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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 8</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.</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"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">You have set your glory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Through the praise of children and infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">you have established a stronghold against your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">to silence the foe and the avenger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I consider your heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the work of your fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">the moon and the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">which you have set in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">what is mankind that you are mindful of them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">human beings that you care for them?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have made them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> a little lower than the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">than God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">and crowned them</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him</span></span></span><span class="content"> with glory and honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You made them rulers over the works of your hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">you put everything under their</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">made him ruler&#8230;; / &#8230;his</span></span></span><span class="content"> feet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">all flocks and herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">and the animals of the wild,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the birds in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">all that swim the paths of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="content">how majestic is your name in all the earth!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 38</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. A petition.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not rebuke me in your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="content">or discipline me in your wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your arrows have pierced me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="content">and your hand has come down on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="content">there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My guilt has overwhelmed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="content">like a burden too heavy to bear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My wounds fester and are loathsome</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="content">because of my sinful folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am bowed down and brought very low;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="content">all day long I go about mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My back is filled with searing pain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="content">there is no health in my body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am feeble and utterly crushed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="content">I groan in anguish of heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All my longings lie open before you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="content">my sighing is not hidden from you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My heart pounds, my strength fails me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="content">even the light has gone from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="content">my neighbors stay far away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who want to kill me set their traps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">those who would harm me talk of my ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">all day long they scheme and lie.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="content">like the mute, who cannot speak;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have become like one who does not hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="content">whose mouth can offer no reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="content">you will answer, Lord my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I said, &#8220;Do not let them gloat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="content">or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For I am about to fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="content">and my pain is ever with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I confess my iniquity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="content">I am troubled by my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Many have become my enemies without cause</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:19 </span><span class="ft">One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">my vigorous enemies</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="content">those who hate me without reason are numerous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Those who repay my good with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">lodge accusations against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">though I seek only to do what is good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not forsake me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="content">do not be far from me, my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Come quickly to help me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.38.22"><span class="content">my Lord and my Savior.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 68</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">may his foes flee before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.68.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">as wax melts before the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">may the wicked perish before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.68.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But may the righteous be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">and rejoice before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">may they be happy and joyful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.68.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">extol him who rides on the clouds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.68.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">is God in his holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.68.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God sets the lonely in families,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the desolate in a homeland</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.68.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When you, God, went out before your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">when you marched through the wilderness,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.68.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the One of Sinai,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">before God, the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.68.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You gave abundant showers, O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.68.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your people settled in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.68.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The Lord announces the word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.68.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">the women at home divide the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.68.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the campfires; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the saddlebags</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.68.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> scattered the kings in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.68.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.68.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will dwell forever?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.68.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The chariots of God are tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">and thousands of thousands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:17 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.68.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When you ascended on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you took many captives;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">you received gifts from people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">even from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gifts for people, / even</span></span></span><span class="content"> the rebellious&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">that you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">they</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, might dwell there.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.68.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">who daily bears our burdens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.68.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Our God is a God who saves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">from the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes escape from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.68.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.68.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.68.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.68.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Your procession, God, has come into view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.68.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.68.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Praise God in the great congregation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the assembly of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.68.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.68.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Summon your power, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Your God has summoned power for you</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.68.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Because of your temple at Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">kings will bring you gifts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.68.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.68.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Envoys will come from Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">68:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> will submit herself to God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.68.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">sing praise to the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.68.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">who thunders with mighty voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.68.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Proclaim the power of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose majesty is over Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">whose power is in the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.68.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.68.35"><span class="content">Praise be to God!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">98</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 98</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">for he has done marvelous things;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">his right hand and his holy arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">have worked salvation for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.98.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made his salvation known</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="content">and revealed his righteousness to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.98.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He has remembered his love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">and his faithfulness to Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">all the ends of the earth have seen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">the salvation of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.98.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="content">burst into jubilant song with music;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.98.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">make music to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with the harp,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="content">with the harp and the sound of singing,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.98.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">with trumpets and the blast of the ram&#8217;s horn&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="content">shout for joy before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.98.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let the sea resound, and everything in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="content">the world, and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.98.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the rivers clap their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="content">let the mountains sing together for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.98.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">let them sing before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">for he comes to judge the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">He will judge the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.98.9"><span class="content">and the peoples with equity.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">128</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 128</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are all who fear the </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.128.1"><span class="content">who walk in obedience to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You will eat the fruit of your labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">blessings and prosperity will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your wife will be like a fruitful vine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">within your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">your children will be like olive shoots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">around your table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yes, this will be the blessing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">for the man who fears 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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May you live to see your children&#8217;s children&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="content">peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Call</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Does not wisdom call out?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">Does not understanding raise her voice?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">At the highest point along the way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">where the paths meet, she takes her stand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">beside the gate leading into the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">at the entrance, she cries aloud:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you, O people, I call out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">I raise my voice to all mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You who are simple, gain prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">foolish, instruct your minds</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">I open my lips to speak what is right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My mouth speaks what is true,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">for my lips detest wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All the words of my mouth are just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">none of them is crooked or perverse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">To the discerning all of them are right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">they are upright to those who have found knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Choose my instruction instead of silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">knowledge rather than choice gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for wisdom is more precious than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">and nothing you desire can compare with her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">I possess knowledge and discretion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to hate evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">I hate pride and arrogance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">evil behavior and perverse speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Counsel and sound judgment are mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">I have insight, I have power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">By me kings reign</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">and rulers issue decrees that are just;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">by me princes govern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">and nobles&#8212;all who rule on earth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:16 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">all righteous rulers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I love those who love me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">and those who seek me find me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With me are riches and honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">enduring wealth and prosperity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My fruit is better than fine gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">what I yield surpasses choice silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.8.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I walk in the way of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">along the paths of justice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.8.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">and making their treasuries full.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought me forth as the first of his works,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">way</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">dominion</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> possessed me at the beginning of his work</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> brought me forth at the beginning of his work</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">before his deeds of old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.8.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I was formed long ages ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">at the very beginning, when the world came to be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.8.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">when there were no springs overflowing with water;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">before the mountains were settled in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">before the hills, I was given birth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">before he made the world or its fields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">or any of the dust of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.8.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I was there when he set the heavens in place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.8.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">when he established the clouds above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">when he gave the sea its boundary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">so the waters would not overstep his command,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then I was constantly</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was the artisan</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">was a little child</span></span></span><span class="content"> at his side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">I was filled with delight day after day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">rejoicing always in his presence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">rejoicing in his whole world</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">and delighting in mankind.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.8.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, my children, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">blessed are those who keep my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Listen to my instruction and be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">do not disregard it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who listen to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">watching daily at my doors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">waiting at my doorway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.8.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">For those who find me find life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">and receive favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.8.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">But those who fail to find me harm themselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PRO.8.36"><span class="content">all who hate me love death.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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