diff --git a/35-HAB.usfm b/35-HAB.usfm
index 0c9c0c4d..ab5180dc 100644
--- a/35-HAB.usfm
+++ b/35-HAB.usfm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 \s5
 \c 1
 \m
-\q
 \v 1 The message that Habakkuk the prophet received,
 \q
 \v 2 "Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@
 \f + \ft Instead of \fqa how I should turn from my complaint \fqa* , which is what the Hebrew text has, some modern versions have \fqa how I should answer when he replies to my complaint \fqa* or \fqa how I should answer when he rebukes me \fqa* . \f*
 
 \s5
-\q
 \v 2 Yahweh answered me and said,
 \q "Record this vision, and write plainly on the tablets so that the one reading them might run.
 \q
diff --git a/41-MAT.usfm b/41-MAT.usfm
index 8a33cd75..9b7f9f9a 100644
--- a/41-MAT.usfm
+++ b/41-MAT.usfm
@@ -728,8 +728,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 9 But what did you go out to see—a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
 \v 10 This is he of whom it was written,
-\q 'See, I am sending my messenger before your face,
-\q who will prepare your way before you.'
+\q 'See, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
 \m
 
 \s5