diff --git a/19-PSA.usfm b/19-PSA.usfm index 03937425..d34e4101 100644 --- a/19-PSA.usfm +++ b/19-PSA.usfm @@ -2614,81 +2614,84 @@ \d For the chief musician. A psalm of David. \q \v 1 I waited patiently for Yahweh; -\q he listened to me and heard my cry. +\q2 he listened to me and heard my cry. \q \v 2 He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, -\q and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure. +\q2 and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure. \s5 \q -\v 3 He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. +\v 3 He has put a new song in my mouth, +\q2 praise to our God. \q Many will see it and honor him -\q and will trust in Yahweh. +\q2 and will trust in Yahweh. \q \v 4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust -\q and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies. +\q2 and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies. \s5 \q \v 5 Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done, -\q and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; +\q2 and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; \q if I declared and spoke of them, -\q they would be more than could be counted. +\q2 they would be more than could be counted. \q \v 6 You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, -\q but you have opened my ears; -\q you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings. +\q2 but you have opened my ears; +\q2 you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings. \s5 \q \v 7 Then said I, "See, I have come; -\q it is written about me in the scroll of the document. +\q2 it is written about me in the scroll of the document. \q \v 8 I delight to do your will, my God; -\q your laws are in my heart." +\q2 your laws are in my heart." \q \v 9 I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; -\q Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this. +\q2 Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this. \s5 \q \v 10 I have not concealed your righteousness in my heart; -\q I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; -\q I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the great assembly. +\q2 I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; +\q I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness +\q2 or your trustworthiness from the great assembly. \q \v 11 Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh; -\q let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me. +\q2 let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me. \s5 \q \v 12 Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; -\q my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; +\q2 my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; \q they are more than the hairs on my head, -\q and my heart has failed me. +\q2 and my heart has failed me. \q \v 13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; -\q hurry to help me, Yahweh. +\q2 hurry to help me, Yahweh. \s5 \q \v 14 Let them be ashamed and completely disappointed -\q who pursue my life to sweep it away. +\q2 who pursue my life to sweep it away. \q Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, -\q those who delight in hurting me. +\q2 those who delight in hurting me. \q \v 15 Let them be appalled because of their shame, -\q those who say to me, "Aha, aha!" +\q2 those who say to me, "Aha, aha!" \s5 \q -\v 16 But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; +\v 16 But may all those who seek you rejoice +\q2 and be glad in you; \q let everyone who loves your salvation say continually, -\q "May Yahweh be praised." +\q2 "May Yahweh be praised." \q \v 17 I am poor and needy; -\q yet the Lord thinks about me. +\q2 yet the Lord thinks about me. \q You are my help and you come to my rescue; -\q do not delay, my God. +\q2 do not delay, my God. \s5 \c 41 @@ -2696,54 +2699,54 @@ \d For the chief musician. A psalm of David. \q \v 1 Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak; -\q in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him. +\q2 in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him. \q \v 2 Yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive, -\q and he will be blessed on the earth; -\q Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his enemies. +\q2 and he will be blessed on the earth; +\q2 Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his enemies. \q \v 3 Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering; -\q you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing. +\q2 you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing. \s5 \q \v 4 I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me! -\q Heal me, for I have sinned against you." +\q2 Heal me, for I have sinned against you." \q \v 5 My enemies speak evil against me, saying, -\q 'When will he die and his name perish?' +\q2 'When will he die and his name perish?' \q \v 6 If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; -\q his heart gathers up wickedness for itself; -\q when he goes away from me, he tells others about it. +\q2 his heart gathers up wickedness for itself; +\q2 when he goes away from me, he tells others about it. \s5 \q \v 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; -\q against me they hope for my hurt. +\q2 against me they hope for my hurt. \q \v 8 They say, "An evil disease holds on tightly to him; -\q now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more." +\q2 now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more." \q \v 9 Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, -\q who ate my bread, -\q has lifted up his heel against me. +\q2 who ate my bread, +\q2 has lifted up his heel against me. \s5 \q \v 10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up -\q so that I may pay them back. +\q2 so that I may pay them back. \q \v 11 By this I know that you delight in me, -\q for my enemy does not triumph over me. +\q2 for my enemy does not