# bible

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<verse num="7">They go from strength to strength, <transChange type="added">until each</transChange> appears before God in Zion.<note>Or "the God of gods will be seen in Zion"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for the face of your anointed one.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Because better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a day in your courtyards than a thousand <transChange type="added">elsewhere</transChange>. I would rather be at the threshold of the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of my God than to dwell in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> tents of wickedness.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Because Yahweh God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.</verse>


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<verse num="12">O Yahweh <transChange type="added">of</transChange> hosts, blessed <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> man who trusts you.</verse>


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<verse num="1">O Yahweh, you favored your land. You restored the fortunes<note>Or "captivity"</note> of Jacob.</verse>


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<verse num="2">You took away the guilt<note>Or "You forgave the iniquity"</note> of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah</verse>


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<verse num="5">Will you be angry against us forever? Will you prolong your anger generation after generation?</verse>


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<verse num="8">I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>,<note>Hebrew "and to his faithful"</note> but let them not return to folly.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Surely his salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near for those who fear him, that glory may abide in our land.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Loyal love and faithfulness<note>Or "truth"</note> will meet one another; righteousness and peace will kiss.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Faithfulness<note>Or "Truth"</note> will sprout from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ground, and righteousness will look down from heaven.</verse>


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<verse num="12">Yes, Yahweh will give <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good, and our land will give its produce.</verse>


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<verse num="1">Incline, O Yahweh, your ear <transChange type="added">and</transChange> answer me, because I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Watch over my life because I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> faithful. You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my God; save your servant. <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> the one who trusts you.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.<note>Literally "all the day"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">Make glad the soul of your servant, because {I desire you},<note>Literally "I lift up my soul to you"</note> O Lord.</verse>


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<verse num="5">For you, O Lord, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love<note>Hebrew "and great with respect to loyal love"</note> for all who call to you.</verse>


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<verse num="8">There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.</verse>


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<verse num="9">All <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations that you have made will come and bow down<note>Or "worship"</note> before you, O Lord, and glorify your name.</verse>


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<verse num="10">For you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great and doing wondrous things; you alone <transChange type="added">are</transChange> God.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart<note>That is, give singleness of heart</note> to fear your name.</verse>


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<verse num="12">I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever,</verse>


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<verse num="13">because your loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol<note>The nether world, the place of departed spirits.</note> below.</verse>


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<verse num="14">O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.<note>That is, they do not factor God into their actions</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">But you, O Lord, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger}<note>Literally "long of nostrils"</note> and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son<note>Or "Save the son"</note> of your maidservant.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Do a sign <transChange type="added">that</transChange> benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.</verse>


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<verse num="1">His foundation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> holy mountains.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Glorious things <transChange type="added">are</transChange> spoken about<note>Or "in"</note> you, O city of God. Selah</verse>


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<verse num="4">I will record<note>Or "mention"</note> those who know me <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Rahab<note>That is, Egypt; compare Isa 30:7</note> and Babylon, behold <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Philistia and Tyre with Cush, "This one was born there."</verse>


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<verse num="5">But with respect to Zion it shall be said, "{Each one}<note>Literally "A man and a man"</note> was born in her," for the Most High himself will establish her.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Yahweh will record in writing <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples, "This <transChange type="added">one</transChange> was born there." Selah</verse>


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<verse num="7">And while dancing, singers <transChange type="added">will sing</transChange>, "All my springs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in you."</verse>


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<verse num="1">O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day <transChange type="added">and</transChange> through the night before you.</verse>


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<verse num="4">I am reckoned with <transChange type="added">those</transChange> descending to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pit. I am like a man<note>The Hebrew suggests a strong, vigorous man</note> without strength,<note>Or "without help"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">set free<note>Or "forsaken"</note> among the dead, like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain lying in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave, whom you no longer remember, even those cut off from your hand.</verse>


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<verse num="6">You have set me in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pit below, in dark places, in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Your wrath presses upon me, and you afflict <transChange type="added">me with</transChange> all your waves. Selah</verse>


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<verse num="8">You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable<note>Hebrew "an abomination"</note> to them. <transChange type="added">I am</transChange> confined and cannot go out.</verse>


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<verse num="9">My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands<note>Hebrew "palms"</note> to you.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Do you work wonders<note>Hebrew "wonder"</note> for the dead? Or do <transChange type="added">the</transChange> departed spirits<note>Hebrew rephaim, sometimes translated "shades"; the weakened state of those who have died</note> rise up <transChange type="added">to</transChange> praise you? Selah</verse>


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<verse num="11">Is your loyal love told in the grave, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> your faithfulness in the underworld?<note>Hebrew abaddon, the place of destruction</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">Are your wonders<note>Hebrew "wonder"</note> known in the darkness, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> your righteousness<note>Or "deed of justice"</note> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of forgetfulness?</verse>


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<verse num="13">But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? <transChange type="added">Why</transChange> do you hide your face from me?</verse>


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<verse num="15">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> afflicted and perishing from <transChange type="added">my</transChange> youth. I bear your terrors. I am distraught.<note>Hebrew meaning uncertain</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances <transChange type="added">far from my</transChange> darkness.</verse>


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<verse num="1">I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation}<note>Literally "To a generation and a generation"</note> I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="2">For I say, "Forever <transChange type="added">your</transChange> loyal love is built up. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> heavens you have established <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your faithfulness in them."</verse>


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<verse num="3">"I made a covenant with my chosen one; I swore <transChange type="added">an oath</transChange> to David my servant:</verse>


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<verse num="4">'I will establish your descendants forever, and I will build up your throne {from generation to generation}.'"<note>Literally "To a generation and a generation"</note> Selah</verse>


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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">so the</transChange> heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> assembly of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> holy ones.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For who in the sky<note>Hebrew singular collective "clouds"</note> is equal to Yahweh? <transChange type="added">Who is</transChange> like Yahweh among the sons of God,</verse>


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<verse num="7">a God feared greatly in the council of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?</verse>


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<verse num="8">O Yahweh God <transChange type="added">of</transChange> hosts, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty like you, O Yah, with<note>Hebrew "and"</note> your faithfulness surrounding you?</verse>


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<verse num="9">You are ruling the surging of the sea. When its waves rise, {you yourself still}<note>Literally "you, you calm"</note> them.</verse>


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<verse num="10">{You yourself crushed}<note>Literally "You, you crushed"</note> Rahab like one <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> slain; you scattered your enemies with your strong arm.</verse>


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<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> heavens are yours, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth yours as well, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world with its fullness, <transChange type="added">because</transChange> you founded them.</verse>


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<verse num="12">North and south, you created them; Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully over your name.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Righteousness and justice <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness<note>Or "truth"</note> come before your face.<note>That is, enjoy continual access</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people who know <transChange type="added">the</transChange> joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.</verse>


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<verse num="16">In your name they rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they rise up.</verse>


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<verse num="17">For you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the glory of their strength, and by your favor our horn rises up,<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere). The Kethib reads "you exalt our horn"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">because our shield belongs to Yahweh,<note>Or "Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our shield."</note> and our king to the Holy One of Israel.<note>Or "The Holy One of Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our king."</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> people.</verse>


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<verse num="22"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man}<note>Literally "a son of wickedness"</note> will afflict him.</verse>


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<verse num="23">But I will crush his adversaries before him, and I will strike those who hate him.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> my faithfulness and my loyal love <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with him, and in my name his horn will rise up.</verse>


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<verse num="26">He will call out <transChange type="added">to</transChange> me, 'You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'</verse>


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<verse num="27">I will also make him <transChange type="added">the</transChange> firstborn, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> highest of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> kings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth.</verse>


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<verse num="28">Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> reliable for him.</verse>


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<verse num="29">I will also establish his offspring forever, and his throne as <transChange type="added">the</transChange> days of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens.</verse>


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<verse num="31">if they defile<note>Hebrew "profane; treat as common"</note> my statutes and do not keep my commandments,</verse>


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<verse num="32">then I will punish their transgression with <transChange type="added">a</transChange> rod, and their guilt with wounds.</verse>


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<verse num="33">But I will not break off my loyal love from him, and I will not be false against my faithfulness.</verse>


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<verse num="34">I will not defile<note>Hebrew "profane; treat as common"</note> my covenant, or alter what proceeded from my lips.</verse>


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<verse num="35">Once<note>Hebrew "One"</note> I have sworn by my holiness, 'I will surely not lie to David,</verse>


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<verse num="36">His offspring will endure<note>Hebrew "be"</note> forever, and his throne as the sun before me.</verse>


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<verse num="37">Like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> moon it will be steadfast forever, and <transChange type="added">like</transChange> an enduring witness in the sky.'" Selah</verse>


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<verse num="38">But you have spurned and rejected; you are very angry with your anointed one.</verse>


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<verse num="39">You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have defiled<note>Hebrew "profane; treat as common"</note> his crown in<note>Hebrew "to"</note> the dirt.</verse>


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<verse num="40">You have broken down all his walls; you have made his fortifications a ruin.</verse>


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<verse num="41">All passing along <transChange type="added">the</transChange> road plunder him; he has become a taunt to his neighbors.</verse>


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<verse num="42">You have raised the right hand<note>That is, given them victory</note> of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice.</verse>


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<verse num="43">You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand <transChange type="added">his ground</transChange> in the battle.</verse>


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<verse num="45">You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah</verse>


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<verse num="46">How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire <transChange type="added">forever</transChange>?</verse>


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<verse num="47">Remember what my lifespan <transChange type="added">is</transChange>. <transChange type="added">Remember</transChange> for what vanity you have created all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind.</verse>


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<verse num="48">What man can live <transChange type="added">on</transChange> and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the {power}<note>Literally "hand""</note> of Sheol? Selah</verse>


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<verse num="49">Where <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your former acts of loyal love, O Lord, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you swore to David by your faithfulness?</verse>


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<verse num="50">Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, <transChange type="added">how</transChange> I bear in my bosom <transChange type="added">the taunts of</transChange> all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> many peoples,</verse>


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<verse num="51"><transChange type="added">by</transChange> which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.</verse>


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<verse num="1">O Lord, you have been our help<note>Or "dwelling place"</note> {in all generations}.<note>Literally "in a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">Before <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains were born and you brought forth <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> God.</verse>


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<verse num="3">You return man to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dust, {saying},<note>Literally "and you say"</note> "Return, O sons of man."</verse>


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<verse num="4">For a thousand years in your eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like yesterday when it passes, or <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a watch in the night.</verse>


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<verse num="5">You sweep them away <transChange type="added">like a flood</transChange>. They fall asleep.<note>The interpretation of 5a is difficult</note> In the morning <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> like grass <transChange type="added">that</transChange> sprouts anew.</verse>


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<verse num="6">In the morning it blossoms and sprouts anew; by evening it withers and dries up.</verse>


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<verse num="7">For we are brought to an end by your anger, and we hasten <transChange type="added">off</transChange><note>Or "we are terrified"</note> by your wrath.</verse>


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<verse num="8">You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden <transChange type="added">sins</transChange> into the light of your countenance.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For all of our days dwindle away in your rage; we complete our years like a sigh.</verse>


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<verse num="10">As for the days of our years, within them <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride<note>Or "span"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly <transChange type="added">away</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Who knows the strength of your anger, and your rage consistent with<note>Hebrew "according to"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fear due you?</verse>


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<verse num="12">So teach <transChange type="added">us</transChange> to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Return,<note>Or "Turn back <transChange type="added">your wrath</transChange>"</note> O Yahweh. How long? And have compassion on<note>Or "change your mind concerning"</note> your servants.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, <transChange type="added">for as many</transChange> years <transChange type="added">as</transChange> we have seen calamity.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Let your work be visible to your servants, and your majesty to their children.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.</verse>


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<verse num="1"><transChange type="added">One who</transChange> lives in the secret place<note>Or "shelter"</note> of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.<note>Often translated "the Almighty," this is perhaps better understood as "<transChange type="added">God of the</transChange> Mountain"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">I will say to Yahweh, "<transChange type="added">You are</transChange> my refuge and my fortress, my God <transChange type="added">in whom</transChange> I trust."</verse>


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<verse num="3">For he will deliver<note>Hebrew "he, he will deliver" is perhaps emphatic, "He will certainly deliver"</note> you from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> snare of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fowler, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> plague of destruction.</verse>


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<verse num="4">With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a shield and a buckler.<note>That is, a small, round shield, or perhaps a surrounding bulwark</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">You need not fear <transChange type="added">the</transChange> terror of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> night, <transChange type="added">or the</transChange> arrow <transChange type="added">that</transChange> flies by day,</verse>


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<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">or the</transChange> plague <transChange type="added">that</transChange> spreads in the darkness, <transChange type="added">or the</transChange> destruction <transChange type="added">that</transChange> devastates at noon.</verse>


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<verse num="7">A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange>, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> it will not come near you.</verse>


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<verse num="8">You will only look with your eyes, and see <transChange type="added">the</transChange> punishment of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For you, O Yahweh, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.<note>This is the most straightforward translation of the Hebrew, though the "you" of each line would refer to a different person. A more unusual rendering would be "Because Yahweh, my refuge, even the Most High, you have made your dwelling place ..."</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.</verse>


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<verse num="12">In <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect<note>The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress</note> him because he knows my name.</verse>


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<verse num="15">He will call upon me and I will answer him; I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.</verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">With</transChange> {long life}<note>Literally "a length of days"</note> I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.</verse>


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<verse num="1"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good to give thanks to Yahweh, and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;</verse>


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<verse num="2">to declare in the morning your loyal love and your faithfulness in the night,</verse>


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<verse num="3">on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ten <transChange type="added">string</transChange>, and on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> harp, with a melody on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lyre.</verse>


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<verse num="4">For you, O Yahweh, have made me glad by your work; by the deeds of your hands I sing for joy.</verse>


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<verse num="5">How great are your deeds, O Yahweh; <transChange type="added">how</transChange> very deep are your thoughts.</verse>


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<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> brutish man does not know, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fool cannot understand this.</verse>


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<verse num="7">When the wicked flourish like grass and all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> workers of evil blossom, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> so they can be destroyed forever.</verse>


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<verse num="8">But you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on high forever, O Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For behold, your enemies, O Yahweh, for behold, your enemies will perish. All <transChange type="added">the</transChange> workers of evil will be scattered.</verse>


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<verse num="10">But you have exalted my horn like <transChange type="added">that of</transChange> a wild ox; you have anointed me<note>The Hebrew's "<transChange type="added">that</transChange> I have moistened with fresh oil" seems unlikely. The above translation presupposes the loss of a letter in the Hebrew textual tradition (ballotani for the MT's balloti)</note> with fresh oil.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> my eye looks on my enemies.<note>This word for "enemies" suggests those watching for any advantage</note> My ears hear those evildoers who rise up against me.</verse>


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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> righteous<note>Hebrew singular, but used as a collective. The verbs of this verse are also singular</note> will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="13">Planted in the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh, they will flourish in the courts of our God.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="14">They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,<note>This is the same word used of the oil in v. 11 and translated "fresh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="15">to declare that Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upright. <transChange type="added">He is</transChange> my rock, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no injustice<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> in him.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="1">Yahweh is king; he clothes himself with majesty. Yahweh clothes himself; he girds himself with might. Yes, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world is established <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> it will not be moved.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Your throne <transChange type="added">is</transChange> established from of old; you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from everlasting.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rivers have lifted up their {rumbling};<note>Literally "voice"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rivers have lifted up their pounding.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">Mightier</transChange> than the rumblings of many waters, <transChange type="added">mightier</transChange> than <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mighty breakers of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sea, Yahweh on high <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">Your testimonies are fully reliable. Holiness is fitting for your house,<note>Or "temple"</note> O Yahweh, {forever}.<note>Literally "for a length of days"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Rise up, O Judge of the earth. Repay upon the proud what is <transChange type="added">their</transChange> rightful due.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">How long <transChange type="added">will the</transChange> wicked, O Yahweh, how long will <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked exult?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">{They gush words}<note>Literally "They gush, they speak," which is probably a hendiadys</note> unrestrained. All <transChange type="added">the</transChange> evildoers boast.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="7">while<note>Hebrew "and"</note> they say, "Yah<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> does not see," and "The God of Jacob does not pay attention."</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And <transChange type="added">you</transChange> fools, when you will show insight?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="9">Will <transChange type="added">the</transChange> one who planted <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ear not hear? Will <transChange type="added">the</transChange> one who formed <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eye not see?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="10">Will <transChange type="added">the</transChange> one who instructs nations not rebuke, the one who teaches humankind knowledge?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="11">Yahweh knows <transChange type="added">the</transChange> thoughts of humankind, that {they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to no purpose}.<note>Literally "they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a breath" or "a vanity"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="12">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man, O Yah, whom you instruct and teach from your law,</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="15">For judgment will return to righteousness,<note>That is, the court system will operate correctly</note> and all the upright in heart <transChange type="added">will follow</transChange> after it.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="16">Who rose up for me against <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked? Who stood up for me against <transChange type="added">the</transChange> workers of iniquity?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="18">When I thought,<note>Hebrew "If/When I said," that is, said to myself</note> "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="19">When my troubled thoughts were many {within me},<note>Literally "in my inward parts"</note> your consolations cheered my soul.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="20">Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="21">They band together against <transChange type="added">the</transChange> life of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous, and declare <transChange type="added">the</transChange> blameless guilty of blood.<note>Or "condemn innocent blood"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="22">But Yahweh has become my <transChange type="added">high</transChange> stronghold, and my God <transChange type="added">has become</transChange> my rock of refuge.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="23">And he will repay on them their iniquity, and by<note>Or "in"</note> their evil he will destroy them. Yahweh our God will destroy them.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="1">Come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh; let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; with songs let us shout joyfully to him.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">For Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange><note>The Hebrew does not have the definite article used twice in the translation of this verse</note> great God, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> great king over all gods,</verse>


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<verse num="4">in whose hand <transChange type="added">are the</transChange> unexplored places<note>Or "the deep places"</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heights of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his,</verse>


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<verse num="5">to whom belongs the sea that he made, <note>Hebrew "and he made it"</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dry land <transChange type="added">that</transChange> his hands formed.</verse>


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<verse num="7">For he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our God, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. {Today}<note>Literally "The day"</note> if you will hear his voice:<note>Or "If only you would hear his voice today"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">"Do not harden your heart as <transChange type="added">at</transChange> Meribah, as <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the day of Massah in the wilderness,</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="9">when your ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> tried me. They put me to the test, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> though they had seen my work.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="10">For forty years I loathed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> generation, and said, '<transChange type="added">They are</transChange> a people <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.'</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="1">Sing to<note>Or "concerning"</note> Yahweh a new song; sing to<note>Or "concerning"</note> Yahweh, all the earth.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Sing to<note>Or "concerning"</note> Yahweh; bless his name. Announce<note>Or "bring good news concerning"</note> his salvation from day to day.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">For Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great and very worthy of praise; he <transChange type="added">is to be</transChange> feared above all gods.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">For all the gods of the peoples <transChange type="added">are</transChange> idols,<note>This word for idols suggests something worthless or insignificant</note> but Yahweh made <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="6">Splendor and majesty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before him; strength and beauty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his sanctuary.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="7">Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="10">Say among the nations, "Yahweh is king! Yes, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world is established <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> it will not be moved. He will judge <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples fairly."</verse>


