diff --git a/19-PSA/003.usfm b/19-PSA/003.usfm index cce1ce3c..aec04842 100644 --- a/19-PSA/003.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/003.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 3 \m \d A psalm written by David when he was fleeing from his son Absalom - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have many enemies! \q2 There are many people who oppose me. @@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 You will insult my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; \q2 when you strike them, you will destroy their power, \q2 with the result that they cannot hurt anyone. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people from their enemies. \q2 Yahweh, bless your people! diff --git a/19-PSA/005.usfm b/19-PSA/005.usfm index 5e59ee2a..54132a7d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/005.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/005.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 5 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director; a psalm to be accompanied by playing flutes - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! \q2 Pay attention to me when I am groaning because I am suffering very much. diff --git a/19-PSA/006.usfm b/19-PSA/006.usfm index 6394f92c..26d33910 100644 --- a/19-PSA/006.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/006.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 6 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir leader, to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, do not correct me when you are angry with me; \q2 do not punish me when you are upset. @@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, I am greatly troubled in my inner being. \q2 How long must I endure this? - \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, please come and rescue me. \q2 Save me because you always keep the promises of your covenant. diff --git a/19-PSA/007.usfm b/19-PSA/007.usfm index c7d18326..c6e37342 100644 --- a/19-PSA/007.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/007.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 7 \m \d A psalm that David sang to Yahweh because of a Benjamite named Cush. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. \q2 Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me in order to harm me. diff --git a/19-PSA/008.usfm b/19-PSA/008.usfm index dc5f4e13..e7dca595 100644 --- a/19-PSA/008.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/008.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 8 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh our Lord, people all over the world know that you are very great! \q2 We see your greatness every time we look toward the heavens! diff --git a/19-PSA/009.usfm b/19-PSA/009.usfm index 3deceb4b..1a3087ca 100644 --- a/19-PSA/009.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/009.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 9 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'The death of my son' - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. \q2 I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done. diff --git a/19-PSA/010.usfm b/19-PSA/010.usfm index 4dc68448..842f9c52 100644 --- a/19-PSA/010.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/010.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, why do you keep yourself far away from us? \q2 Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles? - \q1 \v 2 Proud, wicked people, have a terrible desire within them to make poor people suffer. \q2 God, make them fall into their own traps, so that what they did to others may be done to them! @@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ \q2 and just like the lion, he hides in the bushes. \q2 He is like the hunter who spreads out the net \q2 so he can catch helpless people and drag them away. - \q1 \v 10 The helpless people are crushed by the wicked person's plans \q2 and all the things he does. @@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 The wicked person says, "God cannot remember what I did. \q2 His eyes are covered, and he cannot see anything that I have done." - \q1 \v 12 Yahweh, arise! God, strike him down! \q2 Do not forget those who are suffering! @@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ \v 15 God, destroy the power of the person who is wicked and evil! \q2 Make him pay for those evil things he did, \q2 those things that he thought God would not find out about him. - \q1 \v 16 Yahweh is king forever! \q2 He will drive out foreign people from his land. diff --git a/19-PSA/011.usfm b/19-PSA/011.usfm index 48db3c02..2576086b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/011.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/011.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 11 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 I trust that Yahweh will protect me. \q2 So I do not fly off to the mountains like birds do. @@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 When wicked people do not suffer for disobeying the laws, \q2 what can righteous people do? - \q1 \v 4 But Yahweh is sitting on his throne in his sacred temple in heaven, \q2 and he sees everything that people do. @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \q1 \v 6 He will send down from the sky flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked; \q2 he will send scorching hot winds to punish them. - \q1 \v 7 Yahweh does everything that is right, and he loves those who do what is right; \q2 such people will come into his presence. diff --git a/19-PSA/012.usfm b/19-PSA/012.usfm index e4092b80..20acc0e8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/012.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/012.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 12 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, help us! It seems like people who honor you are no more, \q2 that those who are loyal to you have all vanished. @@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ \q1 \v 2 Everyone tells lies to other people; \q2 they deceive others by flattering them, but they tell lies. - \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues \q2 so that they cannot continue to boast. @@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ \v 6 Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; \q2 what you have promised is as precious and pure as silver \q2 that has been heated seven times in a furnace to get rid of all the impure material. - \q1 \v 7 Yahweh, we know that you will protect us who honor you \q2 from those wicked people, diff --git a/19-PSA/013.usfm b/19-PSA/013.usfm index 32852676..1f660149 100644 --- a/19-PSA/013.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/013.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 13 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me? \q2 Will you hide yourself from me forever? diff --git a/19-PSA/014.usfm b/19-PSA/014.usfm index 91c1f532..8e97d877 100644 --- a/19-PSA/014.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/014.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 14 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Only foolish people say to themselves, "There is no God!" \q1 People who say those things only do corrupt deeds; diff --git a/19-PSA/015.usfm b/19-PSA/015.usfm index ce7b220b..b2c1ce40 100644 --- a/19-PSA/015.