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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:13 </span><span class="ft">Or about 11 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but they were kept from recognizing him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What are you discussing together as you walk along?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.24.17"><span class="content">They stood still, their faces downcast. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, &#8220;Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.24.19"><span class="content">&#8220;About Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">but didn&#8217;t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But they urged him strongly, &#8220;Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.&#8221; So he went in to stay with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They asked each other, &#8220;Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.24.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Appears to the Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.24.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.24.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.24.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.24.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.24.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.24.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.24.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.24.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.24.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you have anything here to eat?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.24.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They gave him a piece of broiled fish, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.24.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">and he took it and ate it in their presence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.24.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.24.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.24.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.24.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.24.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">He told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.24.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.24.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You are witnesses of these things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.24.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ascension of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.24.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.24.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.24.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.24.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.24.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">44</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Silver Cup in a Sack</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.44.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: &#8220;Fill the men&#8217;s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man&#8217;s silver in the mouth of his sack. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.44.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one&#8217;s sack, along with the silver for his grain.&#8221; And he did as Joseph said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.44.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.44.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.44.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, &#8220;Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, &#8216;Why have you repaid good with evil? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.44.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Isn&#8217;t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.44.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.44.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.44.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But they said to him, &#8220;Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that! </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.44.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master&#8217;s house? </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.44.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord&#8217;s slaves.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.44.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.44.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Very well, then,&#8221; he said, &#8220;let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.44.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.44.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.44.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin&#8217;s sack. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.44.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.44.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.44.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.44.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Joseph said to them, &#8220;What is this you have done? Don&#8217;t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.44.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.44.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;What can we say to my lord?&#8221; Judah replied. &#8220;What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants&#8217; guilt. We are now my lord&#8217;s slaves&#8212;we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.44.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.44.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But Joseph said, &#8220;Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.44.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.44.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then Judah went up to him and said: &#8220;Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.44.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My lord asked his servants, &#8216;Do you have a father or a brother?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.44.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And we answered, &#8216;We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother&#8217;s sons left, and his father loves him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.44.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.44.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you said to your servants, &#8216;Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.44.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And we said to my lord, &#8216;The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.44.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But you told your servants, &#8216;Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.44.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.44.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.44.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then our father said, &#8216;Go back and buy a little more food.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.44.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But we said, &#8216;We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man&#8217;s face unless our youngest brother is with us.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.44.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.44.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your servant my father said to us, &#8216;You know that my wife bore me two sons. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.44.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">One of them went away from me, and I said, &#8220;He has surely been torn to pieces.&#8221; And I have not seen him since. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.44.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.44.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.44.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy&#8217;s life, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.44.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">sees that the boy isn&#8217;t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.44.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Your servant guaranteed the boy&#8217;s safety to my father. I said, &#8216;If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.44.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.44.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord&#8217;s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.44.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 35</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.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Contend, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with those who contend with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">fight against those who fight against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take up shield and armor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">arise and come to my aid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brandish spear and javelin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and block the way</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">against those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">Say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am your salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May those who seek my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be disgraced and put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">may those who plot my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be turned back in dismay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May they be like chaff before the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> driving them away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">may their path be dark and slippery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pursuing them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since they hid their net for me without cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">and without cause dug a pit for me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">may ruin overtake them by surprise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may the net they hid entangle them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my soul will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">and delight in his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My whole being will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">the poor and needy from those who rob them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ruthless witnesses come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">they question me on things I know nothing about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">and leave me like one bereaved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">and humbled myself with fasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">When my prayers returned to me unanswered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I went about mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though for my friend or brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">I bowed my head in grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though weeping for my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">They slandered me without ceasing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew may mean </span><span class="fqa">Like an ungodly circle of mockers,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">they gnashed their teeth at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How long, Lord, will you look on?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">Rescue me from their ravages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">my precious life from these lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">among the throngs I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not let those gloat over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">who are my enemies without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">do not let those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">maliciously wink the eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They do not speak peaceably,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">but devise false accusations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">against those who live quietly in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They sneer at me and say, &#8220;Aha! Aha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">With our own eyes we have seen it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have seen this; do not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">Do not be far from me, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, and rise to my defense!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">Contend for me, my God and Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Vindicate me in your righteousness, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">do not let them gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let them think, &#8220;Aha, just what we wanted!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">or say, &#8220;We have swallowed him up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">May all who gloat over my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">may all who exalt themselves over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be clothed with shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May those who delight in my vindication</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">may they always say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">who delights in the well-being of his servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="content">your praises all day long.</span></span></div>
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