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<verse num="11">Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice. Let the sea with<note>Hebrew "and"</note> its fullness roar.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="12">Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> field with<note>Hebrew "and"</note> all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in it exult. Then all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> trees of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> forests will sing for joy</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="13">before Yahweh, for he is coming; for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world with righteousness, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples with his faithfulness.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Cloud and thick darkness <transChange type="added">are</transChange> surrounding him; righteousness and justice <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the foundation of his throne.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">His lightnings light <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world; the earth sees and trembles.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Let all who serve an image be ashamed, those who boast about idols.<note>This word for idols suggests something worthless or insignificant</note> Worship him, all you gods.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">For you, O Yahweh, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> most high over all the earth. You are highly<note>Hebrew "very"</note> exalted above all gods.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="10">You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="11">Light <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sown for the righteous, and joy for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> upright in heart.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="12">Be glad in Yahweh, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> righteous, and give thanks {to his holy name}.<note>Literally "to his holy remembrance" or "to his memorable holiness"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="1">Sing to<note>Or "sing concerning"</note> Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Yahweh has made known his salvation;<note>Or "victory"</note> to the eyes of the nations he has revealed his righteousness.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">He has remembered his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel. All <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ends of the earth have seen the salvation<note>Or "victory"</note> of our God.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">Shout joyfully to Yahweh, all the earth. Be cheerful<note>Or "Burst forth"</note> and sing for joy and sing praises.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Let the sea with<note>Hebrew "and"</note> its fullness roar, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world and those who live in it.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rivers clap <transChange type="added">their</transChange> hands. Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hills sing joyfully together</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">before Yahweh, for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> coming to judge the earth. He will judge <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world with righteousness and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples with equity.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="1">Yahweh is king; let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples tremble. <transChange type="added">He</transChange> sits enthroned<note>Or "dwells"</note> <transChange type="added">between the</transChange> cherubim. Let the earth shake.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great in Zion, and he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> exalted over all the peoples.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">Let them praise your great and fearful name. He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> strength of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king loves justice.<note>The interpretation of this line is uncertain</note> You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his footstool. He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="6">Moses and Aaron <transChange type="added">were</transChange> among his priests; Samuel also <transChange type="added">was</transChange> among <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="7">He spoke to them in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> statute he gave to them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">O Yahweh our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their <transChange type="added">wrong</transChange> deeds.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="9">Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy mountain, for Yahweh our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Serve<note>Or "Worship"</note> Yahweh with joy; come into his presence with exultation.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">Know that Yahweh, he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God; he made us and we are his.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere); the Kethib reads "and not we <transChange type="added">ourselves</transChange>"</note> <transChange type="added">We are</transChange> his people and the sheep of his pasture.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">For Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {from generation to generation}.<note>Literally "unto a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">I will give attention to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="3">I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away;<note>The term "those who fall away" is a rare noun. The verb from the same root is found in Psa 40:5(4)</note> it will not cling to me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. <transChange type="added">One</transChange> haughty of eyes and {arrogant}<note>Literally "wide"</note> of heart, him I will not endure.</verse>


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<verse num="6">My eyes <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faithful of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land, that <transChange type="added">they may</transChange> live with me. <transChange type="added">He who</transChange> walks in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> way of integrity, he shall minister to me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="7">There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain<note>Hebrew "be established"</note> before my eyes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">{Each morning},<note>Literally "to the mornings"</note> I will destroy all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land, cutting off from the city of Yahweh all evildoers.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Do not hide your face from me in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day <transChange type="added">of</transChange> my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly,</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat<note>A rare homonym might yield "I am too wilted to eat"</note> my bread.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">Because of the sound of my groaning my bones<note>Hebrew "bone"</note> cling to my skin.<note>Hebrew "flesh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="6">I am like an owl<note>The identity of the birds in this verse is uncertain</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wilderness; I am like a little owl of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ruins.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="8">All the day my enemies reproach me; those who mock me swear <transChange type="added">oaths</transChange> against me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="9">Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mix my drink with tears<note>Hebrew "weeping"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">because of your indignation and anger, for you have picked me up and thrown me away.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">My days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">But you, O Yahweh, abide<note>Or "sit enthroned"</note> forever, and your remembrance<note>Or "name"</note> {from generation to generation}.<note>Literally "to a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="13">You rise up and take pity on Zion, because <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> time to favor it, for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appointed time has come.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="15">Then <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="17">He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="18">Let this be written for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> next generation, so that a people <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> to be created may praise Yah,<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="19">that he looked down from his holy height. Yahweh looked from heaven over <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">to hear <transChange type="added">the</transChange> groaning of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> prisoner, to liberate {those destined to die},<note>Hebrew "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> sons of death"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="21">so that <transChange type="added">they<note>That is, the generation that reads what is written</note> may</transChange> make known in Zion the name of Yahweh, and his praise in Jerusalem,</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="22">when the peoples assemble, together with<note>Hebrew "and"</note> kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years <transChange type="added">continue</transChange> throughout all generations.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="25">Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the work of your hands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">They will perish, but you will endure. And like a garment they will all wear out, you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="27">But you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the same, and your years do not end.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="28">The children of your servants will continue, and their {descendants}<note>Literally "seed"</note> will be established before you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and all within me, <transChange type="added">bless</transChange> his holy name.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">who redeems your life from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pit, who crowns you with loyal love and mercies,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">who satisfies your life with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Yahweh does deeds of justice and judgments for all <transChange type="added">who</transChange> are oppressed,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">who</transChange> made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the {people}<note>Literally "sons"</note> of Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}<note>Literally "long of nostrils"</note> and abundant in loyal love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">He does not dispute continually, nor keep <transChange type="added">his anger</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">For as <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens are high above the earth, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> his loyal love prevails over those who fear him.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">As far as east <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from west, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he has removed far from us <transChange type="added">the guilt of</transChange> our transgressions.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="13">As a father pities<note>Or "shows compassion to"</note> <transChange type="added">his</transChange> children, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> Yahweh pities<note>Or "shows compassion to"</note> those who fear him.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">For he knows our frame.<note>That is, how we are formed</note> He remembers that we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> dust.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">As for man, his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">When <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">But the loyal love of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to <transChange type="added">their</transChange> children's children,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">Bless Yahweh, you his angels, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> mighty heroes who do his word by {obeying}<note>Literally "hearing"</note> the sound of his word.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">Bless Yahweh, all you his hosts, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> his attendants who do his will.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">Bless Yahweh, all his works,<note>That is, created things</note> in all the places of his dominion. Bless Yahweh, O my soul.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself <transChange type="added">with</transChange> splendor and majesty,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">you</transChange> who cover <transChange type="added">yourself</transChange> with light as <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a garment, who stretch out <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens like a tent curtain,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">the one who sets beams in the waters <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides<note>Hebrew "goes"</note> on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wind,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">who makes his messengers <transChange type="added">the</transChange> winds, his attendants a flame of fire.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">He established <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth on her foundations, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> it will not be moved forever and ever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">You covered it with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> deep as with a garment. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> waters stood above <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">They ascended <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains <transChange type="added">and</transChange> drained though the valleys to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> place that you established<note>Or "appointed"</note> for them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">You set a boundary that they may not cross over, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> they would not return to cover the earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">You are</transChange> the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">They give drink for every beast of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> field. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> wild donkeys {quench}<note>Literally "break"</note> their thirst.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">Along them the birds of the heavens abide. From among <transChange type="added">the</transChange> branches they {sing}.<note>Literally "give voice"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">You are the one who</transChange> {waters}<note>Literally "give drink"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full<note>Or "is sated"</note> with the fruit of your labors:</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">who</transChange> causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">and wine <transChange type="added">that</transChange> makes glad <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of man, so that <transChange type="added">their</transChange> faces shine from oil, and bread <transChange type="added">that</transChange> strengthens the heart of man.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">where birds make <transChange type="added">their</transChange> nest. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> stork <transChange type="added">has</transChange> its home in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fir trees.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">The high mountains <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for the wild goats; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> cliffs <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a refuge for the rock badgers.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">He made <transChange type="added">the</transChange> moon for appointed times; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sun knows its <transChange type="added">time for</transChange> setting.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">You make darkness, and it is night, when<note>Hebrew "in it"</note> all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> animals of the forest creep about.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">The young lions <transChange type="added">are</transChange> roaring for the prey and seeking their food from God.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22"><transChange type="added">When</transChange> the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="25">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the great and {wide}<note>Literally "broad of hands"</note> sea, in which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> moving animals without number, living things small and great.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">There <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ships sail. Leviathan <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> that you formed to play with.<note>For this construction meaning "to play with," see Job 40:29 (Eng: 41:5)</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="27">They all wait for you to give <transChange type="added">them</transChange> their food {at the proper time}.<note>Literally "in its season"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">You give to them; they gather <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. You open your hand, they are filled with <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="29">You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="30">You send forth your Spirit,<note>Or "breath"</note> they are created, and you renew the face of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ground.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="32">the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="33">I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while {I remain alive}.<note>Literally "while I am still"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="35">Let sinners perish completely from the earth, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked {not remain alive}.<note>Literally "they are not still"</note> Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Remember his wonders that he has done, his signs and the judgments of his mouth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">O offspring of Abraham his servant, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> descendants<note>Or "children," or "sons"</note> of Jacob, his chosen ones.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">He <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh our God; his judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in all the earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">He remembers his covenant forever, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> word <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he commanded for a thousand generations,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">that he made with Abraham, and by his oath <transChange type="added">swore</transChange> to Isaac.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">He then confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel <transChange type="added">as</transChange> an everlasting covenant,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the allotment <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> your<note>Hebrew plural</note> inheritance."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">When they were {few in number}<note>Literally "men of number," that is, so few you could count them</note>-- a trifle--and <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sojourners in it,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">and they wandered about {among the nations},<note>Literally "from people to people"</note> from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> kingdom to another people,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply}<note>Literally "staff"</note> of bread.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">They clamped<note>Hebrew "oppressed, hurt"</note> his feet in fetters.<note>Hebrew "fetter"</note> His neck<note>Hebrew nephesh can designate the life, soul, appetite, desire, or throat/neck.</note> went into irons.<note>Hebrew "iron"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">Until <transChange type="added">the</transChange> time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested<note>Or "refined"</note> him.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> king sent and he freed him; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ruler of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples <transChange type="added">sent</transChange> and let him loose.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">to obligate<note>Hebrew "to bind, imprison" The LXX's "to instruct" presupposes ysr instead of 'sr, and might be correct in light of the parallelism that is fairly tight in this psalm</note> his officials {as he saw fit}<note>Literally "in his desire <transChange type="added">soul</transChange>"</note> and teach his elders wisdom.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="23">Then Israel came <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Egypt, and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Ham.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">And he<note>That is, God</note> made his people very fruitful. He also made them<note>Hebrew "him"</note> stronger than their<note>Hebrew "his"</note> enemies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="25">He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully against his servants.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="27">They set before them the words concerning his signs and portents in the land of Ham.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">He sent darkness and made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> dark, and they did not rebel against his words.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="30">Their land swarmed with frogs, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the chambers of their kings.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="31">He spoke, and there came flies <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gnats throughout all their territory.<note>Hebrew "borders"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="32">He gave hail for their rains <transChange type="added">and the</transChange> fire of lightning in their land.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="33">And he struck their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their territory.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="35">And they ate up all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> vegetation in their land, and they ate up the fruit of their ground.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="36">And he struck down all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> firstborn in their land, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> first of all their virility.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="37">Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="38">Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them<note>That is, Israel</note> had fallen upon them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="40">They<note>Hebrew "He"</note> asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> bread of heaven.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="41">He opened <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rock and waters flowed; they coursed<note>Or "surged"</note> through the dry places <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a river.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="42">For he remembered his holy {promise};<note>Literally "word"</note> <transChange type="added">he remembered</transChange> Abraham his servant.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="43">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="44">And he gave to them <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lands of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations, and they inherited <transChange type="added">the</transChange> labor of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="45">so that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Give thanks to Yahweh, for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Who can utter the mighty deeds of Yahweh, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> proclaim all his praise?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Blessed are <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> observe justice, <transChange type="added">he who</transChange> does righteousness at all times.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Remember me, O Yahweh, when <transChange type="added">you show</transChange> favor to your people. Look after me when you deliver,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">that <transChange type="added">I</transChange> may see the good <transChange type="added">done</transChange> your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">We have sinned <transChange type="added">along</transChange> with our ancestors.<note>Or "fathers"</note> We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Our ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they rebelled by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sea at {the Red Sea}.<note>Literally "sea of reed"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">So he rebuked {the Red Sea},<note>Literally "sea of reed"</note> and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as <transChange type="added">through</transChange> a desert.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Thus he saved them from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hater and redeemed them from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> enemy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">And they {craved intensely}<note>Literally "craved a craving"</note> in the wilderness, and tested God in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> desert.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.<note>Hebrew "soul" or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and it covered over the gang of Abiram.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">Also fire burned in their assembly; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flame devoured <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">wonders in the land of Ham, awesome deeds by {the Red Sea}.<note>Literally "sea of reed"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="23">So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">So {he made an oath}<note>Literally "he lifted his hand," an act accompanying an oath</note> against them, to make them drop in the wilderness,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="27">and to disperse<note>Or "let drop"</note> their {descendants}<note>Literally "seed"</note> among the nations and to scatter them among the lands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor, and they ate sacrifices offered to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dead.<note>Hebrew "sacrifices of dead"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="29">Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="30">Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the plague was stopped,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="31">and it was reckoned to him as righteousness {throughout all generations}.<note>Literally "for a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="32">They also angered <transChange type="added">God</transChange> at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses on account of them,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="33">because they rebelled against his Spirit,<note>A slightly different verbal form yields "they embittered his spirit"</note> and he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="34">They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them, <note>Hebrew "said to them"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="36">and served their idols, which became<note>Hebrew "and they became"</note> a snare to them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="38">and they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the land was defiled with the blood.<note>Hebrew "bloods," that is, bloodshed</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="40">So Yahweh's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="41">Then he gave them into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="43">Many times he delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel, and were brought low by their iniquity.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="45">And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="46">And he {let them find compassion}<note>Literally "gave them to <transChange type="added">have</transChange> mercies"</note> before all their captors.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="47">Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from the nations, so that <transChange type="added">we may</transChange> give thanks to your holy name <transChange type="added">and</transChange> boast in your praise.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="48">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Give thanks to Yahweh, for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Let the redeemed of Yahweh declare<note>Hebrew "say"</note> <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom he has redeemed from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> enemy</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">and gathered from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lands, from east and from west, from north and from south.<note>Hebrew "sea" (yam), which usually means "west" in a listing of directions. The word "south" is expected (Hebrew yamin). Either the MT was corrupted early (along with Isa 49:12; the LXX reads "sea" in both) or it looks to the bodies of waters to the south (see also the Targum)</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert. They could find no way<note>The MT reads "way" with the previous line.</note> to a city to inhabit.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble. He delivered them from their distresses</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">for he satisfies <transChange type="added">the</transChange> longing soul,<note>Thirst is perhaps in view</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hungry soul he fills with good.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">Those who</transChange> sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">he therefore humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled and there was no helper.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble; he saved them from their distresses.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">for he shatters <transChange type="added">the</transChange> doors of bronze, and cuts through <transChange type="added">the</transChange> bars of iron.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">Their soul abhorred all food, and they approached <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gates of death.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">Then they called to Yahweh for help in their trouble. He saved them from their distresses.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">He sent his word and healed them, and he delivered <transChange type="added">them</transChange> from their pits.<note>This word is only found elsewhere in Lam 4:20 with the sense of "traps"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love, and his wonderful deeds for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">and let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his works with rejoicing.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">Those who</transChange> went down to the sea into ships, doing business on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {high seas},<note>Literally "many waters"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">they saw the works of Yahweh, and his wonderful deeds in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> deep.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">They rose to the heavens; they plunged to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths. Their soul melted in their calamity.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="27">They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and {they were at their wits' end}.<note>Literally "all their wisdom was swallowed up"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="29">He made <transChange type="added">the</transChange> storm be still and their waves became calm.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="30">Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="31">Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his loyal love and his wonderful deeds for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="32">and let them exalt him in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> congregation of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> people, and praise him in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> assembly of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> elders.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="35">He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry land into springs of water.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="36">And he settles <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hungry there, so that they may establish a city to inhabit,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="37">and sow fields and plant vineyards, {that they may yield fruit at harvest}.<note>Hebrew "and make a fruit of produce"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="38">And he blesses them and they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle become few.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="39">When they become few and they are bent down from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> oppression of calamity and grief,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="40"><transChange type="added">he</transChange> pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="41">But he protects<note>The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy from misery, and he makes <transChange type="added">their</transChange> families like a flock.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="42"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> upright see <transChange type="added">it</transChange> and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="43">Whoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise, then let him observe these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">My heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> steadfast, O God. I will sing and give praise, even <transChange type="added">with</transChange> my glory.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Awake, harp and lyre. I will awake <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dawn.<note>Or "I will awake at dawn"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Yahweh; I will give you praise among the nations,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">because your loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great above <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens, and your faithfulness <transChange type="added">reaches</transChange> to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> clouds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Be exalted above <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens, O God, and <transChange type="added">let</transChange> your glory <transChange type="added">be</transChange> above all the earth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">so that your beloved ones may be rescued. Save by your right hand and answer me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">God has spoken in his holiness, "I will exult, I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the valley of Succoth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Gilead <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine. Manasseh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine. And Ephraim <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the {helmet for}<note>Literally "protection of"</note> my head. Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my scepter;<note>Or "commander's rod"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="9">Moab <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my washing pot. Over Edom I will cast my sandal; Over Philistia I will shout in triumph."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Who will bring me to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">Give us help against <transChange type="added">the</transChange> enemy, for the help of humankind <transChange type="added">is</transChange> futile.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Through God we will do valiantly,<note>Hebrew "do might"</note> and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> he <transChange type="added">who</transChange> will tread down our enemies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">for {wicked and deceitful mouths}<note>Literally "a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth"</note> have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">In return for my love they accuse me, though I <transChange type="added">am in</transChange> prayer.<note>Or perhaps "I <transChange type="added">have</transChange> a plea <transChange type="added">of innocence</transChange>"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="5">So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Appoint over him a wicked <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and let an accuser stand at his right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">When he is judged, let him come out guilty, and let his prayer<note>Or perhaps "plea <transChange type="added">of innocence</transChange>"</note> become as sin.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="10">and let his children wander aimlessly and beg, and let them plead from their ruins.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> creditor seize all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his, and let strangers plunder his property.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">Let there be none <transChange type="added">who</transChange> extend to him loyal love, nor any who pities his orphans.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Let his descendants<note>Or "posterity"; Hebrew is singular</note> be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> next generation.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">Let the iniquity of his ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> be remembered before Yahweh, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their<note>That is, the family</note> memory from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone,<note>Hebrew "a man"</note> poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">Because he loved cursing, let it come <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body}<note>Literally "his inward part"</note> like water, and into his bones like oil.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">May it be for him like a garment <transChange type="added">in which</transChange> he wraps, and a belt {he continually wears}.<note>Literally "continually he girds it"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">Let this <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name's sake. Because your loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, deliver me,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">My knees {buckle}<note>Literally "stumble"</note> from fasting, and my body grows lean without fat.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="25">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I am a disgrace to them; <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they see me, they shake their heads.<note>Hebrew "head"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="27">that they may know that this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your hand, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you, O Yahweh, you have done it.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">Let them curse, but you bless. <transChange type="added">When</transChange> they arise, let them be put to shame, that your servant may be glad.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="29">Let my accusers put on disgrace, and let them cover <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> with their shame as with a robe.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="30">I will give thanks to Yahweh exceedingly with my mouth, and in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> midst of many I will praise him,</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="31">for he stands at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy, to save <transChange type="added">him</transChange> from those judging his life.<note>Or "soul"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">A declaration of Yahweh to my lord, "Sit at my right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> until I make your enemies your footstool."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Your people {will volunteer}<note>Literally "will <transChange type="added">be</transChange> freewill offerings"; see the related verbal form in Judg 5:2</note> in the day of your power.<note>Or "day of your army," or "day of battle"</note> In holy splendor, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> womb of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.<note>The meaning of this verse is obscure</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="4">Yahweh has sworn and he will not change <transChange type="added">his mind</transChange>, "You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">O Lord, at your right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> he will shatter kings in the day of his anger.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">He will judge among the nations; he will fill <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with corpses. He will shatter <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {rulers}<note>Literally "head"</note> of many countries.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">He will drink from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> stream by the road; therefore he will lift up <transChange type="added">his</transChange> head.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> I will give thanks to Yahweh with all <transChange type="added">my</transChange> heart, in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> assembly of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> upright and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> congregation.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">The works of Yahweh <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great, studied<note>Or "pondered"</note> by all <transChange type="added">who</transChange> delight <transChange type="added">in</transChange> them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">Full of</transChange> splendor and majesty <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his work, and his righteousness endures forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">He has made his wonders {to be remembered};<note>Literally "a remembrance"</note> Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious and compassionate.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">He has declared the power of his works for his people, by giving to them <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inheritance of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">The works of his hands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> faithfulness and justice; all his precepts <transChange type="added">are</transChange> reliable.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">They are</transChange> sustained forever <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ever, done with faithfulness and uprightness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and fearful <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">The fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> beginning of wisdom; all who do them<note>That is, his precepts (v. 7), or the stipulations of his covenant (v. 9)</note> have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Blessed <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> man <transChange type="added">who</transChange> fears Yahweh; he takes great delight in his commands.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">His {descendants}<note>Literally "seed"</note> will be mighty in the land; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> generation of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> upright will be blessed.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Wealth and riches <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">His</transChange> light rises in the darkness for the upright; <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> gracious and compassionate and righteous.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">It goes</transChange> well <transChange type="added">for</transChange> a man <transChange type="added">who</transChange> is gracious and lends, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> conducts his {business properly}.<note>Literally "matters in justice"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">For he will not be shaken forever; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous {will be remembered forever}.<note>Literally "will be for an eternal remembrance"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">He is not afraid of bad news; his heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> steadfast, secure<note>Or "full of trust"</note> in Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">His heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks <transChange type="added">in triumph</transChange> on his enemies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">{He gives lavishly}<note>Literally "He distributes freely, he gives"</note> to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> wicked<note>Singular</note> sees <transChange type="added">it</transChange> and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and {becomes weak}.<note>Literally "and melts"</note> <transChange type="added">The</transChange> desire of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked<note>Plural</note> perishes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Praise, O servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">From <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rising of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sun to its setting, <transChange type="added">let</transChange> the name of Yahweh be blessed.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high above all nations; his glory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above the heavens.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like Yahweh our God, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> enthroned on high,<note>Or "who dwells on high"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">who {condescends to look at}<note>Hebrew "makes low to see"</note> <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> in the heavens and in the earth?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> raises <transChange type="added">the</transChange> helpless from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dust; he lifts <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ash heap,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">to seat <transChange type="added">them</transChange> with princes, with the princes of his people.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> causes the barren woman of the house to dwell <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the happy mother of children. Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">The mountains skipped like rams, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hills like {lambs}.<note>Literally "sons of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flock"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">What's with you, O sea, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you fled? O Jordan, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you turned back?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">O mountains, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">At the presence of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Lord writhe, O earth,<note>Or "O land"</note> at the presence of the God of Jacob,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">who turned the rock into a pool of water, flinty stone into a spring of water.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Why should the nations say, "Where, {pray tell},<note>Literally "please"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their God?"</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">But our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Their idols <transChange type="added">are</transChange> silver and gold, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> work of human hands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">they have</transChange> their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">Those who</transChange> make them become like them, <transChange type="added">as does</transChange> everyone who trusts in them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">O Israel, trust Yahweh; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">You who</transChange> fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their help and their shield.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">Yahweh remembers us; he will bless <transChange type="added">us</transChange>. He will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">He will bless <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> fear Yahweh, the small with the great.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">The heavens <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> children of humankind.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">The dead do not praise Yah,<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> nor any descending into silence.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> we, we will bless Yah<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> from now until forever. Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I love <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.<note>Literally "my voice, my supplications"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call {all my days}.<note>Literally "in my days"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Gracious <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh and righteous, and our God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> merciful.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Yahweh watches over <transChange type="added">the</transChange> simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Return, O my soul, to your repose, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">For you have rescued me<note>Hebrew "my soul." If "soul" is accepted, then "death" means "<transChange type="added">the place of</transChange> death," that is, the netherworld.</note> from death, my eyes<note>Hebrew "eye"</note> from tears, my feet from stumbling.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">I will walk before Yahweh in the land<note>Hebrew "lands"</note> of the living.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">I said in my haste, "{Everyone}<note>Literally "All <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the humankind"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a liar."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">What shall I give back to Yahweh <transChange type="added">for</transChange> all his benefits to me?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">I will lift up <transChange type="added">the</transChange> cup of salvation and proclaim the name of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">I will pay my vows <transChange type="added">made</transChange> to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">Costly {in Yahweh's view}<note>Literally "in the eyes of Yahweh"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the death of his faithful <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">Ah, Yahweh, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim the name of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">I will pay my vows <transChange type="added">made</transChange> to Yahweh in the presence of all his people,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">in the courts of the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">For his loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mighty on our behalf, and the faithfulness of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever. Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Give thanks to Yahweh for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Let Israel say, "His loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Let the house of Aaron say, "His loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Let <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> fear Yahweh say, "His loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Out of <transChange type="added">my</transChange> distress I called to Yah.<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> Yah answered me, <transChange type="added">setting me</transChange> in a broad place.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for me; I do not fear. What can <transChange type="added">mere</transChange> humans<note>Or "humankind"</note> do to me?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for me as my helper, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will look <transChange type="added">in triumph</transChange> on those who hate me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.<note>Or "humankind"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">You pushed me hard<note>Hebrew intensive "pushing, you pushed me"</note> to <transChange type="added">make me</transChange> fall, but Yahweh helped me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">Yah<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my strength and <transChange type="added">my</transChange> song,<note>Or "<transChange type="added">my</transChange> might"</note> and he has become my salvation.<note>Or "victory"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> sound of rejoicing and salvation<note>Or "victory"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> tents of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous; the right hand of Yahweh <transChange type="added">has</transChange> done valiantly.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">The right hand of Yahweh <transChange type="added">has</transChange> exalted; the right hand of Yahweh <transChange type="added">has</transChange> done valiantly.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">I will not die but live, and tell of the works of Yah.<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">Yah has disciplined me severely, but he did not consign<note>Hebrew "give"</note> me to death.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">Open to me <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them <transChange type="added">and</transChange> give thanks to Yah.<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the gate of Yahweh, through <transChange type="added">which the</transChange> righteous will enter.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">I will give thanks <transChange type="added">to</transChange> you for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation.<note>Or "victory"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> stone the builders rejected has become <transChange type="added">the</transChange> chief cornerstone.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the day Yahweh has worked;<note>Or "made"</note> let us rejoice and be glad in him.<note>Or "in it"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who comes in the name of Yahweh. We bless you<note>Hebrew plural</note> from the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="27">Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.<note>Or "made <transChange type="added">his</transChange> light to shine upon <transChange type="added">to</transChange> us"</note> Bind <transChange type="added">the</transChange> festal sacrifice<note>Or "festal procession"</note> with cords<note>Or "branches"</note> to the horns<note>Or "<transChange type="added">and lead up</transChange> to the horns"</note> of the altar.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="28">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my God, and I will give thanks to you. <transChange type="added">You are</transChange> my God; I will exalt you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="29">Give thanks to Yahweh for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Blessed <transChange type="added">are those whose</transChange> way is blameless, who walk in the law of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those who keep his testimonies; they seek him with a whole heart.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">You have commanded<note>Perhaps emphatic; Hebrew "you, you have commanded"</note> your precepts, that <transChange type="added">we</transChange> should keep <transChange type="added">them</transChange> diligently.</verse>


