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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 28</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I call;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="content">you are my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="content">do not turn a deaf ear to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="content">For if you remain silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="content">I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.28.2"><span class="content">as I call to you for help,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.28.2"><span class="content">as I lift up my hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.28.2"><span class="content">toward your Most Holy Place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not drag me away with the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.28.3"><span class="content">with those who do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.28.3"><span class="content">who speak cordially with their neighbors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.28.3"><span class="content">but harbor malice in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Repay them for their deeds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.28.4"><span class="content">and for their evil work;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.28.4"><span class="content">repay them for what their hands have done</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.28.4"><span class="content">and bring back on them what they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Because they have no regard for the deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.28.5"><span class="content">and what his hands have done,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.28.5"><span class="content">he will tear them down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.28.5"><span class="content">and never build them up again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.28.6"><span class="content">for he has heard my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength and my shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.28.7"><span class="content">my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.28.7"><span class="content">My heart leaps for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.28.7"><span class="content">and with my song I praise him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the strength of his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.28.8"><span class="content">a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Save your people and bless your inheritance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.28.9"><span class="content">be their shepherd and carry them forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 58</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">Do you judge people with equity?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">No, in your heart you devise injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even from birth the wicked go astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">however skillful the enchanter may be.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, tear out the fangs of those lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them vanish like water that flows away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">whether they be green or dry&#8212;the wicked will be swept away.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then people will say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.58.11"><span class="content">surely there is a God who judges the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">88</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 88</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">mahalath leannoth.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Possibly a tune, &#8220;The Suffering of Affliction&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Heman the Ezrahite.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are the God who saves me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="content">day and night I cry out to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.88.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May my prayer come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="content">turn your ear to my cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.88.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I am overwhelmed with troubles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="content">and my life draws near to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.88.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am counted among those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="content">I am like one without strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.88.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I am set apart with the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">like the slain who lie in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">whom you remember no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">who are cut off from your care.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.88.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have put me in the lowest pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="content">in the darkest depths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.88.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your wrath lies heavily on me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="content">you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">88:7 </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 verse 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.88.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have taken from me my closest friends</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">and have made me repulsive to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">I am confined and cannot escape;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.88.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">my eyes are dim with grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">I call to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, every day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.88.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do you show your wonders to the dead?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="content">Do their spirits rise up and praise you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.88.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is your love declared in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="content">your faithfulness in Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">88:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.88.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="content">or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.88.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.88.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But I cry to you for help, </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.88.13"><span class="content">in the morning my prayer comes before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.88.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you reject me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="content">and hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.88.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="content">I have borne your terrors and am in despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.88.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your wrath has swept over me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="content">your terrors have destroyed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.88.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All day long they surround me like a flood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="content">they have completely engulfed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.88.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.88.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You have taken from me friend and neighbor&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.88.18"><span class="content">darkness is my closest friend.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">118</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 118</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.118.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let Israel say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.118.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let the house of Aaron say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.118.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="content">&#8220;His love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.118.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When hard pressed, I cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="content">he brought me into a spacious place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.118.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with me; I will not be afraid.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="content">What can mere mortals do to me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.118.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with me; he is my helper.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="content">I look in triumph on my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.118.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It is better to take refuge in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="content">than to trust in humans.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.118.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is better to take refuge in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="content">than to trust in princes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.118.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All the nations surrounded me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="content">but in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.118.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They surrounded me on every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="content">but in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.118.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They swarmed around me like bees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I cut them down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.118.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I was pushed back and about to fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helped me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.118.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength and my defense</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">song</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="content">he has become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.118.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Shouts of joy and victory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">resound in the tents of the righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.118.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand is lifted high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.118.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will not die but live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="content">and will proclaim what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.118.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chastened me severely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="content">but he has not given me over to death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.118.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Open for me the gates of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="content">I will enter and give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.118.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This is the gate of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="content">through which the righteous may enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.118.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks, for you answered me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="content">you have become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.118.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stone the builders rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="content">has become the cornerstone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.118.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="content">and it is marvelous in our eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.118.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done it this very day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="content">let us rejoice today and be glad.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.118.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, save us!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, grant us success!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.118.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="content">From the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> we bless you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:26 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.118.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">and he has made his light shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">118:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the horns of the altar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.118.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">You are my God, and I will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="content">you are my God, and I will exalt you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.118.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.118.29"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><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">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch28" data-usfm="PRO.28">
         <div class="label">28</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wicked flee though no one pursues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">but the righteous are as bold as a lion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A ruler</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A poor person</span></span></span><span class="content"> who oppresses the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">but those who heed it resist them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Evildoers do not understand what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">but those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> understand it fully.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">than the rich whose ways are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A discerning son heeds instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">even their prayers are detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever leads the upright along an evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">will fall into their own trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The rich are wise in their own eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Like a roaring lion or a charging bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">will seek refuge in the grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">let no one hold them back.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:18 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">into one</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A faithful person will be richly blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To show partiality is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The stingy are eager to get rich</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">and are unaware that poverty awaits them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">rather than one who has a flattering tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father or mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not wrong,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">is partner to one who destroys.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The greedy stir up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">but those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Those who trust in themselves are fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.28.28"><span class="content">but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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