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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 40</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I waited patiently for 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.40.1"><span class="content">he turned to me and heard my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He lifted me out of the slimy pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">out of the mud and mire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">he set my feet on a rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">and gave me a firm place to stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He put a new song in my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">a hymn of praise to our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">Many will see and fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">and put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who trusts in 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.40.4"><span class="content">who does not look to the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">to those who turn aside to false gods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">are the wonders you have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">the things you planned for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">None can compare with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">were I to speak and tell of your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">they would be too many to declare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sacrifice and offering you did not desire&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">but my ears you have opened</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but a body you have prepared for me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">burnt offerings and sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> you did not require.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">it is written about me in the scroll.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">come / with the scroll written for me</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I desire to do your will, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">your law is within my heart.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">I do not seal my lips, </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.40.9"><span class="content">as you know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">from the great assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not withhold your mercy from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">may your love and faithfulness always protect me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For troubles without number surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">They are more than the hairs of my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">and my heart fails within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be pleased to save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">come quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May all who want to take my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">may all who desire my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be turned back in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May those who say to me, &#8220;Aha! Aha!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">be appalled at their own shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But may all who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">rejoice and be glad in you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">may those who long for your saving help always say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But as for me, I am poor and needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">may the Lord think of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">You are my help and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">you are my God, do not delay.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 41</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delivers them in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> protects and preserves them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">they are counted among the blessed in the land&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains them on their sickbed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">and restores them from their bed of illness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Have mercy on me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="content">heal me, for I have sinned against you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My enemies say of me in malice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">&#8220;When will he die and his name perish?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When one of them comes to see me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">then he goes out and spreads it around.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All my enemies whisper together against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">they imagine the worst for me, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;A vile disease has afflicted him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">he will never get up from the place where he lies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Even my close friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">someone I trusted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">one who shared my bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">has turned</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">has lifted up his heel</span></span></span><span class="content"> against me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But may you have mercy on me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">raise me up, that I may repay them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I know that you are pleased with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">for my enemy does not triumph over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Because of my integrity you uphold me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">and set me in your presence forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.41.13"><span class="content">Amen and Amen.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK II</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 42&#8211;72</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 42</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms </span><span class="heading">42</span><span class="heading"> and </span><span class="heading">43</span><span class="heading"> constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts </span><span class="heading">42:1-11</span><span class="heading"> is numbered 42:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">maskil</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Sons of Korah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As the deer pants for streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">so my soul pants for you, my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">When can I go and meet with God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My tears have been my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">while people say to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">These things I remember</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">as I pour out my soul:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">how I used to go to the house of God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">under the protection of the Mighty One</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:4 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">with shouts of joy and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">among the festive throng.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My soul is downcast within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">therefore I will remember you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">from the land of the Jordan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">the heights of Hermon&#8212;from Mount Mizar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Deep calls to deep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">in the roar of your waterfalls;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">all your waves and breakers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">have swept over me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> directs his love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">at night his song is with me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">a prayer to the God of my life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.42.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I say to God my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Why have you forgotten me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">Why must I go about mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">oppressed by the enemy?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My bones suffer mortal agony</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">as my foes taunt me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">saying to me all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is your God?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.42.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Why, my soul, are you downcast?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Why so disturbed within me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">Put your hope in God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">for I will yet praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.42.11"><span class="content">my Savior and my God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Yom Kippur</span></span></span><span class="content"> So Paul warned them, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Storm</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the sails</span></span></span><span class="content"> and let the ship be driven along. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">On the third day, they threw the ship&#8217;s tackle overboard with their own hands. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: &#8220;Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and said, &#8216;Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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