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<verse num="7">I will give you thanks with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous laws.</verse>


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<verse num="9">How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word.</verse>


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<verse num="10">With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="11">In my heart I have hidden your word,<note>Or "promise"</note> so that I may not sin against you.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="12">Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> you, O Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.</verse>


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<verse num="13">With my lips I have told <transChange type="added">of</transChange> all the ordinances of your mouth.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="14">In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced as <transChange type="added">I would</transChange> over all riches.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="15">I will meditate on your precepts and look at<note>That is, "examine"</note> your ways.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="18">Uncover my eyes, that I may look at<note>That is, "examine"</note> wonderful things from your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="19">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a sojourner on the earth;<note>That is, "here for a short time"</note> do not hide your commands from me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="21">You rebuke <transChange type="added">the</transChange> arrogant, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> accursed, who stray from your commands.</verse>


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<verse num="22">{Remove from}<note>Literally "Roll off of"</note> me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="23">Even <transChange type="added">though</transChange> princes sit <transChange type="added">and</transChange> speak against me, your servant meditates on your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="24">Your testimonies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my delight, {my counselors}.<note>Literally "the men of my counsel"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">Make me understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful things.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="28">My soul weeps<note>Or "is sleepless"</note> because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="29">Remove from me <transChange type="added">the</transChange> deceptive way, and graciously give me your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="30">I have chosen <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faithful way; I have set your ordinances <transChange type="added">before me</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="32">I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.<note>That is, "give greater understanding"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="33">Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="34">Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="36">Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to <transChange type="added">dishonest</transChange> gain.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="37">Turn away my eyes from looking at <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> worthless; revive me in your ways.</verse>


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<verse num="38">Fulfill your word<note>Or "your promise"</note> to your servant, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to <transChange type="added">bring about</transChange> a reverence for you.</verse>


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<verse num="39">Turn away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances <transChange type="added">are</transChange> good.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="41">Let your acts of loyal love also come to me, O Yahweh, your salvation according to your word.<note>Or "your promise"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="42">Then I will have an answer <transChange type="added">for the</transChange> one who taunts me, for I trust your word.</verse>


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<verse num="43">And do not snatch <transChange type="added">the</transChange> word of truth utterly from my mouth, for I hope in your ordinances.</verse>


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<verse num="45">And I will go about {freely},<note>Literally "in the wide place"</note> for I have sought your precepts.</verse>


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<verse num="48">And I will lift up my hands<note>Hebrew "palms"</note> to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="49">Remember <transChange type="added">your</transChange> word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="50">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my comfort in my misery: that your word<note>Or "your promise"</note> preserves my life.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="51"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> arrogant utterly deride me; I have not turned aside from your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="53">Rage seizes me because of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked, those who forsake your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="57">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my portion; I intend to heed your words.</verse>


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<verse num="58">I {seek your favor}<note>Literally "entreat your face"</note> with my whole heart; be gracious <transChange type="added">to</transChange> me according to your word.<note>Or "your promise"</note></verse>


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<verse num="61"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> cords of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked surround me, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> I do not forget your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="62"><transChange type="added">In the</transChange> middle of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> night I rise to give you thanks, because of your righteous ordinances.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="63">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a companion of all <transChange type="added">who</transChange> fear you and heed your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="68">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> good and do good; teach me your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="69"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> arrogant smear me with lies;<note>Hebrew "lie"</note> I keep your precepts with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart.</verse>


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<verse num="70">Their heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> insensitive like fat;<note>See Isa 6:10 for a similar idea, but a different word for "fat"</note> As for me, I take delight in your law.</verse>


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<verse num="71"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.</verse>


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<verse num="72">The law of your mouth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better to me than thousands of gold and silver <transChange type="added">coins</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="73">Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding that I may learn your commands.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="75">I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right, and <transChange type="added">that</transChange> in faithfulness you afflicted me.</verse>


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<verse num="76">Please let your loyal love comfort me, according to your word<note>Or "your promise"</note> to your servant.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="77">Let your mercies come <transChange type="added">to</transChange> me, that I may live, for your law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my delight.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="78">Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have wronged me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> lies.<note>Hebrew "lie"</note> As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.</verse>


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<verse num="79">Let those who fear you turn to me, even those who know<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> your testimonies.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="82">My eyes long for<note>Or "long <transChange type="added">to see</transChange>"</note> your word,<note>Or "your promise"</note> saying, "When will you comfort me?"</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="83">For I have become like a wineskin in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> smoke, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> I have not forgotten your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="84">How many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the days of your servant? When will you execute justice against those who persecute me?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="85"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> arrogant have dug pits<note>That is, traps</note> for me, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not according to<note>Or "who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not in accord with"</note> your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="86">All your commands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> faithful. They persecute me deceitfully; help me!</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="87">They have almost destroyed me on the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="88">According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="89">Forever, O Yahweh, your word {is settled}<note>Literally "stands firm"</note> in heaven.</verse>


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<verse num="90">Your faithfulness <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> {throughout all generations}.<note>Literally "for a generation and a generation"</note> You have established <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth and it stands.</verse>


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<verse num="91">By your ordinances they stand today, for all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your servants.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="92">Unless your law <transChange type="added">had been</transChange> my delight, then I would have perished in my misery.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="93">I will not ever forget your precepts, for by them you revive me.<note>Or "give me life"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="94">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="95">For me <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked <transChange type="added">lie in</transChange> wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="96">I have seen a limit to every perfection;<note>The meaning of this line is uncertain.</note> your command <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very broad.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="97">How I love your law! The whole day it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my meditation.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="98">Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they<note>Hebrew "it <transChange type="added">is</transChange>"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ever with me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="99">I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my meditation.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="100">I understand more than <transChange type="added">the</transChange> elders, for I keep your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="101">I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="103">How smooth<note>Or "sweet"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your words<note>Hebrew "word"</note> to my palate, more than honey in my mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="105">Your word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="106">I have sworn <transChange type="added">an oath</transChange> and confirmed <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, to heed {your righteous ordinances}.<note>Literally "the ordinances of your righteousness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="108">Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, and teach me your ordinances.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="109">My life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {in danger}<note>Literally "in my hand"</note> continually, yet I do not forget your law.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="110"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not wander from your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="111">I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the joy of my heart.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="113">I hate {the double-minded},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> divided"</note> but I love your law.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="114">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="115">Turn aside from me, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God.</verse>


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<verse num="116">Sustain me according to your word,<note>Or "promise"</note> that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="117">Uphold me, that I may be delivered, and have regard for your statutes continually.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="118">You reject all <transChange type="added">who</transChange> stray from your statutes, for their deceit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a breach of faith.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="119">You remove all the wicked of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth <transChange type="added">like</transChange> dross, therefore I love your testimonies.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="121">I have done justice and righteousness;<note>Or "done <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> proper and right"</note> do not leave me to my oppressors.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="122">Pledge good for your servant; do not let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> arrogant oppress me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="123">My eyes long for<note>Or "long <transChange type="added">to see</transChange>"</note> your salvation, and your righteous word.<note>Or "promise"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="124">Deal with your servant according to your loyal love, and teach me your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="125">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="126"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> time for Yahweh to act,<note>Or "time to act, O Yahweh"</note> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they have broken your law.</verse>


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<verse num="128">Therefore all <transChange type="added">your</transChange> precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="129">Your testimonies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> miracles, therefore my soul keeps them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="130">The unfolding of your words gives light, giving understanding to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> simple.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="132">Turn to me and be gracious to me, as <transChange type="added">is</transChange> proper for those who love your name.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="133">Direct my steps in your word,<note>Or "through your promise"</note> and do not let any iniquity gain power over me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="134">Redeem me from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> oppression of humankind, that I may heed your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="136">Streams of water flow down <transChange type="added">from</transChange> my eyes, because <transChange type="added">people</transChange> do not heed your law.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="137">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upright.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="138">You have ordained your testimonies <transChange type="added">in</transChange> righteousness, and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> exceeding faithfulness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="140">Your word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> very pure, and your servant loves it.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="141">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> small and despised, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> I do not forget your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="142">Your righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting righteousness, and your law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> truth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="144">The righteousness of your testimonies <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forever; give me understanding that I may live.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="145">I call with <transChange type="added">my</transChange> whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh. I will keep your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="147">I rise early in the dawn and cry for help; I hope in your word.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="148">My eyes anticipate <transChange type="added">the</transChange> night watches, that <transChange type="added">I may</transChange> meditate on your word.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="149">Hear my voice according to your loyal love; O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="150"><transChange type="added">Those who</transChange> pursue a <transChange type="added">wicked</transChange> purpose draw near; they are far from your law.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="151">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> near, O Yahweh, and all your commands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> truth.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="152">Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago that you have established them forever.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="154">Plead my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your word.<note>Or "promise"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="155">Salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="156">Your mercies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> great, O Yahweh; preserve my life according to your ordinances.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="157">My persecutors and enemies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many, <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> I do not turn aside from your testimonies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="158">I see <transChange type="added">the</transChange> treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="159">Consider<note>Hebrew "See"</note> that I love your precepts; O Yahweh, according to your loyal love preserve my life.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="160">The {whole}<note>Literally "head"</note> of your word <transChange type="added">is</transChange> truth, and your every righteous judgment <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="161">Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles because of your word.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="162">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> rejoicing over your word, like one who finds great spoil.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="164">I praise you seven <transChange type="added">times</transChange> in the day for your righteous ordinances.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="165">Great peace <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="168">I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="169">Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="170">Let my plea come before you; Deliver me according to your word.<note>Or "promise"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="172">Let my tongue sing <transChange type="added">of</transChange> your word,<note>Or "promise"</note> because all your commands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> right.</verse>