triumph over me. \q \v 12 As for me, you support me in my integrity -\q and will keep me before your face forever. +\q2 and will keep me before your face forever. \s5 \q \v 13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised -\q from everlasting to everlasting. +\q2 from everlasting to everlasting. \q Amen and Amen. \s5 @@ -2754,78 +2757,88 @@ \d For the chief musician. A maschil of the sons of Korah. \q \v 1 As the deer pants after streams of water, -\q so I thirst for you, God. +\q2 so I thirst for you, God. \q \v 2 I thirst for God, for the living God, -\q when will I come and appear before God? +\q2 when will I come and appear before God? \s5 \q \v 3 My tears have been my food day and night, -\q while my enemies are always saying to me, "Where is your God?" +\q2 while my enemies are always saying to me, "Where is your God?" \q \v 4 These things I call to mind as I pour out my soul: -\q how I went with the throng and led them to the house of God -\q with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude celebrating a festival. +\q2 how I went with the throng and led them to the house of God +\q2 with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude celebrating a festival. \s5 \q \v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul? -\q Why are you upset within me? -\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation. +\q2 Why are you upset within me? +\q Hope in God, +\q2 for again I will praise him who is my salvation. \q \v 6 My God, my soul is bowed down within me, -\q therefore I call you to mind from the land of the Jordan, -\q from the three peaks of Mount Hermon, and from the hill of Mizar. +\q2 therefore I call you to mind from the land of the Jordan, +\q2 from the three peaks of Mount Hermon, and from the hill of Mizar. \s5 \q \v 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; -\q all your waves and your billows have gone over me. +\q2 all your waves and your billows have gone over me. \q \v 8 Yet Yahweh will command his covenant faithfulness in the daytime; -\q in the night his song will be with me, -\q a prayer to the God of my life. +\q2 in the night his song will be with me, +\q2 a prayer to the God of my life. \s5 \q -\v 9 I will say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? -\q Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" +\v 9 I will say to God, my rock, +\q2 "Why have you forgotten me? +\q Why do I go mourning +\q2 because of the oppression of the enemy?" \q \v 10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries rebuke me, -\q while they always say to me, "Where is your God?" +\q2 while they always say to me, "Where is your God?" \s5 \q \v 11 Why are you bowed down, my soul? -\q Why are you upset within me? -\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God. +\q2 Why are you upset within me? +\q Hope in God, +\q2 for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God. \s5 \c 43 \m \q -\v 1 Bring me justice, God, and plead my case against a nation that is not faithful. +\v 1 Bring me justice, God, +\q2 and plead my case against a nation that is not faithful. \q Deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. \q -\v 2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? -\q Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? +\v 2 For you are the God of my strength. +\q2 Why have you rejected me? +\q Why do I go about in mourning +\q2 because of the oppression of the enemy? \s5 \q -\v 3 Oh, send out your light and your truth, let them lead me. +\v 3 Oh, send out your light and your truth, +\q2 let them lead me. \q Let them bring me to your holy hill -\q and to your dwelling. +\q2 and to your dwelling. \q \v 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, -\q to God my exceeding joy. -\q I will praise you with the harp, God, my God. +\q2 to God my exceeding joy. +\q I will praise you with the harp, +\q2 God, my God. \s5 \q \v 5 Why are you bowed down, my soul? -\q Why are you upset within me? -\q Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God. +\q2 Why are you upset within me? +\q Hope in God, +\q2 for again I will praise him who is my salvation and my God. \s5 \c 44 @@ -2833,107 +2846,108 @@ \d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. \q \v 1 We have heard with our ears, God, -\q our fathers have told us +\q2 our fathers have told us \q what work you did in their days, -\q in the days of old. +\q2 in the days of old. \q \v 2 You drove out the nations with your hand, -\q but you planted our people; +\q2 but you planted our people; \q you afflicted the peoples, -\q but you spread our people out in the land. +\q2 but you spread our people out in the land. \s5 \q \v 3 For they did not obtain the land for their possession by their own sword, -\q neither did their own arm save them; +\q2 neither did their own arm save them; \q but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, -\q because you were favorable to them. +\q2 because you were favorable to them. \q \v 4 God, You are my King; -\q command victory for Jacob. +\q2 command victory for Jacob. \s5 \q \v 5 Through you we will push down our adversaries; -\q through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us. +\q2 through your name we will tread them under, +\q2 those who rise up against us. \q \v 6 For I will not trust in my bow, -\q neither will my sword save me. +\q2 neither will my sword save me. \s5 \q \v 7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, -\q and have put to shame those who hate us. +\q2 and have put to shame those who hate us. \q \v 8 In God we have made our boast all the day long, -\q and we will give thanks to your name forever. +\q2 and we will give thanks to your name forever. \qs Selah\qs* \s5 \q \v 9 But now you have rejected us and brought us dishonor, -\q and you do not go out with our armies. +\q2 and you do not go out with our armies. \q \v 10 You make us turn back from the adversary; -\q and those