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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 21</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 21:1-13 is numbered 21:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The king rejoices in your strength, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">How great is his joy in the victories you give!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have granted him his heart&#8217;s desire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.21.2"><span class="content">and have not withheld the request of his lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </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.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You came to greet him with rich blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked you for life, and you gave it to him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">length of days, for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through the victories you gave, his glory is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely you have granted him unending blessings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">and made him glad with the joy of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the king trusts in the </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.21.7"><span class="content">through the unfailing love of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">he will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">your right hand will seize your foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When you appear for battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will swallow them up in his wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">and his fire will consume them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You will destroy their descendants from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">their posterity from mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Though they plot evil against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will make them turn their backs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">when you aim at them with drawn bow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be exalted in your strength, </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.21.13"><span class="content">we will sing and praise your might.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">51</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 51</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">according to your great compassion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">blot out my transgressions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.51.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Wash away all my iniquity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="content">and cleanse me from my sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.51.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I know my transgressions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="content">and my sin is always before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.51.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Against you, you only, have I sinned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and done what is evil in your sight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">so you are right in your verdict</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">and justified when you judge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.51.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Surely I was sinful at birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="content">sinful from the time my mother conceived me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.51.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="content">you taught me wisdom in that secret place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.51.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="content">wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.51.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let me hear joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="content">let the bones you have crushed rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.51.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Hide your face from my sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="content">and blot out all my iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.51.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Create in me a pure heart, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="content">and renew a steadfast spirit within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.51.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not cast me from your presence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="content">or take your Holy Spirit from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.51.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Restore to me the joy of your salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="content">and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.51.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then I will teach transgressors your ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"><span class="content">so that sinners will turn back to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.51.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="content">you who are God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="content">and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.51.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Open my lips, Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"><span class="content">and my mouth will declare your praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.51.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"><span class="content">you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.51.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My sacrifice, O God, is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">51:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The sacrifices of God are</span></span></span><span class="content"> a broken spirit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="content">a broken and contrite heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="content">you, God, will not despise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.51.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.51.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May it please you to prosper Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.51.18"><span class="content">to build up the walls of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.51.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.51.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.51.19"><span class="content">in burnt offerings offered whole;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.51.19"><span class="content">then bulls will be offered on your altar.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">81</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 81</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.</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 Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing for joy to God our strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="content">shout aloud to the God of Jacob!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.81.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Begin the music, strike the timbrel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="content">play the melodious harp and lyre.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.81.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Sound the ram&#8217;s horn at the New Moon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="content">and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.81.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">this is a decree for Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="content">an ordinance of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.81.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When God went out against Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">he established it as a statute for Joseph.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">I heard an unknown voice say:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.81.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I removed the burden from their shoulders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="content">their hands were set free from the basket.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.81.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In your distress you called and I rescued you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">I answered you out of a thundercloud;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">I tested you at the waters of Meribah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">81:7 </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 v7" data-usfm="PSA.81.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear me, my people, and I will warn you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="content">if you would only listen to me, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.81.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You shall have no foreign god among you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="content">you shall not worship any god other than me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.81.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am 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 v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">who brought you up out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.81.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But my people would not listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="content">Israel would not submit to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.81.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="content">to follow their own devices.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.81.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my people would only listen to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="content">if Israel would only follow my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.81.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">how quickly I would subdue their enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="content">and turn my hand against their foes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.81.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who hate the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> would cringe before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="content">and their punishment would last forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.81.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.81.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.81.16"><span class="content">with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">111</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 111</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="label">1</span><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">111:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">I will extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with all my heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">in the council of the upright and in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.111.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Great are the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">they are pondered by all who delight in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.111.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glorious and majestic are his deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">and his righteousness endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.111.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He has caused his wonders to be remembered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is gracious and compassionate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.111.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He provides food for those who fear him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">he remembers his covenant forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.111.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He has shown his people the power of his works,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">giving them the lands of other nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.111.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The works of his hands are faithful and just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">all his precepts are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.111.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are established for ever and ever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.111.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He provided redemption for his people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">he ordained his covenant forever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">holy and awesome is his name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.111.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">all who follow his precepts have good understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.111.10"><span class="content">To him belongs eternal praise.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">141</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 141</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, come quickly to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">hear me when I call to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.141.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer be set before you like incense;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.141.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Set a guard over my mouth, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">keep watch over the door of my lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.141.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">so that I take part in wicked deeds</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">along with those who are evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">do not let me eat their delicacies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.141.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let a righteous man strike me&#8212;that is a kindness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">let him rebuke me&#8212;that is oil on my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">My head will not refuse it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.141.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.141.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They will say, &#8220;As one plows and breaks up the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.141.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">in you I take refuge&#8212;do not give me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.141.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">from the snares they have laid for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.141.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Let the wicked fall into their own nets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.141.10"><span class="content">while I pass by in safety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand the king&#8217;s heart is a stream of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">that he channels toward all who please him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A person may think their own ways are right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> weighs the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do what is right and just</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">is more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Haughty eyes and a proud heart&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">the unplowed field of the wicked&#8212;produce sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the diligent lead to profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">as surely as haste leads to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A fortune made by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:6 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">vapor for those who seek death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The violence of the wicked will drag them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">for they refuse to do what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of the guilty is devious,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">but the conduct of the innocent is upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The wicked crave evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">their neighbors get no mercy from them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Righteous One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The righteous person</span></span></span><span class="content"> takes note of the house of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">and brings the wicked to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">will also cry out and not be answered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift given in secret soothes anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">but terror to evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever strays from the path of prudence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">comes to rest in the company of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">and the unfaithful for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to live in a desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wise store up choice food and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">but fools gulp theirs down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Whoever pursues righteousness and love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">finds life, prosperity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteousness</span></span></span><span class="content"> and honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Those who guard their mouths and their tongues</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">keep themselves from calamity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The proud and arrogant person&#8212;&#8220;Mocker&#8221; is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">behaves with insolent fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">because his hands refuse to work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">All day long he craves for more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">but the righteous give without sparing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">how much more so when brought with evil intent!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">but a careful listener will testify successfully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The wicked put up a bold front,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">but the upright give thought to their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">that can succeed against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse is made ready for the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">but victory rests with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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