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content:
<verse num="173">Let your hand be my help,<note>Hebrew "to help me"</note> because I have chosen your precepts.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="174">I long for your salvation, O Yahweh, and your law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my delight.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="175">Let my soul<note>Or "my life"</note> live that it may praise you, and let your ordinances help me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="176">I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">What shall be given to you,<note>That is, by God against the false accuser</note> and what more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> sharpened arrows of a warrior, with burning charcoals from broom trees.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I dwell among the tents of Kedar.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Too long my soul has had its dwelling near <transChange type="added">one who</transChange> hates peace.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">I <transChange type="added">am for</transChange> peace, but when I speak, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for war.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">My help <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your protector; Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your shade at your right hand.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">The sun will not strike you by day, nor <transChange type="added">the</transChange> moon by night.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Yahweh will protect you from all evil;<note>Or "all calamity"</note> he will protect your life.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Yahweh will protect your going out and your coming in from now until forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I rejoiced in <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> said to me, "Let us go to the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">where <transChange type="added">the</transChange> tribes go up, the tribes of Yah<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">For there <transChange type="added">the</transChange> thrones sit<note>That is, rulers or judges on thrones</note> for judgment, thrones of David's house.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Pray<note>Hebrew "Ask"</note> for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at ease.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, "Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> within you."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">For the sake of the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I lift up my eyes to you, the one enthroned<note>Or "the one who dwells"</note> in the heavens.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Behold, as <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of servants <transChange type="added">look</transChange> to the hand of their master,<note>Hebrew "masters"</note> as <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes <transChange type="added">look</transChange> to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> arrogant.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">"If <transChange type="added">it had</transChange> not <transChange type="added">been</transChange> Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">"If <transChange type="added">it had</transChange> not <transChange type="added">been</transChange> Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">then they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger was kindled against us.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Then the waters would have flooded over us, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> torrent would have passed over our soul.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> Yahweh, who has not made<note>Hebrew "given"</note> us prey for their teeth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Our soul has escaped like a bird from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> snare of fowlers. The snare <transChange type="added">is</transChange> broken, and we have escaped.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Our help <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the name of Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Those who trust in Yahweh <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> abides forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">As</transChange> mountains <transChange type="added">are</transChange> round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> round about his people, from now until forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the {land}<note>Literally "lot," that is, land allotted</note> of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.<note>Hebrew "in wickedness"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Do good, O Yahweh, to the good, and to <transChange type="added">those</transChange> upright in their hearts.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">But regarding those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the evildoers. Peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">When Yahweh restored the fortunes<note>Or "captivity"</note> of Zion,<note>Or "<transChange type="added">those</transChange> returned of <transChange type="added">belonging to</transChange> Zion"</note> we were like dreamers.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for these <transChange type="added">people</transChange>."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Yahweh has done great <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for us; we are glad.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Restore, O Yahweh, our fortunes<note>Or "captivity"</note> like the streams in the Negeb.<note>Or "South"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">He who diligently goes <transChange type="added">out</transChange> with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come <transChange type="added">in</transChange> with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> in vain for you who rise early <transChange type="added">and</transChange> sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, <transChange type="added">when</transChange> thus he<note>That is, Yahweh</note> provides<note>Hebrew "gives"</note> for his beloved in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> sleep.<note>Or "so he gives sleep to his beloved"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Look, children<note>Hebrew "sons"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the heritage<note>That is, gift</note> of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a reward.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Like arrows in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of a warrior, so <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the children<note>Hebrew "sons"</note> of <transChange type="added">one's</transChange> youth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the man who fills his quiver with them.<note>Or "whose quiver he <transChange type="added">Yahweh</transChange> fills with them"</note> They shall not be put to shame when they speak with enemies at the gate.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> happy and <transChange type="added">it will be</transChange> well with you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Your wife <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> like a fruitful vine {within}<note>Literally "in the recesses of"</note> your house. Your children<note>Hebrew "sons"</note> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> like olive shoots about your table.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Look, for thus shall a man be blessed {who fears Yahweh}.<note>Literally "a fearer of Yahweh"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">May Yahweh bless you from Zion, that you may see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">and that you may see your children's children. <transChange type="added">May</transChange> peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">"Too often<note>Or "Greatly"</note> they have attacked me from my youth." Let Israel say,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">"Too often<note>Or "Greatly"</note> they have attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">On my back plowmen have plowed. They have made their furrows<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> long."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous. He has cut <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ropes<note>That is, the yoke and tackle on a beast of burden</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Let them be like grass on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> housetops, that withers before it grows up,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">with</transChange> which a reaper cannot fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his {arms},<note>Literally "bosom"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">so that passersby do not say, "The blessing of Yahweh <transChange type="added">be</transChange> upon you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Out of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths I call to you, O Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">"O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">If you, O Yah,<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> should {keep track of}<note>Literally "keep"</note> iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">But with you <transChange type="added">is</transChange> forgiveness, so that you may be feared."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait<note>Or "hope," here and v. 7, though the Hebrew uses a different verbal stem in v. 7</note> for his word.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">My soul <transChange type="added">waits</transChange> for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning. Yes, <transChange type="added">more than</transChange> watchmen for the morning.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">O Israel, wait<note>Or "hope"</note> for Yahweh. For with Yahweh <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> loyal love, and with him <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> abundant redemption.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}.<note>Literally "raised"</note> And I do not {concern myself}<note>Literally "walk about"</note> with things too great and difficult for me.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="2">Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my soul with me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">O Yahweh, remember with regard to David all his affliction.<note>Hebrew "his being afflicted"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">"I will not enter into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">I will give no sleep to my eyes, <transChange type="added">no</transChange> slumber to my eyelids,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found her in the fields of Jaar.<note>Or "the fields of the woods"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Let us go to his dwelling places;<note>That is, the temple</note> Let us worship at his footstool.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Let your priests clothe themselves with righteousness, and let your faithful sing for joy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Yahweh swore <transChange type="added">in</transChange> truth to David; he will not turn back from it. "One from the fruit of your {body}<note>Literally "belly"</note> I will set on your throne.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">If your sons will heed my covenant and my testimonies that I will teach them, their sons also forever will sit on your throne."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">"This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">There I will cause a horn to grow for David; I will set a lamp for my anointed one.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on him his crown will flourish."<note>Or "shine"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Look, how good and how pleasant <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> <transChange type="added">when</transChange> brothers dwell together in unity.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> like the fragrant oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that runs down upon the edges of his robes.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing-- life forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Look, bless Yahweh, all <transChange type="added">you</transChange> the servants of Yahweh, who {serve}<note>Literally "stand"</note> in the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh by night.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Lift up your hands in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sanctuary and bless Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">May Yahweh bless you from Zion, <transChange type="added">he who</transChange> made heaven and earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Praise the name of Yahweh. Praise <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, O servants of Yahweh,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">who stand in the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of Yahweh, in the courts of the house<note>Or "temple"</note> of our God.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Praise Yah,<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> for Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good. Sing praises concerning his name, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> pleasant.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">For I know that Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great, and our Lord <transChange type="added">is greater</transChange> than all gods.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; <transChange type="added">he</transChange> brings out <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wind from his storehouses.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of humans<note>Hebrew "human"</note> and animals.<note>Hebrew "animal"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan--</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance for his people Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">O Yahweh, your name <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever, your {renown}<note>Literally "remembrance"</note> {throughout all generations},<note>Literally "for a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="14">for Yahweh will plead <transChange type="added">the</transChange> cause <transChange type="added">of</transChange> his people and will have compassion on his servants.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">The idols of the nations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> silver and gold, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> work of the hands of humankind.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">Those who</transChange> make them become like them, <transChange type="added">as does</transChange> everyone who trusts in them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">O house of Levi, bless Yahweh. <transChange type="added">You who</transChange> fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">Blessed <transChange type="added">be</transChange> Yahweh from Zion, who dwells <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Jerusalem. Praise Yah!<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Give thanks to Yahweh, for <transChange type="added">he is</transChange> good, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> alone does great wonders, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> made the heavens with skill,<note>Or "understanding"</note> for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> spread out the earth above the waters, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> made <transChange type="added">the</transChange> great lights, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">The sun to rule the day, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">The moon and stars to rule the night, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> struck Egypt through their firstborn, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">And he brought Israel out from among them, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> divided <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {Red Sea}<note>Literally "sea of reed"</note> in two, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
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<verse num="14">And he let Israel cross over through the midst of it, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {Red Sea},<note>Literally "sea of reed"</note> for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">To <transChange type="added">him who</transChange> struck great kings, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">And he killed mighty kings, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">Sihon the king of the Amorites, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">And Og the king of Bashan, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="22">An inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="23">Who remembered us in our low estate, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">And he rescued us from our enemies, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="25"><transChange type="added">The one who</transChange> gives food to all flesh, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="26">Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">On <transChange type="added">the</transChange> willows<note>Species of tree uncertain</note> in her midst, we hung up our lyres.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors<note>Only occurring once in the MT, this interpretation is uncertain. The LXX's "carried us captive" is a guess. If related to the Hebrew root yll it might have the idea of "mockers/yammerers"</note> <transChange type="added">asked of us</transChange> jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">How could we sing the song of Yahweh in {a foreign land}?<note>Literally "a land of a foreigner"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.<note>That is, how to play a musical instrument</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> bare! Lay <transChange type="added">it</transChange> bare to its foundation!"</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy <transChange type="added">shall be he</transChange> who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">with</transChange> what you treated us"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Happy <transChange type="added">shall be he</transChange> who seizes and smashes your children against the rock.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I give you thanks with my whole heart; before <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gods I sing your praise.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have magnified your word<note>Or "promise"</note> according to all your name.<note>Or "beyond all your name"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">{When}<note>Literally "In the day"</note> I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul <transChange type="added">with</transChange> strength.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">All <transChange type="added">the</transChange> kings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth will praise you, O Yahweh, when they have heard the words<note>Or "heard about the words"</note> of your mouth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> great.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Though Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> high, yet he sees <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lowly, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> proud he perceives<note>Hebrew "knows"</note> at a distance.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your right hand.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Yahweh accomplishes <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">You search out<note>Hebrew "winnow"; or perhaps from another root, "measure"</note> my wandering and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">For <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not a word <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> on my tongue, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">Such</transChange> knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot <transChange type="added">prevail</transChange> against it.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">If I ascend to heaven, there you <transChange type="added">are</transChange>, and if I make my bed <transChange type="added">in</transChange> Sheol, look! <transChange type="added">There</transChange> you <transChange type="added">are</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">If I lift up <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dawn, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I alight on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> far side of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sea,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> light around me <transChange type="added">will be as</transChange> night,"</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">even <transChange type="added">the</transChange> darkness is not too dark for you,<note>Or "does not obscure from you"</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> night shines as the day-- the darkness <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the light are alike <transChange type="added">for you</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Indeed you created my {inward parts};<note>Literally "kidneys"</note> you wove me in my mother's womb.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">I praise you, because I am fearfully <transChange type="added">and</transChange> wonderfully <transChange type="added">made</transChange>.<note>Or "I am made wonderful fearfully"</note> Wonderful <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your works, and my soul knows <transChange type="added">it</transChange> well.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">My {frame}<note>Literally "bone"</note> was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly,<note>Or "in the secret <transChange type="added">place</transChange>"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> intricately woven in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">Your eyes saw my embryo,<note>Hebrew "unformed substance"</note> and in your book they all were written-- days fashioned <transChange type="added">for me</transChange> when <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> not one of them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">And to me, how precious<note>Or "difficult"</note> are your thoughts, O God; how vast is their sum.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">If I should count them, they would outnumber <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sand. I awaken, and I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> still with you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> {bloodthirsty men}--<note>Literally "men of bloods"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take <transChange type="added">your name</transChange> in vain.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I <transChange type="added">not</transChange> loathe those who rise up against you?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="24">And see if <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> in me {the worship of false gods},<note>Literally "a way of an idol"</note> and lead me in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> way everlasting.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men.<note>The several uses of the singular "man" in this psalm are probably collective</note> Preserve me from violent men,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">who plan evil <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> heart. They stir up wars continually.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">They sharpen their tongue as <transChange type="added">sharp as</transChange> a snake's; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> venom of a viper <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under their lips. Selah</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Protect me, O Yahweh, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hands of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked. Preserve me from violent men, who have planned to {make me stumble}.<note>Literally "push my steps"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {side}<note>Literally "hand"</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> path. They have set snares for me. Selah</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">I say to Yahweh, "You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">O Yahweh, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day of battle.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Do not grant, O Yahweh, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> desires of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked. Do not allow <transChange type="added">them</transChange> to attain their<note>Hebrew "his"</note> plan, lest they be exalted. Selah</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">With respect to the</transChange> head of <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits <transChange type="added">from which</transChange> they cannot rise.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Do not let a {slanderer}<note>Literally "man of tongue"</note> be established in the land; as for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">I know<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> that Yahweh will maintain <transChange type="added">the</transChange> cause of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> afflicted, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> justice for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Surely <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous will give thanks to your name; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> upright will dwell in your presence.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I call on you, O Yahweh; hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call to you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Let my prayer be set before you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> incense, the lifting up of my palms <transChange type="added">as the</transChange> evening offering.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men <transChange type="added">who</transChange> do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> oil for <transChange type="added">my</transChange> head;<note>Or "It is choice oil"</note> let not my head refuse. For still my prayer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> against their evil deeds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">When</transChange> their judges are thrown down <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sides of a cliff,<note>Or "are dropped into the hands of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Rock," that is, Yahweh. The interpretation of vv. 6-7 is uncertain.</note> then they will understand that my words were pleasant.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">As <transChange type="added">when one</transChange> plows and breaks up the earth, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">But<note>Or "Because"</note> my eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.<note>Or "Do not raze my life"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Protect me from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {grasp}<note>Literally "hand"</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> trap they have laid for me, and <transChange type="added">from the</transChange> snares of evildoers.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked fall into their<note>Hebrew "his"</note> nets, while I escape altogether.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">look to <transChange type="added">my</transChange> right and see. There is no one looking out for me; there is no escape for me;<note>Hebrew "a refuge has perished from me"</note> no one cares for my soul.<note>Or "life"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Bring me<note>Hebrew "my soul"</note> out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in your righteousness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous before you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">For <transChange type="added">the</transChange> enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like <transChange type="added">those</transChange> long dead.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> my spirit grows faint within me; my heart {within}<note>Literally "in the midst of"</note> me is desolate.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">I remember <transChange type="added">the</transChange> days of long ago; I meditate on all your doings.<note>Hebrew "doing"</note> I muse on the labor of your hands.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">I stretch out my hands to you; my soul <transChange type="added">longs</transChange> for you like a dry land. Selah</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like <transChange type="added">those</transChange> descending to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pit.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Cause me to hear your loyal love in the morning, for I trust you. Cause me to know the way that I should go, for I lift up my soul to you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh. I take refuge in you.<note>This reading for the difficult Hebrew "I cover to you" is suggested by the LXX</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Teach me to do your will, for you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my God; your Spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good. Lead me onto level ground.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me<note>Hebrew "my soul"</note> out of trouble.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">And in your loyal love destroy my enemies, and exterminate all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> adversaries of my soul, for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your servant.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war--</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples<note>Reading with many Hebrew manuscripts and versions; MT reads "my people"</note> under me.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">O Yahweh, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> humankind that you take knowledge of him, <transChange type="added">or the</transChange> son of man that you take thought of him?</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of foreigners,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">whose mouth speaks falsely, and their right hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a false right hand.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">O God, I will sing a new song to you. With a lyre of ten <transChange type="added">strings</transChange> I will sing praise to you,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> evil sword.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Rescue me and deliver me from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a false right hand,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">that our sons <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> our granaries <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> full, providing <transChange type="added">produce</transChange> of all kinds,<note>Hebrew "from kind to kind"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> our sheep <transChange type="added">may</transChange> produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">that</transChange> our cattle <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> pregnant; <transChange type="added">that there be</transChange> no breach <transChange type="added">in our walls</transChange>, and no going out <transChange type="added">in exile</transChange>, and no outcry in our plazas.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15">Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people who have <transChange type="added">it</transChange> thus. Blessed <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people whose God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">I will exalt you, my God, O king, and I will bless<note>That is, praise; here and v. 2</note> your name forever and ever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh, and very worthy of praise, and his greatness is unsearchable.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">One generation will laud your works to another, and will declare your mighty deeds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">On the splendor of the glory of your majesty, and on your wonderful deeds, I will meditate.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">And they will speak of the power of your awesome deeds,<note>That is, deeds that evoke a fearful reverence</note> and I will tell of your greatness.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">They will utter <note>Hebrew "pour forth"</note> the renown of your abundant goodness, and they will proclaim with joy your righteousness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}<note>Literally "long of nostrils"</note> and great in loyal love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good to all, and his mercies <transChange type="added">are</transChange> over all his works.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">All your works will praise you, O Yahweh, and your faithful ones will bless<note>That is, praise</note> you.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">to make known to the children of humankind his mighty deeds, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">Your kingdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion <transChange type="added">endures</transChange> {throughout all generations}.<note>Literally "for a generation and a generation"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due time,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16">opening your hand, and satisfying <transChange type="added">the</transChange> desire <transChange type="added">of</transChange> every living creature.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="18">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19">He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">Yahweh protects all those who love him, but all the wicked he will exterminate.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="21">My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> still <transChange type="added">alive</transChange>.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">His breath departs; he returns to his plot;<note>A Hebrew wordplay: "humankind," adam (v. 3), returns to his ground/plot, adamah</note> on that day his plans perish.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Blessed <transChange type="added">is the one</transChange> whose help <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God of Jacob, whose hope <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on Yahweh <transChange type="added">as</transChange> his God,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in them, the one who keeps faith<note>Or "remains faithful"</note> forever,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">who</transChange> executes justice for the oppressed, <transChange type="added">who</transChange> gives food for the hungry. Yahweh sets prisoners free;</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">Yahweh opens <transChange type="added">the eyes of the</transChange> blind; Yahweh raises up <transChange type="added">those</transChange> bowed down; Yahweh loves <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous;</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">Yahweh protects<note>Or "watches over"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> strangers. He helps up <transChange type="added">the</transChange> orphan and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> widow, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked he {thwarts}.<note>Literally "makes crooked"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, {throughout all generations}.<note>Literally "for a generation and a generation"</note> Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah; here and v. 20</note> For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good to sing praises <transChange type="added">to</transChange> our God; for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> pleasant; praise is fitting.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> building Jerusalem; he gathers <transChange type="added">the</transChange> scattered ones of Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">He is</transChange> the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> counts <transChange type="added">the</transChange> number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Yahweh helps the afflicted up; <transChange type="added">he</transChange> brings <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ground.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">who covers <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> gives to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> animal its food, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> young ravens that cry.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope<note>That is, "wait expectantly"</note> for his loyal love.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">he</transChange> makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {finest of wheat}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> fat of the wheat"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> sends out his command<note>Or "utterance"</note> to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth; his word runs swiftly.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">he</transChange> throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?<note>With slight alteration of the Hebrew, the line might read "before his cold water stands"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="19"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="20">He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know <transChange type="added">his</transChange> ordinances. Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Praise Yahweh from the heavens; praise him in the heights.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">Praise him, {highest heavens},<note>Literally "heaven<transChange type="added">s</transChange> of the heavens"</note> and waters above the heavens.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">And he put them in place forever and ever, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> a decree he gave that will not pass away.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">fire and hail, snow and cloud,<note>The meaning of "cloud" is uncertain</note> stormy wind doing his bidding,<note>Hebrew "his word"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="10">beasts and all cattle,<note>That is, wild and domesticated</note> creeping things and {flying birds},<note>Literally "bird of wing"</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="11">kings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> earth,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="12">young men and young women as well, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> old <transChange type="added">together</transChange> with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> young--</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="13">let them praise the name of Yahweh, because his name alone <transChange type="added">is</transChange> is exalted. His splendor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> above earth and heavens.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="14">And he has raised high a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful-- for the children of Israel, a people close to him. Praise Yah.<note>Hebew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> assembly of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faithful.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="3">Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="4">For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies <transChange type="added">the</transChange> afflicted with salvation.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="5">Let <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Let the extolling of God <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="7">to execute vengeance on the nations <transChange type="added">and</transChange> punishment on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples,<note>Reading against the MT and with the LXX</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="8">to bind their kings with chains and their {nobles}<note>Literally "honorable ones"</note> with fetters of iron,</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="9">to execute on them <transChange type="added">the</transChange> judgment that is decreed.<note>Hebrew "written"</note> This <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="1">Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note> Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="2">Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.</verse>


book: Ps
content:
<verse num="6">Every breathing thing, let it praise Yah.<note>A shortened form of "Yahweh"</note> Praise Yah.<note>Hebrew hallelujah</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="3">to gain {insightful instruction},<note>Literally "the instruction of insight"</note> righteousness and justice and equity,</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="4">to give shrewdness<note>Or "cleverness," or "prudence"</note> to the simple, knowledge and purpose<note>Or "plan"</note> to the young,</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="5">may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,<note>Or "guidance"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="6">to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="7">Fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="8">My child, may you keep<note>Or "obey," or "hear"</note> your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="9">for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="11">If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.<note>Or "wantonly," or "for nothing"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="12">Like Sheol,<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.<note>Literally "like the descenders of a pit"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="13">We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses <transChange type="added">with</transChange> booty,</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="14">you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="15">My child, do not walk in their way.<note>Or "on their road"</note> Keep your foot from their paths,</verse>


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<verse num="17">for "in vain<note>Or "without cause," or "for nothing"</note> is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."<note>Literally "bird of wing"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">They lie in wait for their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> blood. They ambush their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> lives.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Thus are the ways of all who are greedy <transChange type="added">for</transChange> gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.</verse>


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<verse num="21">On a {busy corner}<note>Literally "head of commotion," or "head of stirring, bustling"</note> she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:</verse>


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<verse num="22">"{How long},<note>Literally "Until when"</note> O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And <transChange type="added">how long</transChange> will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?</verse>


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<verse num="23">May you turn to my argument!<note>Or "turn at my reproach"</note> Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.</verse>


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<verse num="24">Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.</verse>


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<verse num="25">You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing <transChange type="added">to accept</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="26">I will also laugh at your calamity;<note>Or "downfall"</note> I will mock when panic<note>Or "dread, fear"</note> comes <transChange type="added">upon</transChange> you.</verse>


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<verse num="27">When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,</verse>


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<verse num="28">then they will call<note>Or "cry out <transChange type="added">to</transChange>"</note> me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.</verse>


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<verse num="30">they were not willing <transChange type="added">to accept</transChange> my counsel, they despised all my reproof.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,</verse>


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<verse num="32">for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.</verse>


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<verse num="33">Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely<note>Or "be at ease, peace"</note> from dread and disaster."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">My child, if you will receive<note>Or "take, seize"</note> my sayings, and hide my commands with you,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to incline your ear toward wisdom, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you shall apply your heart to understanding.</verse>


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<verse num="3">For if you cry out for understanding,<note>Or "call to understanding"</note> <transChange type="added">if</transChange> you lift<note>Or "carry, give"</note> your voice for insight,</verse>


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<verse num="4">if you seek her like silver and search her out {like treasure},<note>Literally "like the treasures"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth <transChange type="added">come</transChange> knowledge and understanding.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">For the upright, he stores<note>Or "hides, keeps"</note> sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,</verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to guard paths of justice and keep<note>Or "preserve, guard, watch"</note> the way of his faithful <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness--every good course--</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.<note>Or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to deliver you from the way of evil,<note>Or "evildoer"</note> from a man who speaks devious things--</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">those who are happy to do evil, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> they delight in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> deviousness of evil,</verse>


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<verse num="15">{who are crooked in their ways},<note>Literally "that <transChange type="added">in</transChange> their ways are crooked"</note> and devious in their paths;</verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman <transChange type="added">who</transChange> flatters<note>Or "makes smooth"</note> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> her sayings,</verse>


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<verse num="17">she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,</verse>


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<verse num="18">for her house sinks to death, and to the dead<note>Or "Rephaim"</note> are her paths.</verse>


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<verse num="19"><transChange type="added">Of</transChange> all who go to her, none shall return, nor do they reach paths of life.</verse>


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<verse num="20">So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.</verse>


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<verse num="21">For those who are upright will dwell <transChange type="added">in the</transChange> land,<note>Or "earth"</note> and those who are blameless<note>Or "innocent"</note> will remain in it.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land, and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.</verse>


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<verse num="1">My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.</verse>


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<verse num="2">For length of days, years of life, and peace they<note>That is, "my commands" (3:1)</note> shall add to you.</verse>


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<verse num="3">May loyal love<note>Or "kindness, mercy"</note> and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And you shall find favor and good sense<note>Or "understanding, prudence"</note> in the eyes of God and humankind.</verse>


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<verse num="5">{Trust Yahweh}<note>Literally "trust toward Yahweh"</note> with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.</verse>


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<verse num="8">There shall be healing for your {flesh},<note>Literally "navel"</note> and refreshment for your body.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Honor Yahweh from your substance,<note>Or "wealth, property"</note> and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,</verse>


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<verse num="10">and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst <transChange type="added">with</transChange> new wine.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child. Do not be weary of his reproof</verse>


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<verse num="12">because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Happy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {the one}<note>Literally "a man"</note> who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.</verse>


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<verse num="14">For her<note>Or "its"; both "wisdom" and "understanding" are feminine nouns and can be read as either "she" or "it"</note> income is better than the income of silver, and her revenue than <transChange type="added">that of</transChange> gold.</verse>


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<verse num="15">She is more precious than rubies, and all your desires shall not compare with her.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Length of days <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in her right hand; in her left hand <transChange type="added">are</transChange> riches and honor.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Her ways <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ways of pleasantness, and all her paths <transChange type="added">are</transChange> peace.</verse>


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<verse num="18">She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.</verse>


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<verse num="21">My child, may they<note>Grammatically, "they" most likely refers to clouds (3:20). In context, "they" may refer to wisdom and understanding (3:13).</note> not escape from your {sight};<note>Literally "eyes"</note> may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.</verse>