who hate us take spoil for themselves. +\q2 and those who hate us take spoil for themselves. \q \v 11 You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered -\q and have scattered us among the nations. +\q2 and have scattered us among the nations. \s5 \q \v 12 You sell your people for nothing; -\q you have not increased your wealth by doing so. +\q2 you have not increased your wealth by doing so. \q \v 13 You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, -\q scoffed and mocked by those around us. +\q2 scoffed and mocked by those around us. \q \v 14 You make us an insult among the nations, -\q a shaking of the head among the peoples. +\q2 a shaking of the head among the peoples. \s5 \q \v 15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, -\q and the shame of my face has covered me +\q2 and the shame of my face has covered me \q \v 16 because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, -\q because of the enemy and the avenger. +\q2 because of the enemy and the avenger. \q \v 17 All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you -\q or dealt falsely with your covenant. +\q2 or dealt falsely with your covenant. \s5 \q \v 18 Our heart has not turned back; -\q our steps have not gone from your way. +\q2 our steps have not gone from your way. \q \v 19 Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals -\q and covered us with the shadow of death. +\q2 and covered us with the shadow of death. \q \v 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God -\q or spread out our hands to a strange god, +\q2 or spread out our hands to a strange god, \q \v 21 would not God search this out? -\q For he knows the secrets of the heart. +\q2 For he knows the secrets of the heart. \q \v 22 Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; -\q we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter. +\q2 we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter. \s5 \q \v 23 Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? -\q Arise, do not reject us forever. +\q2 Arise, do not reject us forever. \q \v 24 Why do you hide your face -\q and forget our affliction and our oppression? +\q2 and forget our affliction and our oppression? \s5 \q \v 25 For we have sunk down into the dust; -\q our bodies cling to the earth. +\q2 our bodies cling to the earth. \q \v 26 Rise up for our help -\q and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness. +\q2 and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness. \s5 \c 45 @@ -2941,75 +2955,75 @@ \d For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. A song of loves. \q \v 1 My heart overflows on a good subject; -\q I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; -\q my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. +\q2 I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; +\q2 my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. \q \v 2 You are fairer than the children of mankind; -\q grace is poured onto your lips; -\q therefore we know that God has blessed you forever. +\q2 grace is poured onto your lips; +\q2 therefore we know that God has blessed you forever. \s5 \q \v 3 Gird your sword to your side, mighty one, -\q in your glory and your majesty. +\q2 in your glory and your majesty. \q \v 4 In your majesty ride on triumphantly -\q because of trustworthiness, meekness, and righteousness; -\q your right hand will teach you fearful things. +\q2 because of trustworthiness, meekness, and righteousness; +\q2 your right hand will teach you fearful things. \s5 \q \v 5 Your arrows are sharp; -\q the peoples fall under you; -\q your arrows are in the hearts of the king's enemies. +\q2 the peoples fall under you; +\q2 your arrows are in the hearts of the king's enemies. \q \v 6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever; -\q a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom. +\q2 a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom. \q \v 7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; -\q therefore God, your God, has anointed you -\q with the oil of gladness more than your companions. +\q2 therefore God, your God, has anointed you +\q2 with the oil of gladness more than your companions. \s5 \q \v 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; -\q out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. +\q2 out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. \q \v 9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women; -\q at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir. +\q2 at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir. \s5 \q \v 10 Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear; -\q forget your own people and your father's house. +\q2 forget your own people and your father's house. \q \v 11 In this way the king will desire your beauty; -\q he is your master; revere him. +\q2 he is your master; revere him. \s5 \q \v 12 The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift; -\q the rich among the people will beg for your favor. +\q2 the rich among the people will beg for your favor. \q \v 13 The royal daughter in the palace is all glorious; -\q her clothing is worked with gold. +\q2 her clothing is worked with gold. \s5 \q \v 14 She will be led to the king in embroidered dress; -\q the virgins, her companions who follow her, -\q will be brought to you. +\q2 the virgins, her companions who follow her, +\q2 will be brought to you. \q \v 15 They will be led by gladness and rejoicing; -\q they will enter into the king's palace. +\q2 they will enter into the king's palace. \s5 \q \v 16 In the place of your fathers will be your children, -\q whom you will make princes in all the earth. +\q2 whom you will make princes in all the earth. \q \v 17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations; -\q therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever. +\q2 therefore the peoples will give you thanks forever and ever. \s5 \c 46