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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:4 </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 verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">till each appears before God in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God is a sun and shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">85</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 85</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 85:1-13 is numbered 85:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, showed favor to your land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">you restored the fortunes of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You forgave the iniquity of your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">and covered all their sins.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">85:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You set aside all your wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">and turned from your fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">and put away your displeasure toward us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Will you be angry with us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">Will you prolong your anger through all generations?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will you not revive us again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">that your people may rejoice in you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Show us your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">and grant us your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will listen to what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">but let them not turn to folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">that his glory may dwell in our land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness meet together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">righteousness and peace kiss each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">and righteousness looks down from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will indeed give what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">and our land will yield its harvest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Righteousness goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="content">and prepares the way for his steps.</span></span></div>
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