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<verse num="22">They shall be life for your soul<note>Or "inner self"</note> and adornment<note>Or "favor"</note> for your neck.</verse>


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<verse num="23">Then you will walk in the confidence of your ways, and your foot will not stumble.</verse>


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<verse num="24">If you sit down, you will not panic,<note>Or "fear, dread"</note> and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.</verse>


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<verse num="25">Do not be afraid of sudden panic,<note>Or "fear, dread"</note> or the storm of wickedness that will come.</verse>


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<verse num="26">Yahweh will be {your confidence}<note>Literally "in your confidence"</note> and guard your foot from capture.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Do not withhold good from its owner<note>Or "lord"</note> when it is in the power of your hand to do.</verse>


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<verse num="28">Do not say to your neighbor, "Go and return and tomorrow I will give <transChange type="added">it</transChange>," {when it is with you}.<note>Literally "and there is with you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">Do not plot harm against your neighbor <transChange type="added">who</transChange> dwells in confidence beside you.</verse>


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<verse num="32">for he who is perverse <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his confidence.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">The curse of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="34">With those who scorn, he is scornful, but to those who are humble, he gives favor.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">Children, listen <transChange type="added">to the</transChange> instruction of a father, and be attentive <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to know insight.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast <transChange type="added">to</transChange> my words; guard my commandments and live.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all <transChange type="added">that is in</transChange> your possession, gain insight.</verse>


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<verse num="9">She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Listen, my child, take my sayings, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> years of your life shall be great.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">{When you walk},<note>Literally "In your walking"</note> your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.</verse>


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<verse num="18">But the path of the righteous ones <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">is</transChange> correct"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">The way of the wicked ones <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">May they not escape from your {sight};<note>Literally "eyes"</note> keep them in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> midst of your heart.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">For they are life to those who find them and healing {to the entire body}.<note>Literally "for all his flesh"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> the source<note>Or "extremity"</note> of life.</verse>


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<verse num="24">Remove from yourself {deceitful speech},<note>Literally "crookedness of mouth"</note> and abolish {devious talk}<note>Literally "deviousness of lips"</note> from yourself.</verse>


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<verse num="25">May your eyes look forward<note>Or "opposite"</note> and your gaze be straight before you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.<note>Or "palate"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">Her feet go down <transChange type="added">to</transChange> death; her steps take hold <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Sheol.<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">She does not observe<note>Or "examine, weigh"</note> the path of life; her ways wander, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> she does not know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">lest strangers take <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fill of your strength, and your labors <transChange type="added">go</transChange> to the house of a foreigner,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">I was almost at utter<note>Or "all, every, whole"</note> ruin<note>Or "evil"</note> in the midst of the assembly and congregation."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">Drink water from your <transChange type="added">own</transChange> cistern and flowing waters from inside your own well.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Shall your springs be scattered outward? In the streets, <transChange type="added">shall there be</transChange> streams of water?</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">May they be yours alone, and not for strangers <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> with you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife<note>Or "woman"</note> of your youth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19"><transChange type="added">She is</transChange> a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always};<note>Literally "at all time"</note> by her love may you be intoxicated continually.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">For before the eyes of Yahweh <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {human ways},<note>Literally "the ways of man/humankind"</note> and all his paths he examines.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">He shall die {for lack of}<note>Literally "with there is no"</note> discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> you have bound {yourself}<note>Literally "palms of your hands"</note> to the stranger,</verse>


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<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">if</transChange> you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}:<note>Literally "the palm of the hand of your neighbor"</note> Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">like a {robber}<note>Literally "one who walks," that is, a vagabond</note> shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.<note>Literally "crookedness of mouth"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.<note>Or "quarrels"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">Upon {such a man},<note>Literally "thus"</note> suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.<note>Or "repair"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">There are six <transChange type="added">things</transChange> Yahweh hates, and seven <transChange type="added">things are</transChange> abominations of his soul:<note>Or "inner self"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,<note>Hebrew "the evil"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord<note>Or "quarrels"</note> between brothers.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">My child, keep <transChange type="added">the</transChange> commandment of your father, and do not disregard <transChange type="added">the</transChange> instruction of your mother.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">{When you walk},<note>Literally "In your walking"</note> she<note>That is, "commandment" and "instruction"</note> will lead you, {When you lie down},<note>Literally "In your lying down"</note> she will watch over you, and <transChange type="added">when</transChange> you awake, she will converse <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">For <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a lamp <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a commandment, and instruction <transChange type="added">is</transChange> light, and the way of life<note>Hebrew "lives"</note> <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> reproof of discipline,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to preserve you from an evil woman,<note>Or "wife"</note> from the smoothness of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> tongue of {an adulteress}.<note>Literally "a foreign woman"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">For <transChange type="added">the</transChange> price of a woman, a prostitute,<note>Or "whore"</note> <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man}<note>Literally "the woman of a man"</note> hunts precious life.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30"><transChange type="added">People</transChange> do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> when he is hungry.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">But <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">He who commits adultery <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a woman lacks {sense},<note>Literally "heart"</note> he destroys himself<note>Or "his soul," or "his life"</note> who does it.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="34">For jealousy <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> fury of a husband, and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="35">He will not accept {any compensation},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> face of any compensation"</note> and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {apple of your eye}.<note>A single word meaning "pupil of the eye"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">Say to wisdom,<note>Hebrew "the wisdom"</note> "you are my sister," and you shall call insight,<note>Hebrew "the insight"</note> "{intimate friend}."<note>Literally "one who is known." To "know" is often a euphemism for intercourse. Therefore "intimate friend" may also be read "lover."</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">In order</transChange> to guard yourself from {an adulteress},<note>Literally "a strange woman"</note> from the foreigner who {makes her words smooth}.<note>Literally "causes to be smooth her words"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking {sense},<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">passing on the street {at}<note>Literally "at the place of"</note> her corner, and he takes the road <transChange type="added">to</transChange> her house,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">at twilight, at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day's evening, in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> midst of night and the darkness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Then behold! A woman <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> to meet him <transChange type="added">with the</transChange> garment of a prostitute<note>Or "whore"</note> and {a secret heart}.<note>Literally "secret of heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">Now in the street, now in the square, {at}<note>Literally "at the place of"</note> every corner she lies in wait.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">She took hold of <note>Or "strengthened"</note> him and kissed him. Her face was impudent, and she said to him,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">"Sacrifices of peace offerings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> upon me; {today}<note>Literally "the day"</note> I completed my vows.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">So<note>Hebrew "thus"</note> I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">With</transChange> coverings I have adorned my couch, spreads of the linen of Egypt;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">I have perfumed my bed <transChange type="added">with</transChange> myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">Come, let us take <transChange type="added">our</transChange> fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">For there is no man<note>Or "husband"</note> in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}.<note>Literally "a journey from far"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">The bag of money he took in his hand, for <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the day of the full moon he will come home."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">until an arrow pierces his {entrails},<note>Literally "heaviness," often referring to the liver</note> like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.<note>Literally "it is against his life"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">For many slain she has laid low, and countless<note>Or "strong men"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all of her killings.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">The ways of Sheol<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> her house, descending to chambers of death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">{Atop the heights}<note>Literally "At a head of the heights"</note> beside the road, at the crossroads she stands.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">Beside gates, before towns, <transChange type="added">at the</transChange> entrance of doors, she cries out:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">"To you, O {people},<note>Literally "men"</note> I call, and my cry is to the children of humankind.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination to my lips.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">All sayings of my mouth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">The fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.</verse>


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<verse num="14">{Advice and sound judgment}<note>Literally "To/for me are advice and sound judgment"</note> are mine; I am understanding, {strength is mine}.<note>Literally "to/for me is strength"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">I love {those who love me},<note>Literally "her lovers"</note> and those who seek me diligently shall find me.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">Fortune and glory <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">My fruit is better than gold,<note>Literally "fine gold"</note> even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to endow those who love me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> wealth, and I will fill their treasuries.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">"Yahweh possessed<note>Or "gained," or "acquired"</note> me, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> first of his ways, before his acts {of old}.<note>Literally "from before" or "from then"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">From eternity, I was set up from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> first, from the beginning<note>Hebrew "beginnings"</note> of the earth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding}<note>Literally "made heavy"</note> water.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">{when he established}<note>Literally "in his establishing"</note> the heavens, there I <transChange type="added">was</transChange>, {when he drew}<note>Literally "in his drawing"</note> a circle upon the face of the deep,</verse>


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<verse num="28">{when he made}<note>Literally "in his making"</note> skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">{when he assigned}<note>Literally "in his assigning"</note> his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command},<note>Literally "mouth"</note> {when he marked}<note>Literally "in his marking"</note> the foundations of the earth,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">I was {beside}<note>Literally "at the place of"</note> him, a master workman, and I was delighting day by day, rejoicing before him {always},<note>Literally "in all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> time"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with the children of humankind.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">"And now, children, listen to me; happy <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those who will keep my ways.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="34">Happy <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> person who listens to me, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to keep watch at my doors day by day, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to guard the frames of my entrances.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="35">For he who finds me <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who finds<note>Hebrew "those who find"</note> life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="36">But he who misses me injures himself.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> All those who hate me love death."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">She has slaughtered her slaughtering, mixed her wine, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> also set her table.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">She has sent her servant girls,<note>Or "young maidens"</note> she calls upon the wings of the high places of town,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">"Whoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> simple, let him turn here." As for the one who lacks {sense},<note>Literally "heart"</note> she says to him,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}.<note>Literally "abuse him"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach}<note>Literally "make known to"</note> a righteous one and he will increase learning.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">The start of wisdom is fear of Yahweh, and knowledge of the Holy One,<note>Or "holy ones"</note> insight.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">For by me your days shall increase, and years of life shall multiply for you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> you scoff, alone you shall bear <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">A woman of foolishness is loud, simple, and does not know {it}.<note>Literally "what"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne <transChange type="added">at the</transChange> high places of town,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to call to those who pass by the road, those who go straight <transChange type="added">on</transChange> their way:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">"Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense},<note>Literally "heart"</note> she says to him,</verse>


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<verse num="18">But he does not know that the dead<note>Or "Rephaim"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> there, in the depths of Sheol<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> her guests.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Yahweh will not cause a righteous person<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.</verse>


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<verse num="5">He who gathers in the summer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a child who brings shame.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Blessings <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">The memory of righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Whoever walks in integrity<note>Hebrew "in the integrity"</note> will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">The winking of an eye causes<note>Or "gives, sets up"</note> trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">A fountain of life <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the back of one who lacks {sense}.<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">The wealth of the rich <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their poverty.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">The wage of the righteous <transChange type="added">leads</transChange> to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">On</transChange> the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">He who conceals hatred <transChange type="added">has</transChange> lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of wickedness is {of little worth}.<note>Literally "like a little"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.<note>Literally "in the lack of heart, they die"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">The blessing of Yahweh makes <transChange type="added">one</transChange> rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous have a foundation forever.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the lazy to one who employs<note>Or "sends"</note> him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">The hope of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> to {evildoers}.<note>Literally "them who do evil"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.<note>Or "earth"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">The lips of the righteous know <transChange type="added">the</transChange> acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">Balances of deceit <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight}<note>Literally "a full stone" or "a pure stone"</note> delights him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">Pride comes, then disgrace comes, but wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with the humble.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="10">When good <transChange type="added">is with</transChange> the righteous, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">He who lacks {sense}<note>Literally "heart"</note> belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">A gossip walks <transChange type="added">about</transChange> telling a secret, but the trustworthy in spirit keeps <transChange type="added">the</transChange> matter.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">Where there is no guidance, a nation<note>Or "people"</note> shall fall, but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> safety in an abundance of counsel.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger, but he who refuses a pledge is safe.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="17">A person of kindness rewards himself,<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> but a cruel <transChange type="added">person</transChange> harms his own flesh.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="18">The wicked earns<note>Or "does, makes"</note> {deceptive gain},<note>Literally "gain of deception"</note> but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.<note>Literally "a reward of truth"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">He who is steadfast in righteousness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to life as<note>Hebrew "and"</note> he who pursues evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">An abomination of Yahweh <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the {crooked of heart},<note>Literally "crooked ones of heart"; "heart" may also be translated "mind"</note> but his delight <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {those with blameless ways}.<note>Literally "blameless ones of ways"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">{Rest assured},<note>Literally "Hand to hand"</note> the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring<note>Or "seed"</note> of the righteous will escape.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">A ring of gold in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> snout of a pig <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a woman <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> beautiful but without discretion.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">The desire of the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">There is one who gives yet {grows richer},<note>Literally "adding more"</note> but he who withholds {what is right}<note>Literally "from what is right"</note> only <transChange type="added">finds</transChange> need.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">He who withholds grain, the people curse him, but a blessing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the head of him who sells.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">He who trusts in his wealth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">He who brings trouble <transChange type="added">to</transChange> his household, he will inherit wind,<note>Or "breath, spirit"</note> and a fool will serve the wise of heart.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="30">The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls<note>Or "persons," or "inner selves"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more}<note>Literally "more for"</note> the wicked and sinner.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stupid.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">A woman of strength<note>Or "honor"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the crown of her master,<note>Or "lord, owner"</note> but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="5">The thoughts of the righteous are<note>Hebrew "is"</note> just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">The words of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">The wicked are overthrown and {are no more},<note>Literally "there is no them"</note> but the house of the righteous shall stand.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind}<note>Literally "heart"</note> will be despised.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone}<note>Literally "for him," "<transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> to him"</note> than self-glorifying and lacking food.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">The righteous knows the life<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> of his animal, but the compassion<note>Hebrew "compassions"</note> of the wicked is cruel.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.<note>Literally "gives, sets up"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of {a man's labor}<note>Literally "the hands of a man"</note> will return to him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="15">The way of a fool is upright in his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> eyes, but he who listens to advice <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">As for a fool, {on that very day}<note>Literally "on the day"</note> he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult <transChange type="added">is</transChange> prudent.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">He who will speak truth will reveal righteousness, but the witness of falsehood, deceit.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="19">A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Deceit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of {those who plan}<note>Literally "the planners of"</note> evil, but to {those who plan}<note>Literally "the planners of"</note> peace, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> joy.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">{No evil will happen}<note>Literally "All evil will not happen"</note> to the righteous, but the wicked are filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> trouble.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="22">An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his delight.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="23">A clever person conceals knowledge, but the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a fool<note>Hebrew "fools"</note> announces folly.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="24">The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="25">Anxiety in the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="26">A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="27">The lazy will not roast his game, but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="28">On the road of righteousness is life, and <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the way of the path, <transChange type="added">may there be</transChange> no death.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="1">A wise child <transChange type="added">hears</transChange> the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="2">From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire<note>Or "soul"</note> of the treacherous, wrongdoing.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="3">He who keeps his mouth guards his life;<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> he who opens his lips, ruin <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> to him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="4">The soul<note>Or "life"</note> of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="5">The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.<note>Literally "he will bring disgrace"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="6">Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="7">There is one who acts rich but {has nothing};<note>Literally "there is no"</note> another who pretends to be poor but <transChange type="added">has</transChange> wealth.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="8">The ransom of the life of a man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="9">The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="10">Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with those who take advice.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="11">Wealth <transChange type="added">gained</transChange> from haste<note>Or "vanity"</note> will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little}<note>Literally "upon the hand"</note> will increase it.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="12">Hope that is deferred makes the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> sick, but a desire fulfilled <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a tree of life.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="13">He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="14">The teaching of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fountain of life, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to avoid the snares of death.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="16">Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="17">A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful <transChange type="added">brings</transChange> healing.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="18">Poverty and disgrace <transChange type="added">belong to</transChange> him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="19">A desire {fulfilled}<note>Literally "made to be," "brought about"</note> will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="20">Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="21">Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.<note>Literally "it will reward prosperity"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren},<note>Literally "sons of sons"</note> and stored up for the righteous <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wealth of a sinner.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> much food <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the field of the poor, but {it is swept away}<note>Literally "there is sweeping away"</note> by {injustice}.<note>Literally "no justice"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="24">He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him}<note>Literally "visits him"</note> discipline.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="25">The righteous eats to satisfy his life,<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> but the belly of the wicked will lack.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="1">The {wisest of women}<note>Literally "wise ones of women"</note> builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is devious <transChange type="added">in</transChange> his ways displeases him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">{When there are no}<note>Literally "In there is no"</note> oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> by the strength of an ox.<note>Hebrew "bull"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge {comes easily to him who understands}.<note>Literally "to one who understands it comes easy"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">Leave {the presence of a foolish man},<note>Literally "from the presence <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> to a man of foolishness"</note> <transChange type="added">for</transChange> you will not <transChange type="added">come to</transChange> know {words of knowledge}.<note>Literally "lips of knowledge"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="8">The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Fools mock<note>Hebrew "he mocks"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">The heart<note>Or "mind"</note> knows the bitterness of its soul,<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note> but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="12">There is a way <transChange type="added">that seems</transChange> upright {to}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> a man, but its end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way of death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> grief.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own},<note>Literally "from upon him"</note> <transChange type="added">so shall</transChange> a good man.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">The wise is cautious and turns from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">He who is short of {temper}<note>Literally "nostril"</note> will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">The simple are adorned <transChange type="added">with</transChange> folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">Have they not erred, those who plan evil? But loyalty and faithfulness <transChange type="added">belong to</transChange> those who plan good.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk}<note>Literally "word, matter, thing"</note> of lips <transChange type="added">leads</transChange> only to poverty.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">The crown of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their wealth; the folly of fools is folly.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="25">He who saves lives<note>Or "souls," or "inner selves"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a witness of truth, but he who utters lies <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a betrayer.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength, and for his children, there will be refuge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">The fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fountain of life, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to turn from the snares of death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">In the multitude of people is the glory of the king, but without a population, a prince <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ruined.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29"><transChange type="added">He who is</transChange> slow to anger <transChange type="added">has</transChange> great understanding, but the hasty of spirit<note>Or "breath"</note> exalts folly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">A heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of tranquility<note>Or "he who heals"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life <transChange type="added">to the</transChange> flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown, and the righteous will find refuge in his death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">In the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the midst of fools it becomes known.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="34">Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a reproach to a people.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="35">The favor of a king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be <transChange type="added">on</transChange> him who acts shamefully.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.<note>Literally "nostril"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">Gentleness<note>Or "Healing"</note> of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it<note>That is, the tongue</note> <transChange type="added">causes</transChange> a break in spirit.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">In</transChange> the house of the righteous <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of fools, not so.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his delight.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">An abomination of Yahweh is the way of the wicked, but he who pursues righteousness he will love.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Severe discipline <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> to him who forsakes the way; he who hates a rebuke will die.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">Sheol<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> and Abaddon<note>Poetic synonym for "Sheol." Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> before Yahweh, {how much more}<note>Literally "more for"</note> the hearts of the children of men!</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">A scoffer does not like {his rebuke};<note>Literally "rebuke <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> to him"</note> to the wise he will not go.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">A heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of gladness will make good {countenance},<note>Literally "faces"</note> but in sorrow of heart<note>Or "mind"</note> a spirit is broken.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they<note>Hebrew "he/it"</note> will feed on folly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">All the days of the poor <transChange type="added">are</transChange> hard, but goodness of heart<note>Or "mind"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a continuous feast.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.<note>Or "him"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a dinner of vegetables when<note>Hebrew "and"</note> love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.<note>Or "him"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow <transChange type="added">to</transChange> {anger},<note>Literally "nostrils"</note> he will calm contention.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,<note>Hebrew "thorn"</note> but the path of the upright <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a highway.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person},<note>Literally "foolishness of humankind"</note> he despises his mother.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense},<note>Literally "heart"</note> and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.<note>Literally "he will walk upright walking"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">Plans go wrong when there is no counsel, but with many advisors it will succeed.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">Joy <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good <transChange type="added">it is</transChange>!</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">The path of life <transChange type="added">leads</transChange> upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear <transChange type="added">it</transChange> down, but he will maintain the {property line}<note>Literally "boundary"</note> of the widow.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">Plans of evil <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">He who makes trouble for his house <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">A heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">From the light of the eyes, the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.<note>Hebrew "bone"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">The ear of him who listens <transChange type="added">to</transChange> admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">He who ignores instruction despises himself,<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> but he who hears admonition gains heart.<note>Or "mind"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">Fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the instruction of the wise, and before honor <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> humility.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">To mortals <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> the answer of the tongue.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">All the ways of a man <transChange type="added">are</transChange> pure in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the spirit.<note>Or "breath"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">All Yahweh has made <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for his<note>Or "its"</note> purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">An abomination of Yahweh <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all who are arrogant of heart;<note>Or "mind"</note> {rest assured},<note>Literally "hand to hand"</note> he will not go unpunished.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,<note>Or "atoned for"</note> and by fear of Yahweh {one turns}<note>Literally "turning"</note> from evil.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">When the ways of a man are pleasing <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Yahweh, even his enemies he will cause to make peace with him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">The {mind}<note>Literally "heart"</note> of a person will plan his ways, and Yahweh will direct his steps.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="11">A balance and scales of justice <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his work.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">An abomination to kings <transChange type="added">is</transChange> doing evil, for by righteousness the throne will be established.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">The delight of kings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">The wrath of a king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a messenger of death, but one who is wise will appease<note>Or "atone, cover over"</note> it.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">In the light of the face of the king <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> life, and his favor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a cloud of spring rain.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">Getting wisdom: {how much}<note>Literally "what"</note> better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over}<note>Literally "from"</note> silver.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> keeps his way.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">Before destruction <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.<note>Hebrew "a haughty of spirit"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">The wise of heart<note>Or "mind"</note> is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner,<note>Or "master"</note> but the instruction<note>Or "punishment"</note> of fools is folly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">The heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it<note>Or "he"</note> will add persuasiveness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">Pleasant sayings <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">There is a way <transChange type="added">that seems</transChange> upright {to}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> a man, but its end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the way of death.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">The life<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> of a worker works for him, for his {hunger}<note>Literally "mouth"</note> urges him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like a scorching fire.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not good.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">He who winks his eyes <transChange type="added">does so in order</transChange> to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">He who is slow to anger<note>Literally "nostrils"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">The lot will be cast into the lap, but all of its decisions are from Yahweh.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> feasts of strife.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">A crucible <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the silver, and a furnace <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="6">The crown of the elderly <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {grandchildren},<note>Literally "sons of sons"</note> and the glory of children <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their fathers.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">{Fine speech}<note>Literally "A lip of fine<transChange type="added">ness</transChange>"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not becoming a fool, {still less}<note>Literally "only for"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {false speech}<note>Literally "lip of deceit"</note> for a ruler.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">The bribe <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner;<note>Or "master"</note> {everywhere}<note>Literally "to all which"</note> he will turn, he will prosper.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="9">He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">May</transChange> a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">For</transChange> he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> the release of water <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="15">He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them <transChange type="added">are</transChange> both abominations of Yahweh.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="16">Why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this? A price in the hand of a fool, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to buy wisdom where<note>Hebrew "and"</note> there is no {sense}.<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">The friend loves at all times<note>Hebrew "time"</note>, but a brother is born for adversity.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">A person who lacks {sense}<note>Literally "heart"</note> {pledges};<note>Literally "pledges a hand"</note> he becomes security before his neighbor.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="19">He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="20">He who is crooked of heart<note>Or "mind"</note> will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">He who begets a fool, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="22">A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="23">The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to pervert the ways of justice.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="24">He who understands sets <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.<note>Or "land"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="25">A grief to his father <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="26">Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> to flog nobles for uprightness.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="28">Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise};<note>Literally "wise, he shall be considered"</note> he who closes his lips <transChange type="added">is</transChange> intelligent.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="1">He who is selfish seeks a craving;<note>Or "boundary"</note> against all sound judgment he shows contempt.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="2">A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.<note>Or "mind"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="3">With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also, and with dishonor, disgrace.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="4">Deep waters <transChange type="added">are</transChange> words of the mouth of a man; a gushing stream <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fountain of wisdom.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="5">Being partial <transChange type="added">to</transChange> faces of evil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good, <transChange type="added">nor</transChange> to subvert the righteous at the judgment.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="6">The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="7">The mouth of a fool <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ruin to him, and his lips <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a snare to his soul.<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">The words of a whisper <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down <transChange type="added">to</transChange> inner parts of the body.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="9">Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master<note>Or "owner"</note> of destruction.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="10">A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him<note>Or "it"</note> the righteous will run and be safe.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="11">The wealth of the rich <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {his strong city},<note>Literally "a city of his strength"</note> and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="12">In the presence of destruction, the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="13">He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> to him as well as<note>Hebrew "and"</note> shame.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="14">The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="15">An intelligent {mind}<note>Literally "heart"</note> will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="16">The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="17">The first in his dispute is <transChange type="added">deemed</transChange> righteous, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> his neighbor will come and examine him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="18">The lot will put an end to disputes, and between powerful contenders it will decide.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="19">A brother who is offended <transChange type="added">is worse</transChange> than a city of strength, and quarrels <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like the bars of a fortification.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="20">From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach will be satisfied, as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="21">Death and life <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the {power}<note>Literally "hand"</note> of the tongue, and those who love her<note>That is, the power of the tongue</note> will eat of her fruit.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="22">He who finds a wife<note>Or "woman"</note> finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="24">A man of <transChange type="added">many</transChange> friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="1">Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech}<note>Literally "in his lips"</note> and is a fool.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Also, a life<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with <transChange type="added">his</transChange> feet {misses the mark}.<note>Or "sins"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart<note>Or "mind"</note> will rage.</verse>


