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         <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 68</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">may his foes flee before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">as wax melts before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">may the wicked perish before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But may the righteous be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">and rejoice before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">may they be happy and joyful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">extol him who rides on the clouds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">is God in his holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God sets the lonely in families,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the desolate in a homeland</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When you, God, went out before your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">when you marched through the wilderness,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You gave abundant showers, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your people settled in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Lord announces the word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">the women at home divide the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> scattered the kings in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will dwell forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The chariots of God are tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">and thousands of thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you took many captives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you received gifts from people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">even from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gifts for people, / even</span></span></span><span class="content"> the rebellious&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">that you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">they</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, might dwell there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">who daily bears our burdens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our God is a God who saves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">from the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes escape from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your procession, God, has come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Praise God in the great congregation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the assembly of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Summon your power, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Your God has summoned power for you</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Because of your temple at Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">kings will bring you gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envoys will come from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> will submit herself to God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">sing praise to the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">who thunders with mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Proclaim the power of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose majesty is over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose power is in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">Praise be to God!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">69</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 69</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Lilies.&#8221; Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Save me, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="content">for the waters have come up to my neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.69.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I sink in the miry depths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">where there is no foothold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">I have come into the deep waters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">the floods engulf me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.69.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I am worn out calling for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">my throat is parched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">My eyes fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">looking for my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.69.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">outnumber the hairs of my head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">many are my enemies without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">those who seek to destroy me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">I am forced to restore</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">what I did not steal.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.69.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You, God, know my folly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="content">my guilt is not hidden from you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.69.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">may those who hope in you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">not be disgraced because of me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">may those who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">not be put to shame because of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.69.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I endure scorn for your sake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="content">and shame covers my face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.69.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am a foreigner to my own family,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="content">a stranger to my own mother&#8217;s children;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.69.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for zeal for your house consumes me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="content">and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.69.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When I weep and fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="content">I must endure scorn;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.69.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I put on sackcloth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="content">people make sport of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.69.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who sit at the gate mock me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="content">and I am the song of the drunkards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.69.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But I pray to you, </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="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">in the time of your favor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">in your great love, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">answer me with your sure salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.69.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Rescue me from the mire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">do not let me sink;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">deliver me from those who hate me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">from the deep waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.69.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not let the floodwaters engulf me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">or the depths swallow me up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">or the pit close its mouth over me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.69.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, out of the goodness of your love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="content">in your great mercy turn to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.69.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not hide your face from your servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="content">answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.69.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Come near and rescue me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="content">deliver me because of my foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.69.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="content">all my enemies are before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.69.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Scorn has broken my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">and has left me helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">I looked for sympathy, but there was none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">for comforters, but I found none.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.69.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They put gall in my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="content">and gave me vinegar for my thirst.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.69.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">May the table set before them become a snare;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="content">may it become retribution and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">69:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">snare / and their fellowship become</span></span></span><span class="content"> a trap.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.69.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="content">and their backs be bent forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.69.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Pour out your wrath on them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="content">let your fierce anger overtake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.69.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">May their place be deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="content">let there be no one to dwell in their tents.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.69.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For they persecute those you wound</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="content">and talk about the pain of those you hurt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.69.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Charge them with crime upon crime;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="content">do not let them share in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.69.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">May they be blotted out of the book of life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="content">and not be listed with the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.69.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But as for me, afflicted and in pain&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="content">may your salvation, God, protect me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.69.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I will praise God&#8217;s name in song</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="content">and glorify him with thanksgiving.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.69.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This will please the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> more than an ox,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="content">more than a bull with its horns and hooves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.69.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The poor will see and be glad&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="content">you who seek God, may your hearts live!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.69.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears the needy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="content">and does not despise his captive people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.69.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let heaven and earth praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="content">the seas and all that move in them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.69.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">for God will save Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">and rebuild the cities of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">Then people will settle there and possess it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.69.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.69.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the children of his servants will inherit it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.69.36"><span class="content">and those who love his name will dwell there.</span></span></div>
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