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         <div class="label">56</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 56</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;A Dove on Distant Oaks.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be merciful to me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">for my enemies are in hot pursuit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">all day long they press their attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.56.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My adversaries pursue me all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">in their pride many are attacking me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.56.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.56.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.56.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All day long they twist my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">all their schemes are for my ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.56.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They conspire, they lurk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">they watch my steps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">hoping to take my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.56.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because of their wickedness do not</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:7 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">do not</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> let them escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">in your anger, God, bring the nations down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.56.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Record my misery;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">list my tears on your scroll</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">56:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">misery; / put my tears in your wineskin</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">are they not in your record?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.56.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my enemies will turn back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">when I call for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">By this I will know that God is for me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.56.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In God, whose word I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, whose word I praise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.56.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">in God I trust and am not afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">What can man do to me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.56.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am under vows to you, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">I will present my thank offerings to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.56.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have delivered me from death</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">and my feet from stumbling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">that I may walk before God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.56.13"><span class="content">in the light of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div>
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