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<verse num="5">A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the friend of a man of gifts.<note>Hebrew "gift"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">All the brothers of the poor, <transChange type="added">if</transChange> they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues <transChange type="added">them with</transChange> words, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they are gone.<note>Or "<transChange type="added">when</transChange> he pursues words <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">He who acquires wisdom loves himself;<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> he who guards understanding <transChange type="added">loves</transChange> to find good.</verse>


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<verse num="9">A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.</verse>


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<verse num="10">For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, <transChange type="added">any</transChange> more <transChange type="added">than it is</transChange> for a slave to rule over princes.</verse>


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<verse num="11">The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger},<note>Literally "nostril"</note> and his glory overlooks offense.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.</verse>


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<verse num="13">A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman<note>Or "wife"</note> is a continuous dripping.</verse>


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<verse num="14">A house and wealth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an inheritance <transChange type="added">from</transChange> fathers, but from Yahweh <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> a woman<note>Or "wife"</note> who is prudent.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person<note>Or "soul," or "life"</note> of idleness will suffer hunger.</verse>


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<verse num="16">He who guards commandments guards his life;<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> he who is careless of his ways will be killed.</verse>


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<verse num="17">He who lends to Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">A hot-tempered person pays a penalty; if you rescue <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, you will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> yet again.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Listen <transChange type="added">to</transChange> advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.<note>Literally "after <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">Many plans <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.</verse>


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<verse num="22">The craving of a man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his steadfast loyalty, and <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> better <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> poor than a {liar}.<note>Literally "man of lying"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">Fear of Yahweh <transChange type="added">leads</transChange> to life; he who is filled <transChange type="added">with it</transChange> will rest--he will not suffer harm.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he will gain knowledge.</verse>


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<verse num="26">He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a child who causes shame and brings reproach.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Cease to listen to instruction, my child, {and you will stray}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to stray"</note> from sayings of knowledge.</verse>


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<verse num="28">A worthless witness will mock justice, and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.</verse>


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<verse num="29">Judgments<note>Or "Punishments," or "Condemnations"</note> are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">Wine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and any who go astray by it are not wise.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Roaring like the lion <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.</verse>


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<verse num="4">The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> nothing.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Deep waters <transChange type="added">are like</transChange> purpose in the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it<note>Or "her"; referring to "purpose"</note> out.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Many a person will proclaim his loyalty <transChange type="added">for</transChange> himself, but a man <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> trustworthy, who can find?</verse>


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<verse num="7">He who walks in his integrity <transChange type="added">is</transChange> righteous; happy are his children who follow him.</verse>


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<verse num="8">A king who sits on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Who will say "I have made my heart<note>Or "mind"</note> clean; I am pure from my sin"?</verse>


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<verse num="10">Stone and stone, measure and measure, {both of them}<note>Literally "also <transChange type="added">the</transChange> two of them"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> an abomination of Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Even by his acts, a {young man}<note>Or "young boy," or "adolescent"</note> will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made {them both}.<note>Literally "also <transChange type="added">the</transChange> two of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes <transChange type="added">and</transChange> have plenty bread.</verse>


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<verse num="14">"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but <transChange type="added">when</transChange> one goes to him, then he will boast.</verse>


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<verse num="15">There is gold and many costly stones, but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Take his garment, for he has given security <transChange type="added">to</transChange> a stranger, and on behalf of a foreigner--take it as pledge.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> gravel.</verse>


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<verse num="18">A plan<note>Hebrew "plans"</note> will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.</verse>


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<verse num="19">He reveals a secret, he who walks <transChange type="added">about with</transChange> gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.</verse>


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<verse num="20">He who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished {in the midst of darkness}.<note>Literally "in a pupil of darkness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">An inheritance acquired <transChange type="added">hastily</transChange> {at the beginning}<note>Literally "at the first"</note> will not be blessed at its end.</verse>


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<verse num="23">An abomination of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {a stone and a weight},<note>Literally "a stone and a stone"</note> and scales of falsehood are not good.</verse>


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<verse num="24"><transChange type="added">Away</transChange> from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?</verse>


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<verse num="25"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a snare to humankind to say rashly "<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> holy," and after vows, to scrutinize.</verse>


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<verse num="27">The lamp of Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the spirit<note>Or "soul"</note> of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.<note>Literally "parts of the inmost"</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">Loyalty and faithfulness will preserve a king, and he is upheld with the righteousness of his throne.</verse>


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<verse num="29">The glory of young men <transChange type="added">is</transChange> their strength,<note>Or "strengthens them"</note> but the beauty of the aged <transChange type="added">is</transChange> gray hair.</verse>


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<verse num="30">The blows of a wound will cleanse evil, as will<note>Hebrew "and"</note> beatings of the {innermost part}.<note>Literally "parts of the inmost"</note></verse>


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<verse num="1">Streams of water <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a king in the hand of Yahweh; {wherever}<note>Literally "upon all that"</note> he will desire, he will turn.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Every way of a man is upright in his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.<note>Or "minds"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">Doing righteousness and justice is <transChange type="added">more</transChange> acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Haughtiness of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes and pride of heart, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lamp of the wicked <transChange type="added">are</transChange> sin.</verse>


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<verse num="5">The plans of the diligent only <transChange type="added">lead</transChange> to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.</verse>


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<verse num="6">He who makes treasure by a lying tongue <transChange type="added">is a</transChange> fleeting vapor <transChange type="added">and</transChange> seeker<note>Hebrew "seekers"</note> of death.</verse>


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<verse num="7">The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upright <transChange type="added">in</transChange> his conduct.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than <transChange type="added">to</transChange> share a house with a woman<note>Or "wife"</note> of contention.</verse>


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<verse num="10">The soul<note>Or "soul, life, throat"</note> of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="11">With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.</verse>


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<verse num="13">He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.</verse>


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<verse num="14">A gift in secret<note>Hebrew "the secret"</note> will avert {anger},<note>Literally "nostril"</note> and a {concealed bribe},<note>Literally "bribe in the bosom"</note> strong wrath.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead<note>Or "Rephaim"</note> he will rest.</verse>


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<verse num="17">A man of want <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil<note>Or "fat"</note> will not become rich.</verse>


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<verse num="18">A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faithless instead of the upright.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">Better to live in a land of wilderness than <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a wife of quarrels and provocation.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Precious treasure and oil <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the house of the wise, but the foolish person<note>Or "foolish of mankind"</note> will devour them.<note>Literally "it"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.</verse>


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<verse num="22">To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold--its object of trust.</verse>


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<verse num="23">He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> from danger.</verse>


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<verse num="24">The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.<note>Or "make"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">{All day}<note>Literally "All the day"</note> he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">The sacrifice of the wicked <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination; how much more when he brings it in divisiveness!</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">A false witness will perish, but a man who listens will testify with<note>Hebrew "to the"</note> success.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">A wicked man is strong in {his countenance},<note>Literally "his face"</note> but the upright will appoint his paths.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but to Yahweh <transChange type="added">belongs</transChange> the victory.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">A {reputation}<note>Literally "name"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to be chosen {rather than}<note>Literally "from"</note> great riches; {favor is better than silver and gold}.<note>Literally "from silver and from gold, favor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">Rich and poor have <transChange type="added">much</transChange> in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">The reward of humility <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the fear of Yahweh-- wealth and honor and life.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Thorns <transChange type="added">and</transChange> snares <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself<note>Or "soul," or "life"</note> will keep away from them.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Train the child {concerning his way};<note>Literally "on the mouth of his way"</note> even when he is old, he will not stray from it.</verse>


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<verse num="7">The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.<note>Literally "the borrower <transChange type="added">belonging</transChange> to a man"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">He <transChange type="added">who</transChange> {is generous}<note>Literally "the generous of eye"</note> will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> bread.</verse>


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<verse num="11">He who loves purity of heart <transChange type="added">and has</transChange>{gracious speech},<note>Literally "grace of his lips"</note> his friend <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> king.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"</verse>


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<verse num="14">A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress},<note>Literally "a strange woman"</note> <transChange type="added">he with whom</transChange> Yahweh is angry will fall there.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">Folly is bound up in the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of a boy;<note>Or "young man," or "adolescent"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rod of discipline will drive it<note>That is, folly</note> from him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">He who oppresses the poor <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to enrich himself, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.<note>Literally "only loss"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> to my teaching.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> pleasant if you guard them {within you};<note>Literally "in your belly/womb"</note> together they will be ready upon your lips.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19"><transChange type="added">In order</transChange> for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made <transChange type="added">them</transChange> known to you {today}<note>Literally "the day"</note>--even<note>Or "only"</note> you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Have I not written for you thirty <transChange type="added">sayings</transChange> with admonitions and knowledge?</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">In order</transChange> to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to return a true saying to him who sent you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">Do not befriend an owner<note>Or "master"</note> of {anger},<note>Literally "nostril"</note> and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">Do not be with those who {give a pledge}<note>Literally "strike a hand"</note> {by becoming}<note>Literally "in the becomings of"</note> surety.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">If there is nothing for you to pay,<note>Or "complete"</note> why will he take your bed from under you?</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">Do not remove an ancient boundary marker which your ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> made.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> before you,</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}.<note>Literally "lord/master of life"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">Do not desire his delicacies, for<note>Hebrew "and"</note> it is food of deception.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">Do not tire <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to become rich; out of your understanding, <transChange type="added">may you</transChange> desist.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Your eyes will {alight}<note>Literally "cause to fly"</note> on it, but there is nothing <transChange type="added">to</transChange> it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the heavens.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Do not eat the bread of {the stingy},<note>Literally "stingy of eye"</note> and do not desire his delicacies.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">For, like hair in his {throat},<note>Literally "soul," or "inner self"</note> so it is.<note>Or "is he"</note> "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">In the ears of a fool do not speak, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">For their redeemer is strong, he himself will plead their cause against you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">Apply your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> you will save from Sheol.<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">My child, if your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> is wise, my heart will be glad--even me!</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">And my {insides}<note>Literally "kidneys"</note> will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">May your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> not envy the sinners, but <transChange type="added">live</transChange> in fear of Yahweh {all day}.<note>Literally "all the day"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">{Surely}<note>Literally "For if"</note> there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> on the road.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of {their meat}.<note>Literally "meat for them"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> rags, drowsiness will clothe them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">Listen to your father--he who {gave you life},<note>Literally "caused you to be born"</note> and do not despise your mother when<note>Or "for, because"</note> she is old.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">Buy truth and do not sell <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, wisdom and instruction and understanding.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">My child, may you give your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">For a deep pit is a prostitute,<note>Or "whore"</note> and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.<note>Literally "a foreign woman"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">She <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">To whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> woe? To whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sorrow? To whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> quarrels? To whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> complaint? To whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> wounds without cause? To whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> redness of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes?</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles}<note>Literally "gives its eye"</note> on the cup, going down smoothly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">{In the end},<note>Literally "end him"</note> it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> will speak perverse things.</verse>


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<verse num="34">And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.</verse>


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<verse num="35">"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."</verse>


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<verse num="4">And by knowledge, rooms are filled <transChange type="added">with</transChange> all riches, precious and pleasant.</verse>


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<verse num="5">The warrior of wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong <transChange type="added">in</transChange> power.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in an abundance of counsel.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Wisdom <transChange type="added">is too</transChange> high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="8">He who plans to do evil for<note>Or "to"</note> himself, they will call <transChange type="added">him</transChange> "master<note>Or "owner"</note> of mischief."</verse>


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<verse num="9">Devising folly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sin, and an abomination to humankind <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a scoffer.</verse>


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<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">If</transChange> you faint on the day of adversity, little <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your strength.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,</verse>


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<verse num="12">if you say, "Look, we do not know this," does not he who weighs hearts perceive <transChange type="added">it</transChange>? And he who keeps your soul,<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note> he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.</verse>


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<verse num="13">My child, eat honey, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good, and the dripping of the honeycomb <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet to your taste.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Thus know wisdom for <transChange type="added">the sake of</transChange> your soul,<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note> if you find <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Do not lie in wait <transChange type="added">like</transChange> an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence <transChange type="added">to</transChange> his dwelling place.</verse>


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<verse num="16">For seven <transChange type="added">times</transChange> the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.</verse>


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<verse num="17">While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> not be glad</verse>


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<verse num="18">lest Yahweh see and <transChange type="added">it</transChange> be evil in his eyes, and turn his anger away from him.</verse>


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<verse num="20">For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.</verse>


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<verse num="22">For suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of {both of them},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> two of them"</note> who knows?</verse>


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<verse num="23">These <transChange type="added">sayings</transChange> are also for the wise: {Partiality}<note>Literally "acknowledge faces"</note> in judgment is not good.</verse>


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<verse num="24">Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.</verse>


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<verse num="25">But they who rebuke will have delight, and upon them blessings of goodness will come.</verse>


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<verse num="26">He will kiss <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lips, he who gives an honest answer.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then<note>Hebrew "and"</note> you shall build your house.</verse>


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<verse num="28">Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.</verse>


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<verse num="29">Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."</verse>


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<verse num="30">I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};<note>Literally "heart"</note></verse>


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<verse num="31">and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered <transChange type="added">with</transChange> thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall}<note>Literally "a wall of his/its stones"</note> was broken down.</verse>


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<verse num="32">Then I myself saw and my heart<note>Or "mind"</note> considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:</verse>


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<verse num="1">These are also proverbs of Solomon which officials of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:</verse>


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<verse num="2">The glory of God<note>Or "gods"</note> conceals things, but the glory of kings searches out things.</verse>


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<verse num="3">As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the heart<note>Or "mind"</note> of kings--there is no searching.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Remove the wicked before a king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.<note>Hebrew "in the righteousness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand.</verse>


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<verse num="7">For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> better <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,</verse>


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<verse num="8">do not hastily bring out to court, for<note>Or "lest"</note> what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?</verse>


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<verse num="9">Argue your argument with your neighbor <transChange type="added">himself</transChange>, the secret of another do not disclose,</verse>


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<verse num="11">Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at<note>Hebrew "on"</note> its proper time.</verse>


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<verse num="12">A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Like the cold of snow on a day<note>Or "at a season"</note> of harvest <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a faithful messenger to those who send him, and the soul<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note> of his master is refreshed.<note>Or "returned"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> clouds and wind when there is no rain, <transChange type="added">so too is</transChange> a man who boasts in a gift of deception.</verse>


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<verse num="15">{With patience}<note>Literally "With length of face"</note> a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.<note>Or "strength"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">If</transChange> you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor, lest he become weary of you and hate you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> a club and sword and a sharp arrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.</verse>


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<verse num="19">A bad tooth and a lame foot <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the trust of a faithless person {in a time}<note>Literally "on a day"</note> of trouble.</verse>


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<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> one who removes a garment on a cold day, <transChange type="added">or like</transChange> vinegar on natron,<note>A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who sings songs to a heavy heart.</verse>


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<verse num="21">If your enemy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.</verse>


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<verse num="24">Better to live upon the corner of a roof than <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a woman<note>Or "wife"</note> of contention and <transChange type="added">in a</transChange> shared house.</verse>


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<verse num="25"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> cold water<note>Hebrew "waters"</note> upon a weary soul,<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note> <transChange type="added">so too is</transChange> good news from a distant place.</verse>


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<verse num="26"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.</verse>


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<verse num="27">To eat much honey is not good, nor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> seeking one's honor<note>Hebrew "their honor"</note> honorable.</verse>


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<verse num="28">A breached city <transChange type="added">where</transChange> there is no wall <transChange type="added">is like</transChange> a man who {has no}<note>Literally "there is no"</note> self-control for his spirit.</verse>


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<verse num="1">Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Like the sparrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to fluttering and like the swallow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.</verse>


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<verse num="3">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Answer a fool according to his folly, or else he will be wise in his own eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> cutting off feet <transChange type="added">or</transChange> drinking violence, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> legs that hang limp from a lame person, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a proverb in the mouth of fools.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Like binding a stone in a sling, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> giving honor to a fool.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a proverb in the mouth of fools.</verse>


