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         <div class="label">86</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 86</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and answer me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">for I am poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.86.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">save your servant who trusts in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.86.2"><span class="content">You are my God; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">have mercy on me, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">for I call to you all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.86.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Bring joy to your servant, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">for I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.86.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, Lord, are forgiving and good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">abounding in love to all who call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.86.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.86.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When I am in distress, I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">because you answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.86.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">no deeds can compare with yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.86.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the nations you have made</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">will come and worship before you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">they will bring glory to your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.86.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you are great and do marvelous deeds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">you alone are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.86.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><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.86.11"><span class="content">that I may rely on your faithfulness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">give me an undivided heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">that I may fear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.86.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">I will glorify your name forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.86.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For great is your love toward me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">you have delivered me from the depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">from the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.86.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">ruthless people are trying to kill me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">they have no regard for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.86.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.86.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Turn to me and have mercy on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">show your strength in behalf of your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">save me, because I serve you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">just as my mother did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.86.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Give me a sign of your goodness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.86.17"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have helped me and comforted me.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="ACT.6">
         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Choosing of the Seven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture</span></span></span><span class="content"> among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, &#8220;It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stephen Seized</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Stephen, a man full of God&#8217;s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)&#8212;Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia&#8212;who began to argue with Stephen. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, &#8220;We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They produced false witnesses, who testified, &#8220;This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.6.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch32" data-usfm="2CH.32">
         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. &#8220;Why should the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Assyria come and find plenty of water?&#8221; they said. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God to help us and to fight our battles.&#8221; And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you basing your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Hezekiah says, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,&#8217; he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god&#8217;s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8216;You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Sennacherib&#8217;s officers spoke further against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God and against his servant Hezekiah. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The king also wrote letters ridiculing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: &#8220;Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world&#8212;the work of human hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate </span><span class="fqa">He gave them rest</span></span></span><span class="content"> on every side. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hezekiah&#8217;s Pride, Success and Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.32.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.32.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.32.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But Hezekiah&#8217;s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.32.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.32.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.32.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He also made buildings to store the harvest of grain, new wine and olive oil; and he made stalls for various kinds of cattle, and pens for the flocks. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2CH.32.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2CH.32.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2CH.32.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2CH.32.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The other events of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign and his acts of devotion are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2CH.32.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David&#8217;s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.</span></span></div>
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