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         <div class="label">104</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 104</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, you are very great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">you are clothed with splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.104.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> wraps himself in light as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">he stretches out the heavens like a tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.104.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">He makes the clouds his chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">and rides on the wings of the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.104.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He makes winds his messengers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">angels</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">flames of fire his servants.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.104.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He set the earth on its foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">it can never be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.104.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">the waters stood above the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.104.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But at your rebuke the waters fled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.104.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">they flowed over the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">they went down into the valleys,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">to the place you assigned for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.104.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You set a boundary they cannot cross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">never again will they cover the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.104.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes springs pour water into the ravines;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">it flows between the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.104.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They give water to all the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">the wild donkeys quench their thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.104.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The birds of the sky nest by the waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">they sing among the branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.104.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.104.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He makes grass grow for the cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">and plants for people to cultivate&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">bringing forth food from the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.104.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">wine that gladdens human hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">oil to make their faces shine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">and bread that sustains their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.104.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The trees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are well watered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.104.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There the birds make their nests;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">the stork has its home in the junipers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.104.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The high mountains belong to the wild goats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.104.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He made the moon to mark the seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">and the sun knows when to go down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.104.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You bring darkness, it becomes night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">and all the beasts of the forest prowl.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.104.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lions roar for their prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">and seek their food from God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.104.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sun rises, and they steal away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">they return and lie down in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.104.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then people go out to their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">to their labor until evening.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.104.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">How many are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">In wisdom you made them all;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">the earth is full of your creatures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.104.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is the sea, vast and spacious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">teeming with creatures beyond number&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">living things both large and small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.104.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">There the ships go to and fro,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.104.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">All creatures look to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">to give them their food at the proper time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.104.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When you give it to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they gather it up;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">when you open your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">they are satisfied with good things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.104.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When you hide your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">when you take away their breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">they die and return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.104.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When you send your Spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">they are created,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">and you renew the face of the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.104.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">May the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> endure forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice in his works&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.104.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">who touches the mountains, and they smoke.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.104.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> all my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.104.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">May my meditation be pleasing to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">as I rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.104.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">But may sinners vanish from the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">and the wicked be no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my soul.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.104.35"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">104:35 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin, Confession and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely the arm of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not too short to save,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">nor his ear too dull to hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But your iniquities have separated</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">you from your God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">your sins have hidden his face from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">so that he will not hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For your hands are stained with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">your fingers with guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">Your lips have spoken falsely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">and your tongue mutters wicked things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one calls for justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">no one pleads a case with integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They hatch the eggs of vipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">Whoever eats their eggs will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">Their deeds are evil deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">and acts of violence are in their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their feet rush into sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">they are swift to shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">They pursue evil schemes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">acts of violence mark their ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of peace they do not know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">there is no justice in their paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">They have turned them into crooked roads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">no one who walks along them will know peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So justice is far from us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">and righteousness does not reach us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">We look for light, but all is darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like the blind we grope along the wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">feeling our way like people without eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">among the strong, we are like the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We all growl like bears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">we moan mournfully like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">We look for justice, but find none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">for deliverance, but it is far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our offenses are many in your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and our sins testify against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">Our offenses are ever with us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and we acknowledge our iniquities:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">rebellion and treachery against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">turning our backs on our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">inciting revolt and oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">uttering lies our hearts have conceived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So justice is driven back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">and righteousness stands at a distance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">truth has stumbled in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">honesty cannot enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Truth is nowhere to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked and was displeased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">that there was no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He saw that there was no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">so his own arm achieved salvation for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">and his own righteousness sustained him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He put on righteousness as his breastplate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and the helmet of salvation on his head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">he put on the garments of vengeance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">According to what they have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">so will he repay</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">wrath to his enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">and retribution to his foes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">he will repay the islands their due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">From the west, people will fear the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">For he will come like a pent-up flood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">that the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drives along.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will put them to flight</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Redeemer will come to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.59.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for me, this is my covenant with them,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants&#8212;from this time on and forever,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">60</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Glory of Zion</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, shine, for your light has come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="content">and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rises upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">See, darkness covers the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">and thick darkness is over the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rises upon you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">and his glory appears over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Nations will come to your light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="content">and kings to the brightness of your dawn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lift up your eyes and look about you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">All assemble and come to you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">your sons come from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">and your daughters are carried on the hip.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then you will look and be radiant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">your heart will throb and swell with joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">to you the riches of the nations will come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Herds of camels will cover your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">young camels of Midian and Ephah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">And all from Sheba will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">bearing gold and incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">and proclaiming the praise of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All Kedar&#8217;s flocks will be gathered to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">they will be accepted as offerings on my altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">and I will adorn my glorious temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who are these that fly along like clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="content">like doves to their nests?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the islands look to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">60:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the trading ships</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">bringing your children from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">with their silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">to the honor of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">for he has endowed you with splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Foreigners will rebuild your walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">and their kings will serve you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">Though in anger I struck you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">in favor I will show you compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Your gates will always stand open,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">they will never be shut, day or night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">their kings led in triumphal procession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="content">it will be utterly ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The glory of Lebanon will come to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">to adorn my sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">and I will glorify the place for my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">all who despise you will bow down at your feet</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">and will call you the City of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">Zion of the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although you have been forsaken and hated,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">with no one traveling through,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">I will make you the everlasting pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">and the joy of all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will drink the milk of nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">and be nursed at royal breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">Then you will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, am your Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and silver in place of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and iron in place of stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">I will make peace your governor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and well-being your ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No longer will violence be heard in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">nor ruin or destruction within your borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">but you will call your walls Salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">and your gates Praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sun will no more be your light by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your everlasting light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">and your God will be your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Your sun will never set again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">and your moon will wane no more;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your everlasting light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">and your days of sorrow will end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then all your people will be righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">and they will possess the land forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">They are the shoot I have planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">the work of my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">for the display of my splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The least of you will become a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">the smallest a mighty nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">in its time I will do this swiftly.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If I speak in the tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span></span></span><span class="content"> of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:3 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">body to the flames</span></span></span><span class="content"> but do not have love, I gain nothing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For we know in part and we prophesy in part, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</span></span></div>
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