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<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> an archer who wounds everyone, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">Like a dog returning to his vomit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a fool reverting to his folly.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">Do</transChange> you see a man wise in his own eyes? <transChange type="added">There is more</transChange> hope for a fool than for him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">A lazy person says "A lion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the road! A lion among the streets!"</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is <transChange type="added">too</transChange> tired to return it to his mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one who meddles in a quarrel <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> not his own.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a man who deceives his neighbor, but says "Am I not joking?"</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.</verse>


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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">As</transChange> charcoal <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to hot embers and wood <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to fire, so a man of quarrels <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to kindling strife.</verse>


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<verse num="22">The words of a whisperer <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.</verse>


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<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> {impure silver}<note>Literally "silver of impurities"</note> which overlays an earthen vessel, <transChange type="added">so are</transChange> smooth lips and an evil heart<note>Or "mind"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="24">On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside}<note>Literally "in his midst"</note> he will harbor deceit.</verse>


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<verse num="25">When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his heart.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">Though hatred is covered with guile, its evil will be exposed in the assembly.</verse>


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<verse num="27">He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.</verse>


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<verse num="1">Do not boast {about tomorrow},<note>Literally "on the day of tomorrow"</note> for you do not know what the day will bring.</verse>


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<verse num="2">May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Heavy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a stone and weighty <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sand, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> provocation of a fool <transChange type="added">is</transChange> heavier than both of them.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Cruel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wrath and overwhelming <transChange type="added">is</transChange> anger, but who will stand before jealousy?</verse>


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<verse num="7">An {appetite}<note>Literally "soul"</note> that is sated spurns honey, but <transChange type="added">to</transChange> an {appetite}<note>Literally "soul"</note> that is ravenous, all bitterness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {personal advice}.<note>Literally "because of advice of a person"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a word.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">When</transChange> the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on <transChange type="added">and</transChange> suffer.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Take his garment, for he gives surety <transChange type="added">to</transChange> a stranger, and to {an adulteress}<note>Literally "a foreign woman"</note>--<transChange type="added">so</transChange> take his pledge.</verse>


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<verse num="14">He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman<note>Or "wife"</note> of contention are alike.</verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">In</transChange> restraining her, he restrains wind,<note>Or "breath, or "spirit"</note> and his right hand will grasp oil<note>Or "fat"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">As</transChange> iron sharpens<note>Or "is united with"</note> iron, so {one man sharpens another}.<note>Literally "a man sharpens <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faces of his friend"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master<note>Or "lord"</note> will be honored.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">As the waters <transChange type="added">reflect</transChange> {face to face},<note>Literally "the faces to the faces"</note> so the heart of a person <transChange type="added">reflects</transChange> the person.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Sheol<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> and Abaddon<note>Poetic synonym for "Sheol." Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.</note> will not be satisfied, and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied <transChange type="added">either</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="21">A crucible <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the silver, and a furnace for the gold, but a man <transChange type="added">is tested by</transChange> the mouth of him who praises him.</verse>


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<verse num="22">If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with}<note>Or "in the midst of"</note> the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">You will surely know the {condition}<note>Literally "faces"</note> of your flock; your heart<note>Or "mind"</note> attends to the herds.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">For riches <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not forever, nor a crown for generation <transChange type="added">after</transChange> generation.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">Lambs <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> your clothing, and goats the price of the field.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">there will be</transChange> enough goats' milk for your food, for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> food of your household and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {nourishment}<note>Literally "life"</note> of your maidservants.</verse>


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<verse num="2">By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.</verse>


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<verse num="3">A man <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> poor and oppresses the impoverished <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a beating rain {that leaves}<note>Literally "and there is"</note> no food.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.<note>Or "everything"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Better <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one <transChange type="added">is</transChange> rich.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">He who keeps instruction <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an abomination.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">A man of wealth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12">When the righteous triumphs, great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the glory, but with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.</verse>


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<verse num="13">He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart,<note>Or "mind"</note> will fall into calamity.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">Like</transChange> a roaring lion and a charging bear <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a wicked ruler over a poor people.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">A ruler who lacks understanding is<note>Hebrew "and"</note> a cruel oppressor, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> those who hate unjust gain will have long<note>Or "prolong"</note> days.</verse>


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<verse num="17">A person who is burdened with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> blood of {another},<note>Literally "life"</note> until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty <transChange type="added">of</transChange> poverty.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">A man of faithfulness <transChange type="added">has</transChange> abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">{Showing partiality}<note>Literally "Recognizing faces"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye},<note>Literally "a man of evil of eye"</note> but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">He who rebukes a person will afterward find <transChange type="added">more</transChange> favor than he who flatters <transChange type="added">with the</transChange> tongue.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">The {greedy person}<note>Literally "wide soul"</note> will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">He who trusts in his own heart<note>Or "mind," or "sense"</note> is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27"><transChange type="added">For</transChange> he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but <transChange type="added">for</transChange> he<note>Hebrew "those"</note> who turns his eyes, <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> many curses.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">With <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous will multiply.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes<note>Or "whores"</note> will squander his wealth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">By justice a king gives stability <transChange type="added">to</transChange> a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">In transgression, an evil man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a snare, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous will sing and rejoice.<note>Hebrew "he will rejoice"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> righteous knows <transChange type="added">the</transChange> case of the poor, but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked does not understand knowledge.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">If</transChange> a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule,<note>Hebrew "there is ridicule"</note> but there is no relief.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="10">Men of blood hate <transChange type="added">the</transChange> blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">A fool gives all his breath,<note>Or "spirit"</note> but <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wise holds back in quiet.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">The poor and a man of oppression have <transChange type="added">this</transChange> in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.<note>Literally "light of the eyes of the two of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">A king who judges with truthfulness <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the poor, his throne will be established forever.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="15">As for a rod and reproof, they<note>Hebrew "it"</note> will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced <transChange type="added">by</transChange> his mother.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="16">With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase, but the righteous will look on his downfall.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.<note>Or "life," or "inner self"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">By words, a servant is not disciplined, for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">You see a man who is hasty in his words: <transChange type="added">there is more</transChange> hope for a fool than him.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="21">He who pampers his servant from childhood, {arrogance will be his end}.<note>Literally "and its/his end will be arrogance"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="24">Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life;<note>Or "soul," or "inner self"</note> a curse he will hear, but not disclose.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="25">The fear of a person will lay a snare, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be secure.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="26">Many are those who seek the {favor}<note>Literally "faces"</note> of a ruler, but from Yahweh {one obtains justice}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">comes</transChange> justice for a man"</note></verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="27">A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright}<note>Literally "upright of way"</note> is an abomination to the wicked.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="1">The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle. Thus says the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and Ucal:<note>Or "I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="2">Certainly I <transChange type="added">am more</transChange> stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for me.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="3">And I have not learned wisdom, nor will I know knowledge of the Holy One.<note>Or "holy ones"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4">Who has ascended <transChange type="added">to</transChange> heaven and come down? Who has gathered <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a<note>Hebrew "the"</note> garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his name and what is the name of his child? For <transChange type="added">surely</transChange> you know.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="5">Every word of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> flawless; he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a shield for him who takes refuge in him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Keep falsehood and a {lying word}<note>Literally "word of a lie"</note> far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> food <transChange type="added">only for</transChange> my need.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Or else I will be satisfied and will deny <transChange type="added">him</transChange> and say "Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Yahweh?" Or<note>Or "Lest"</note> I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="10">Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation <transChange type="added">that</transChange> will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation--how lofty <transChange type="added">are</transChange> their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> a generation whose teeth <transChange type="added">are</transChange> swords, and its jawbones, knives, <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to devour the poor from the earth<note>Or "land"</note> and the needy from humankind.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">For the leech, <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> two daughters; "Give, give!" <transChange type="added">they cry</transChange>. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">Sheol<note>A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld</note> and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied <transChange type="added">with</transChange> water, and fire does not say "enough!"</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="17">The eye <transChange type="added">that</transChange> mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="18">Three of these are <transChange type="added">too</transChange> wonderful for me, and four, I do not understand them:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">Under three <transChange type="added">things</transChange> the earth<note>Or "land"</note> trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied <transChange type="added">with</transChange> food;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">There <transChange type="added">are</transChange> four small things on the earth, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {exceedingly wise}:<note>Literally "wise <transChange type="added">ones</transChange> from wise <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">The ants <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a people <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">the badgers <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a people <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> not mighty, yet they set their house on the rock;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">a lizard you <transChange type="added">can</transChange> seize with hands, yet it is in palaces of kings.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">There <transChange type="added">are</transChange> three <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent <transChange type="added">when</transChange> moving:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="30">a mighty lion among the beasts,<note>Hebrew "beasts"</note> but he will not turn back from {any face};<note>Literally "faces of all"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="31">a strutting rooster or he-goat, and a king <transChange type="added">whose</transChange> army <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with him.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="32">If you have been foolish by exalting yourself, and if you have devised evil, <transChange type="added">put your</transChange> hand to <transChange type="added">your</transChange> mouth.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="33">For pressing milk produces curd, and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing {anger}<note>Literally "nostrils"</note> produces strife.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="1">The words of Lemuel, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king--an oracle that his mother taught him:</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="4"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for the kings, nor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> strong drink for rulers.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="5">Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights<note>Hebrew "right"</note> of all the {afflicted}.<note>Literally "sons of affliction"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="6">Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.<note>Literally "to bitterness of soul"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="7">He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember <transChange type="added">any</transChange> more.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="8">Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights<note>Hebrew "right"</note> of all the {needy}.<note>Literally "the sons of the needy"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="9">Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend <transChange type="added">the</transChange> poor and needy.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="10">A woman<note>Or "wife"</note> of excellence,<note>Or "strength," or "valor," or "ability," or "efficiency"</note> who will find? For her worth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far more than precious jewels.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="11">The heart of her husband<note>Or "lord"</note> trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="13">She seeks wool and flax, and she works with the diligence of {her hands}.<note>Literally "her palms"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="14">She is like the ships of a merchant; from far off she brings her food;<note>Or "bread"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="15">And she arises while <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="16">She considers a field and buys it, from the fruit of {her hand}<note>Literally "her palm"</note> she plants a vineyard.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="18">She perceives that her merchandise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good; her lamp does not go out in the night.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="19">Her hands she puts onto the distaff,<note>A stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound in preparation for spinning</note> and her palms hold a spindle.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="20">Her palm she opens to the poor, and her hand she reaches <transChange type="added">out</transChange> to the needy.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="21">She does not fear for her house <transChange type="added">when</transChange> it snows, for {her entire household}<note>Literally "all her house, household"</note> is clothed <transChange type="added">in</transChange> crimson.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="22">She makes for herself coverings; her clothing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> fine linen and purple.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="23">Her husband<note>Or "lord"</note> is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="24">Linen garments she makes and sells, and she supplies sashes for the merchants.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="25">Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs {at the future}.<note>Literally "to the day/time coming after"</note></verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="26">She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> upon her tongue.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="27">She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="28">Her children rise and consider her happy, her husband<note>Or "lord"</note> <transChange type="added">also</transChange>, and he praises her;</verse>


book: Prov
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<verse num="29">"Many daughters have done excellence,<note>Or "strength," or "valor," or "ability," or "efficiency"</note> but {you surpass}<note>Literally "you ascend over"</note> all of them."</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="30">Charm<note>Hebrew "The charm"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> deceit and beauty<note>Hebrew "the beauty"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vain;<note>Or "vapor," or "emptiness," or "breath"</note> <transChange type="added">but</transChange> a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.</verse>


book: Prov
content:
<verse num="31">Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="1">The words of the Teacher,<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> the son of David, king in Jerusalem. </verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="2">"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher,<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> "Vanity of vanities! All <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!"</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="5">The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries,<note>The MT reads "<transChange type="added">it</transChange> gasps <transChange type="added">for breath</transChange>," which is supported by LXX "to draw <transChange type="added">breath</transChange>"; the BHS editors suggest "<transChange type="added">it</transChange> returns again"</note> and there it rises again.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="6">The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="7">All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="8">All things toil continuously;<note>Or "are wearisome"</note> no one can ever finish describing this.<note>The MT reads "no one is able to speak." The BHS editors suggest "no one can finish speaking." On the basis of internal evidence, the latter is adopted in the translation, since it makes better sense in the light of the immediate context</note> The eye is never<note>Or "not"</note> satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never<note>Or "not"</note> filled with hearing.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="9">What has been--it is what will be; what has been done--it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="10">There is a thing <transChange type="added">of</transChange> which it is said, "Look at this! This is new!" <transChange type="added">But</transChange> it already existed in ages past before us.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="11">There is neither remembrance of former generations, nor will there be remembrance of future generations.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="12">I, the Teacher,<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> king over Israel in Jerusalem.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="13">I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.<note>MT reads "under the heavens," which is supported by LXX; however, several versions (Syriac Peshitta, Aramaic Targum, Latin Vulgate) as well as the Cairo Geniza manuscript read, "under the sun," cf. 1:3, 9, etc.</note> It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grievous task God has given to {humans}.<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="14">I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind. </verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="15">What is twisted cannot be straightened,<note>The MT reads the active "to be straight"; however, the BHS editors suggest the passive "to be straightened," which is supported by LXX, which reflects a passive form</note> and what is lacking cannot be counted.<note>The MT reads "to be numbered"; however, the BHS editors suggest "to be supplied," comparing 1:15b with similar wording in the Babylonian Talmud: "May the Almighty replenish your loss" (b. Berachot 16b)</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="16">{I said to myself},<note>Literally "I myself said to my heart"</note> "Look! I have become great and have increased <transChange type="added">in</transChange> wisdom more than anyone who {has preceded}<note>Literally "before me"</note> me over Jerusalem. {I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge}."<note>Literally "And my mind has seen much wisdom and knowledge"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="17">So {I dedicated myself}<note>Literally "So I gave my heart"</note> to learn about wisdom and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered<note>Or "I knew"</note> that this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> chasing wind. </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="18">For in much wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> much frustration,<note>Or "vexation"</note> and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="1">I said {to myself},<note>Literally "to my heart"</note> "Come! I will test<note>The MT reads "I will test you," but the BHS editors propose "I will test ..." Whether or not one adopts MT, Qohelet is speaking to himself</note> pleasure {to see whether it is worthwhile}."<note>Literally "and look at goodness"; this idiom refers to the enjoyment of life</note> But look, "This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!"</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="2">I said of laughter, "<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> folly!" and of pleasure, "{What does it accomplish?}"<note>Literally "What does it give?"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="3">I also {explored}<note>Literally "I searched in my mind"</note> {the effects of indulging my flesh}<note>Literally "to cheer my flesh"</note> with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, {I investigated}<note>Literally "laid hold of"</note> folly so that I might discover what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good under heaven<note>Follows MT; two medieval Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Peshitta read, "under the sun," cf. 1:3, 9, etc.</note> for {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> to do {during the days of their lives}.<note>Literally "the number of the days of their lives"</note> </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="4">{I accomplished great things}.<note>Literally "I made great my works"</note> I built for myself houses; I planted for myself vineyards.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="5">I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted all <transChange type="added">sorts of</transChange> fruit trees in them.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="6">I made for myself pools of water from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="7">I acquired male slaves and female slaves, as well as children <transChange type="added">born in my</transChange> house. I also had livestock, cattle, and flocks more than anyone who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before me in Jerusalem.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="8">I also gathered to myself silver and gold--the royal and provincial treasuries. I acquired for myself male and female singers, as well as the delight of {men},<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> {voluptuous concubines}.<note>Literally "a breast and breasts," as a synecdoche for beautiful women in the king's harem</note> </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="9">Thus, {I accomplished far more}<note>Literally "I became great and I surpassed"</note> than anyone who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> before me in Jerusalem--indeed, my wisdom stood by me.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="10">I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="11">Yet when I considered<note>Or "turned to"</note> all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!" </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="12">Next, I considered wisdom, as well as delusion and folly. What can anyone <transChange type="added">do</transChange> who will come after the king that has not already been done?</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="13">I realized that wisdom has an advantage over folly, just as light has an advantage over darkness.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="14">{The wise man can see where he is walking},<note>Literally "The eyes of the wise <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in his head"</note> but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="15">So I said {to myself},<note>Literally "in my heart"</note> "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool},<note>Literally "Just as the fate of the fool--so it will happen to me!"</note> {what advantage is my great wisdom}?"<note>Literally "why have I been so exceedingly wise?"</note> So I said {to myself},<note>Literally "in my heart"</note> "This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!" </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="16">Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}.<note>Literally "the futures"</note> When <transChange type="added">future</transChange> days come, both will have been forgotten already. How <transChange type="added">is it that</transChange> the wise man dies the same as the fool?</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="17">So I hated life because the work done under the sun <transChange type="added">is</transChange> grievous to me. For everything <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind! </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="18">So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="19">And who knows <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will exercise control of all <transChange type="added">the fruit of</transChange> my toil with which I toiled wisely under the sun. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity! </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="20">So {I began to despair}<note>Literally "I myself turned to cause my heart to despair"</note> of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="21">For although a person may toil with great wisdom and skill, he must leave his reward to someone who has not toiled for it. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and a great calamity.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="22">For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="23">All his days <transChange type="added">are</transChange> painful, his labor <transChange type="added">brings</transChange> grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity! </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="24">There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight}<note>Literally "to see good"</note> in his toil. For I also realized that this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the hand of God!</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="25">For who can eat <transChange type="added">and drink</transChange>, and who can enjoy <transChange type="added">life</transChange> apart from him?<note>The MT reads "more than me," which is supported by Aramaic Targum and Latin Vulgate, but several medieval Hebrew manuscripts read "from him"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="26">For to the person who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to <transChange type="added">him who is</transChange> pleasing to him. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind! </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="1">For everything there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven: </verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="2">a time to bear<note>Or "a time to be born"; MT reads the active form "to bear <transChange type="added">children</transChange>"</note> and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> planted;</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="3">a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="5">a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="8">a time to love and a time to hate; a time <transChange type="added">for</transChange> war and a time <transChange type="added">for</transChange> peace.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="10">I have seen the busyness God gives to {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> to preoccupy<note>Or "to be busy"</note> them.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="11">He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past}<note>Literally "eternity"</note> in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="12">So I realized that there is {nothing better}<note>Literally "no good"</note> for them than to {rejoice and enjoy themselves}<note>Literally "to rejoice and to do good"</note> during their lives.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="13">And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, {to enjoy the fruit of all his toil},<note>Literally "to see good in all his toil"</note> this also is a gift of God. </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="14">I know everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it, for God so acts that humans<note>Or "they"</note> might stand in awe before him.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="15">What is--it already was, and what will be--it already is, for {God will do what he has done.}<note>Literally "God seeks <transChange type="added">what</transChange> is pursued"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> evil; instead of righteousness <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> wickedness.</verse>


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<verse num="17">So I said {to myself},<note>Literally "in my heart"</note> "God will surely judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed<note>The MT reads שָׁם "there," but repointing to שָׂם, "he has appointed," makes better sense</note> a time <transChange type="added">of judgment</transChange> for every deed and every work." </verse>


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<verse num="18">I said to myself concerning {humans},<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> "God sifts<note>Or "tests"</note> them in order to show<note>The MT reads active "to see," but causative "to show" is reflected by LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Latin Vulgate</note> them that they are like beasts."</verse>


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<verse num="19">For the fate of {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> and the fate of the beast is {the same}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">is</transChange> one"</note> The death of the one is like the death of the other, for {both are mortal}.<note>Literally "and one breath <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for all"</note> Man has no advantage over the beast, for both are fleeting.</verse>


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<verse num="21">For no one knows <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> the spirit of a human ascends <transChange type="added">to heaven</transChange> and <transChange type="added">whether</transChange> the spirit of the beast descends to the ground! </verse>


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<verse num="22">So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy <transChange type="added">the fruit of</transChange> his labor, for this is his lot in life. {For no one knows what will happen in the future.}<note>Literally "For who can bring him to see in what will be after him?"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="2">So I deemed the dead who have already died more <transChange type="added">fortunate</transChange> than the living who are still alive.</verse>


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<verse num="3">But better <transChange type="added">off</transChange> than both of them is the one who has not yet been born and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.</verse>


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<verse num="4">I also realized that all <transChange type="added">of the</transChange> toil and all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the skillful work that is done--it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> envy between one man and {another}.<note>Literally "his friend"</note> This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind! </verse>


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<verse num="5">{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!<note>Literally "The fool folds his hands and eats his flesh"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">Better <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. <transChange type="added">He laments,</transChange> "For whom am I toiling and depriving {myself}<note>Literally "his soul"</note> of pleasure?" This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity--it is an unhappy business! </verse>


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<verse num="9">Two <transChange type="added">are</transChange> better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil.</verse>


