed with shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May those who delight in my vindication</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">may they always say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">who delights in the well-being of his servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="content">your praises all day long.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invest in Many Ventures</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ship your grain across the sea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="content">after many days you may receive a return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="content">you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If clouds are full of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">they pour rain on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">in the place where it falls, there it will lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whoever watches the wind will not plant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="content">whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As you do not know the path of the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">or how the body is formed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">know how life </span><span class="ft">(or </span><span class="fqa">the spirit</span><span class="ft">) / </span><span class="fqa">enters the body being formed</span></span></span><span class="content"> in a mother&#8217;s womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">so you cannot understand the work of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">the Maker of all things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sow your seed in the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">and at evening let your hands not be idle,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">for you do not know which will succeed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">whether this or that,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">or whether both will do equally well.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Remember Your Creator While Young</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Light is sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="content">and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">However many years anyone may live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">let them enjoy them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">But let them remember the days of darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">for there will be many.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">Everything to come is meaningless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You who are young, be happy while you are young,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">Follow the ways of your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">and whatever your eyes see,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">but know that for all these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">God will bring you into judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So then, banish anxiety from your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="content">and cast off the troubles of your body,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="content">for youth and vigor are meaningless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saved in Order to Do Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="TIT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="TIT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="TIT.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="TIT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="TIT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="TIT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="TIT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="TIT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="TIT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="TIT.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="TIT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="TIT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="TIT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Remarks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="TIT.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="TIT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="TIT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way and see that they have everything they need. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="TIT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="TIT.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="TIT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Everyone with me sends you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="TIT.3.15"><span class="content">Grace be with you all.</span></span></div>
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