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<verse num="10">For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is {no one}<note>Literally "there is not a second"</note> to help him up.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Also if two lie together, {they can keep each other warm}.<note>Literally "and it will be warm for them"</note> But how can one person be warm?</verse>


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<verse num="12">{Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him}.<note>Literally "And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him"</note> A threefold cord {is not easily broken}!<note>Literally "will not be broken in haste"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">A poor but wise youth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows {how to receive advice}.<note>Literally "how to be warned"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">For he came out of the prison house to reign, {since he was born poor in his kingdom}.<note>Literally "for all in his kingdom he was born poor"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">I saw all the living who move about under the sun with the youth; the second who will stand in his place.</verse>


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<verse num="16">There is no end to all the people, to all who were before him. Yet the later generation will not rejoice in him, for this also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind! </verse>


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<verse num="1"><note>Ecclesiastes 5:1-20 in the English Bible is 4:17-5:19 in the Hebrew Bible</note> Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen <transChange type="added">rather</transChange> than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on earth; therefore, let your words be few.</verse>


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<verse num="4">When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure}<note>Literally "there is no desire"</note> in fools. Fulfill what you vow!</verse>


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<verse num="6">Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin, and do not tell the messenger that it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a mistake. Why anger God at your words, so that he destroys the work of your hands?</verse>


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<verse num="7">For with many dreams <transChange type="added">come</transChange> vanities and numerous words. Therefore, fear God!</verse>


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<verse num="8">Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or <transChange type="added">do not see</transChange> justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> even higher officials over them!</verse>


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<verse num="9">The produce of the land is exploited by everyone; {even the king profits from the field <transChange type="added">of the poor</transChange>}!<note>Literally "for the field is even worked for the king"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">Whoever loves money is not satisfied <transChange type="added">with</transChange> money, and whoever loves wealth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not <transChange type="added">satisfied with</transChange> profit. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!</verse>


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<verse num="11">When prosperity increases, those who consume it increase. {So its owner gains nothing, except to see his wealth before it is spent}.<note>Literally "And what gain has its owner but to see it with his eyes?"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">The sleep of the laborer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.</verse>


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<verse num="13">There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded}<note>Literally "kept "</note> by its owner to his harm.</verse>


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<verse num="14">That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.<note>Literally "he has nothing in his hand"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">Just as he came from his mother's womb naked, {he will depart}<note>Literally "return to go"</note> just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.</verse>


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<verse num="16">This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit <transChange type="added">does</transChange> he gain for all his toil for the wind?</verse>


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<verse num="17">Also, he eats in darkness all his days; he is frustrated <transChange type="added">in</transChange> much sickness and resentment. </verse>


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<verse num="18">Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and {to enjoy}<note>Literally "to see goodness"</note> all <transChange type="added">the fruit of</transChange> the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him--for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his lot.<note>Or "fate"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">This indeed is a gift of God: everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions, he also empowers him {to enjoy them},<note>Literally "to eat from it"</note> to accept his lot, and to rejoice in <transChange type="added">the fruit of</transChange> his toil.</verse>


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<verse num="20">For he does not remember the <transChange type="added">brief</transChange> days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment <transChange type="added">of life</transChange>. </verse>


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<verse num="1">Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> prevalent among humankind.</verse>


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<verse num="2">God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity--indeed, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a grievous ill! </verse>


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<verse num="3">Even if a man fathers a hundred <transChange type="added">children</transChange> and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, if his heart<note>Or "his soul"</note> is not satisfied with {his prosperity}<note>Literally "the good"</note> and {he does not receive a proper burial},<note>Literally "and also there is no burial for him"</note> I deem the stillborn better than him.</verse>


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<verse num="4">For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Even if a man<note>Hebrew "he"</note> lives a thousand years twice, if he<note>Hebrew "and"</note> does not enjoy {prosperity},<note>Literally "good"</note> {both suffer the same fate}!<note>Literally "are not the all going to the same place?"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="7">All of a man's toil <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for his mouth-- yet his appetite is never satisfied.</verse>


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<verse num="8">So do the wise <transChange type="added">really</transChange> have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor <transChange type="added">really</transChange> gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?<note>Literally "What <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> for the poor knowing <transChange type="added">how</transChange> to conduct themselves before the living?"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">{Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more}.<note>Literally "Sight of the eyes <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than wandering of desire"</note> This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity and chasing wind!</verse>


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<verse num="10">Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}.<note>Literally "and his name is known what he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man"</note> As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.</verse>


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<verse num="11">{Increasing words only multiplies futility},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">Where</transChange> there <transChange type="added">are</transChange> numerous words, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> makes numerous vanity"</note> how does that profit anyone?</verse>


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<verse num="12">For who knows what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}<note>Literally "after him"</note> under the sun? </verse>


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<verse num="1">A good name <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than precious ointment, and the day of death <transChange type="added">is better</transChange> than the day of one's birth.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for <transChange type="added">death is</transChange> the end of every person, and the living should take <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to his heart.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Sorrow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.</verse>


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<verse num="4">The heart of the wise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the house of mirth.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Better to listen to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rebuke of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wise than for a man to listen to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> song of fools.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!</verse>


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<verse num="8">The end of a matter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than its beginning; {better to be slow to anger than hot-headed}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">one who is</transChange> long of spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than <transChange type="added">one who is</transChange> high of spirit"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not from wisdom <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you ask this.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good with an inheritance; {it benefits the living}.<note>Literally "to those who see the sun"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">{For wisdom offers protection like money offers protection}.<note>Literally "For in the shade of wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the shade of money"</note> But knowledge <transChange type="added">has</transChange> an advantage--wisdom restores life to its possessor.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Consider the work of God. For who is able to make straight what he made crooked?</verse>


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<verse num="14">In the day of prosperity, rejoice! But in the day of adversity, consider! For God made one in place of another so that mortals cannot find out what will happen {in the future}.<note>Literally "after him"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in <transChange type="added">spite of</transChange> his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in <transChange type="added">spite of</transChange> his evil.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Do not be excessively<note>Or "abundantly"</note> righteous, and do not act excessively wise, lest you destroy yourself.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Do not act excessively wicked, and do not be a fool, lest you die before your time.</verse>


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<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good to take hold of the one and also must not let go of the other; for whoever fears God will hold both of them secure.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Surely there is no one righteous on the earth who <transChange type="added">continually</transChange> does good and never sins.</verse>


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<verse num="21">Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.</verse>


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<verse num="23">All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.<note>Literally "it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> far from me"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">{Whatever is--it is far beyond comprehension}.<note>Literally "That which is--it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> far and deep deep"</note> Who can discover it? </verse>


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<verse num="25">I set my mind to try to seek wisdom and the plan, and to know that wickedness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> foolishness and that folly <transChange type="added">is</transChange> delusion.</verse>


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<verse num="26">I myself found <transChange type="added">that</transChange> more bitter than death <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the woman who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a trap, whose heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a snare, and whose hands <transChange type="added">are</transChange> bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.</verse>


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<verse num="27">"Look! I found this," said the Teacher,<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> "while trying to find how the plan fits together.</verse>


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<verse num="28">What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one <transChange type="added">upright</transChange> woman among all these.</verse>


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<verse num="29">Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes." </verse>


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<verse num="1">Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like the sage? Who knows <transChange type="added">the</transChange> interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Keep <transChange type="added">the</transChange> command of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king<note>While MT reads "I <transChange type="added">said</transChange>, 'Keep <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mouth of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king,'" the versions read "Keep <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mouth of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king," which is adopted in the translation</note> {because of your oath to God}.<note>Literally "because of the oath of God"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">Do not be terrified of his presence! Go at once and do not delay when a matter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unpleasant, for he can do anything that he desires.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Since the word of the king <transChange type="added">is</transChange> supreme, no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"</verse>


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<verse num="5">Whoever obeys <transChange type="added">his</transChange> command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the <transChange type="added">proper</transChange> time and the right <transChange type="added">procedure</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For there is a <transChange type="added">proper</transChange> time and right <transChange type="added">procedure</transChange> for every matter, even though the trouble of man <transChange type="added">weighs</transChange> heavy upon him.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Just as no one can control the wind to restrain the wind, so also no one can control the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not deliver the wicked.</verse>


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<verse num="9">I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: {sometimes those in authority harm others}.<note>Literally "sometimes one man domineers another man to his harm"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being <transChange type="added">honorably</transChange> buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity! </verse>


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<verse num="11">Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> fills up within them to do evil.</verse>


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<verse num="12">Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God--because they fear {his presence}.<note>Literally "from before his face"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong <transChange type="added">their</transChange> days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.<note>Literally "from before the face of God"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!" </verse>


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<verse num="15">So I recommend enjoyment. For there <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun. </verse>


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<verse num="16">I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth--how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Then I saw all the work of God--man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims <transChange type="added">that he</transChange> knows it, he cannot find it. </verse>


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<verse num="1">So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded<note>Or "examined"</note> that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will <transChange type="added">come</transChange> to them, whether <transChange type="added">it will be</transChange> love or hatred.</verse>


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<verse num="3">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the {injustice}<note>Literally "evil"</note> that is done under the sun: the same fate <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> are full <transChange type="added">of</transChange> evil; delusion <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Whoever is joined<note>The Kethib reads "chosen," but the Qere as well as all the versions and numerous medieval Hebrew manuscripts read "joined"</note> to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!</verse>


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<verse num="5">For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. They no longer have a reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.</verse>


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<verse num="6">What they loved and hated, as well as what they desired, has already perished. They no longer have any share in what is done under the sun. </verse>


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<verse num="7">Go--eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart! For God already has approved your deeds.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Whatever your hand finds to do--do <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with <transChange type="added">all</transChange> your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything. </verse>


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<verse num="11">I looked again and saw under the sun that the race <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the swift, the battle <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the mighty, food <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the wise, wealth <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the intelligent, and success<note>Or "favor"</note> <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> to the skillful, for time and chance befalls all of them.</verse>


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<verse num="12">For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans}<note>Literally "the sons of the man"</note> are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them. </verse>


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<verse num="13">I have also seen this <transChange type="added">example of</transChange> wisdom under the sun, and it <transChange type="added">seemed</transChange> great to me.</verse>


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<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">There was</transChange> a small city with few people in it. A great king came and besieged it, building great siege works against it.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.</verse>


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<verse num="16">So I concluded that wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard. </verse>


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<verse num="17">The words of the wise are heard in peace <transChange type="added">more</transChange> than the shouting of a ruler <transChange type="added">is heard</transChange> among the fools.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.</verse>


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<verse num="1">Dead flies cause a bad smell <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ruin<note>Or "spew"</note> the ointment of the perfumer. So also a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.</verse>


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<verse num="2">The heart of the wise <transChange type="added">inclines</transChange> to his right, but the heart of the fool <transChange type="added">inclines</transChange> to his left.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="3">Even when the fool walks along the road, he lacks sense; he tells everyone <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he is a fool.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="4">If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness can undo great offenses.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="5">There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> an error that proceeds from a ruler!</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="7">I have even seen slaves <transChange type="added">riding</transChange> on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="8">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="9">Whoever {quarries}<note>Literally "breaks out"</note> stones will be wounded by them. Whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="10">If the ax is blunt but one does not sharpen its edge, {he must exert more effort},<note>Literally "he must be more strength"</note> but the advantage of wisdom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> it brings success.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="11">If the snake bites before the charming, {the snake charmer will not succeed}.<note>Literally "there is no advantage to the owner of the charm"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="12">The wise man <transChange type="added">wins</transChange> favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="13">He begins by saying what is foolish and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="14">The fool {talks too much},<note>Literally "increases words"</note> for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}?<note>Literally "after him"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="15">The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.<note>Or "for he knows not to go to a city"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="16">Woe to you, O land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="17">Blessed are you, O land, when your king is a son of nobility and your princes feast at the proper time-- to gain strength and not to get drunk.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="18">Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="19">{Feasts are held for celebration},<note>Literally "They make bread for laughter"</note> wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="20">Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="2">Divide your share in seven or in eight, for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="3">When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="4">Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="5">Just as you do not know how the path of the wind<note>Or "the breath"</note> <transChange type="added">goes</transChange>, nor how the bones <transChange type="added">of a fetus</transChange> form in a mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="6">Sow your seed in the morning, and do not let your hands rest in the evening, for you do not know what will prosper-- whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="7">The light is sweet, and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="8">For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="9">Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="10">Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor <transChange type="added">are</transChange> vanity.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="1">Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="2">Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="3">When the guards of the house tremble, and the men of strength are bent; the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows see dimly.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="4">When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="5">They are afraid of heights, and terrors <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="6">Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken; and the jar at the foundation is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken.</verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="7">And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="8">"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher.<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> "Everything <transChange type="added">is</transChange> vanity!"</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="9">The Teacher<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="10">The Teacher<note>Hebrew "Qohelet"</note> sought to find delightful words,<note>Hebrew "words of delight"</note> and he wrote<note>The MT reads the term passively, "<transChange type="added">what</transChange> is written," but an alternate textual tradition reads, "and he wrote"</note> what is upright--truthful words. </verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="11">The words of the wise <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like cattle goads; the collections of the sages <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.<note>Or "The owner of collections are given by one shepherd"</note></verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="12">My son, be careful {about anything beyond these things}.<note>Literally "but from more than them"</note> For the writing of books is endless, and too much study {is wearisome}.<note>Literally "increases weariness of flesh"</note> </verse>


book: Eccl
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<verse num="13">Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the whole <transChange type="added">duty</transChange> of man.</verse>


book: Eccl
content:
<verse num="14">For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="1">The Song of Songs,<note>This construction conveys a superlative connotation, e.g., "The most exquisite song"</note> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for<note>Or "by Solomon" or "about/concerning Solomon"</note> Solomon. </verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="2">{May<note>In the maiden's soliloquy, she thinks about her beloved in her thoughts ("May he kiss me!"), then poetically speaks to him as if he were in her presence ("for your love is better than wine"). To avoid confusion, the translation uses the second-person form throughout vv. 2-4</note> you kiss me}<note>Literally "May he kiss me"</note> {passionately with your lips},<note>Literally "with the kisses of his mouth"</note> for your love <transChange type="added">is</transChange> better than wine.<note>The shift from the third person "he ... his" to the second person "you ... your" in vv. 2-4 should not be interpreted as suggesting two different referents, that is, one male whom the maiden is addressing as "you," and another to whom she refers as "he." Rather, this shift is a poetic device (called "grammatical differentiation") that is not uncommon in Hebrew poetry (e.g., Gen 49:4; Deut 32:15; Psa 23:2-5; Isa 1:29; 42:20; 54:1; Jer 22:24; Amos 4:1; Mic 7:19; Lam 3:1; Song 4:2; 6:6). This shift is characteristic of a soliloquy, a dramatic or literary form in which a character reveals her thoughts without addressing a listener who is actually present (e.g., 2 Sam 19:4). In this case, the maiden's private thoughts about her beloved (v. 2a) shift to an imaginary address to her beloved (vv. 2b-4a)</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="3">As fragrance, {your perfumes}<note>Literally "your oil lotions"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {delightful};<note>Literally "good"</note> your name is poured out {perfume};<note>Literally "oil lotion"</note> therefore young women love you.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="4">Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers!<note>Or "The king has brought me into his chambers"</note> Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you!</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="5">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> black but beautiful,<note>Or "black and beautiful"</note> {O maidens of Jerusalem},<note>Literally "O daughters of Jerusalem"</note> like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="6">Do not gaze at me because I am black, <note>This is figurative for the maiden's physical appearance; her skin was darkly tanned</note> because the sun has stared <transChange type="added">at</transChange> me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> my own "vineyard"<note>Literally "my vineyard that for me"</note> I did not keep.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="7">Tell me, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> whom my {heart}<note>Literally "soul"</note> loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? {For why should I be like}<note>Literally "For to what will I be like"</note> one who is veiled<note>The reading of the MT ("like one who is veiled") is supported by the LXX. However, several ancient versions (Syriac Peshitta, Latin Vulgate, Symmachus) reflect an alternate Hebrew textual tradition in which two letters are transposed, resulting in the reading "like one who wanders about." This makes good sense contextually, since the maiden does not know where her beloved would be at noon</note> beside the flocks of your companions?</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="8">If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow {the tracks}<note>Literally "in the tracks"</note> of the flock, and pasture your little lambs<note>Or "your kids"</note> beside the tents of the shepherds.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="9">To a mare<note>Or "my mare"</note> among the chariots<note>Or "chariot horses"</note> of Pharaoh, I compare you, my beloved.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="11">We will make ornaments of gold for you with studs<note>Or "droplets"</note> of silver.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="12">While the king <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on his couch, my nard gave its fragrance.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="13">My beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to me {a pouch}<note>Literally "the bag"</note> of myrrh, he spends the night<note>Or "he lays"</note> between my breasts.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="14">My beloved <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to me a cluster of blossoms of henna in the vineyards of En Gedi.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="15">Look! You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beautiful, my beloved. Look! You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beautiful; your eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> doves.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="16">Look! You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> beautiful, my beloved, truly pleasant. Truly our couch <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {verdant};<note>Literally "green"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="17">the beams of our house <transChange type="added">are</transChange> cedar; our rafter <transChange type="added">is</transChange> cypress.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="1">I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a rose<note>More likely "meadow saffron" or "crocus." Hebrew scholars and botanists suggest the term refers to Ashodelos (lily family), Narcissus tazetta (narcissus or daffodil), or Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron or crocus) (e.g., Isa 35:1). The location of this flower in Sharon suggests a common wild flower rather than a rose. The maiden compares herself to a simple, common flower of the field</note> of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="2">Like a lily among the thorns,<note>Or "brambles"</note> so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my love among the maidens.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="3">As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my beloved among the young men. In his shade {I sat down with delight},<note>Literally "I sat down and I delighted"</note> and his fruit <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sweet to my palate.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="4">He brought me to the house of the wine, and his intention <transChange type="added">was</transChange> love toward me.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="5">Sustain me with the raisins, refresh me with the apples, {for I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> lovesick}.<note>Literally "for I myself <transChange type="added">am</transChange> sick with love"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="6">His left <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under my head, and his right <transChange type="added">hand</transChange> embraces<note>Or "would embrace me"</note> me.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="7">I adjure you, {O maidens of Jerusalem},<note>Literally "O daughters of Jerusalem"</note> by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!<note>Or "Do not stir up or awaken the love until it is willing," or "Do not disturb or interrupt <transChange type="added">our</transChange> lovemaking until it is satisfied"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="8">The voice of my beloved! Look! Here {he}<note>Literally "this one"</note> comes leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills!</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="9">My beloved is like a gazelle or {a young stag}.<note>Literally "the fawn of the stag"</note> Look! {He is}<note>Literally "This <transChange type="added">is he</transChange>"</note> standing behind our wall, gazing {through}<note>Literally "from"</note> the window, looking {through}<note>Literally "from"</note> the lattice.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="10">My beloved answered and said to me, "{Arise},<note>Literally "Arise, you"</note> my beloved! {Come, my beauty}!<note>Literally "And come, you"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="11">For look! The winter is over; {the rainy season}<note>Literally "the rain"</note> {has turned and gone away}.<note>Literally "is over; it is gone"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="12">The blossoms {appear}<note>Literally "is seen"</note> {in the land};<note>Literally "on the earth"</note> {the time of singing<note>Most likely, a subtle word play occurs here since there are two different words in Hebrew spelled the same way: "pruning" and "singing." The former plays upon the first line and the latter upon the third line</note> has arrived};<note>Literally "the time of the song arrived"</note> the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="13">The fig tree puts forth her figs, and the vines <transChange type="added">are in</transChange> blossom; they give fragrance. {Arise},<note>Literally "Arise, to you!"</note> my beloved! {Come, my beauty}!"<note>Literally "My beauty, come, you"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="14">My dove, in the clefts of the rock, {in the secluded place}<note>Literally "in the secret place"</note><note>Or "in the covering"</note> {in the mountain},<note>Literally "foothold in the rock"</note><note>Or "cliff"</note> Let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sweet and your face <transChange type="added">is</transChange> lovely.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="15">Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying vineyards, for<note>Or "while"</note> our vineyards <transChange type="added">are in</transChange> blossom!</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="16">{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him};<note>Literally "My beloved for me and I for him"</note> he pastures his flock among the lilies.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="17">Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved! {Be like}<note>Literally "Be like for you"</note> a gazelle<note>Or "a buck gazelle"</note> or {young stag}<note>Literally "the fawn of the stag"</note> on the cleft mountains.<note>Or "the mountains of Bether"</note></verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="1">On my bed in the night, I sought<note>Or "I seek"</note> him whom my {heart}<note>Literally "soul"</note> loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.</verse>


book: Song
content:
<verse num="2">Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my {heart}<note>Literally "soul"</note> loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.</verse>