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/015.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 15 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your sacred tent? \q2 Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain? @@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 They lend money to others without charging interest, \q2 and they never accept bribes in order to lie about people who have not done anything wrong. - \q1 Those who do those things will always live in safety. diff --git a/19-PSA/016.usfm b/19-PSA/016.usfm index 40e4add6..a273fc49 100644 --- a/19-PSA/016.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/016.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ \c 16 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 God, protect me \q because I go to you to keep me safe! - \q1 \v 2 I said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord; \q all the good things that I have come from you." diff --git a/19-PSA/017.usfm b/19-PSA/017.usfm index 68f93d75..350ddea5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/017.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/017.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 Do not allow wicked people to attack me, \q2 those enemies of mine who surround, wanting to kill me. - \q1 \v 10 They are proud of their riches and success, \q2 but they have no mercy on anyone. @@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ \q2 With your sword save me from those wicked people! \q1 \v 14 Yahweh, by your power rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. - \q1 But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; \q2 their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit. diff --git a/19-PSA/018.usfm b/19-PSA/018.usfm index 078e2c3d..0e46d1f3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/018.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/018.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 18 \m \d A psalm written by God's servant David. He sang it after Yahweh had rescued him from Saul and his other enemies. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong. diff --git a/19-PSA/019.usfm b/19-PSA/019.usfm index 169d3571..d6a18907 100644 --- a/19-PSA/019.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/019.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 19 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q \v 1 When people look at everything that God has placed in the skies, they can see that he is very great; \q2 they can see the great things that he has created. @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 But what they declare about God goes throughout the world, \q2 and even people who live in the most distant places on earth can know it. - \q1 The sun is in the skies where God placed it; \q1 \v 5 it rises each morning like a bridegroom who is happy as he comes out of his bedroom after his wedding. @@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ \q2 they revive us. \q2 We can be sure that the things that Yahweh has told us will never change, \q2 and by learning them people who have not been previously taught will become wise. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh's laws are fair; \q2 when we obey them, we become joyful. @@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ \v 11 Furthermore, by reading them I learn what things are good to do and what things are evil, \q1 and they promise a great reward \q2 to us who obey them. - \q1 \v 12 But here is no one who can know all his errors; \q2 so Yahweh, forgive me for these things which I do that I do not realize are wrong. diff --git a/19-PSA/020.usfm b/19-PSA/020.usfm index 2b093877..0c54752a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/020.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/020.usfm @@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ \c 20 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 We desire that Yahweh may help you when you call out to him when you have troubles! \q1 We desire that God, whom our ancestor Jacob honored, may keep you safe from your enemies. - \q1 \v 2 We desire that he may reach out from his sacred temple and help you \q2 and aid you from where he lives on Mount Zion. @@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 We desire that he may accept all the offerings that you give him to be burned on the altar \q2 and all your other offerings. - \q1 \v 4 We desire that he may give to you what you desire in your heart, \q2 and that you may be able to accomplish all that you desire to do. @@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ \v 5 When you defeat your enemies, we will shout joyfully. \q2 We will lift up a banner proclaiming that it is God who has helped you. \q1 May Yahweh do for you all that you request him to do. - \q1 \v 6 I know now that Yahweh rescues me, the one whom he has chosen to be king. \q1 From his holy place in heaven he will answer me, diff --git a/19-PSA/021.usfm b/19-PSA/021.usfm index 7517cd3f..8501775e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/021.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/021.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 21 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, the man you made king is glad because you have caused him to be strong. \q2 He rejoices because you have enabled him to defeat his enemies. @@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 5 His power as king is very great because you have allowed him to win victories over his enemies. - \q1 \v 6 You will bless him forever, \q2 and you have caused him to be joyful in your presence. @@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ \q2 and the king trusts in you. \q1 Because you faithfully love him, \q2 disastrous things will never happen to him. - \q1 \v 8 You will enable him to kill all his enemies, \q2 all those who hate him. diff --git a/19-PSA/022.usfm b/19-PSA/022.usfm index d4eb406d..0c5688b7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/022.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/022.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 22 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung to the tune 'Doe of the Dawn' - \q1 \v 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? \q2 Why do you stay so far from me, @@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ \v 11 So do not stay far from me now \q2 because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me, \q2 and there is no one else who can help me. - \q1 \v 12 My enemies surround me like a herd of wild bulls. \q2 Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in the region of Bashan, surround me. @@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ \q1 \v 18 They looked at the clothes that I was wearing \q2 and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get. - \q1 \v 19 Yahweh, be concerned for me! \q2 You who are my source of strength, @@ -118,7 +115,6 @@ \v 24 He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering; \q2 he does not hide his face from them. \q1 He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help. - \q1 \v 25 Yahweh, in the great gathering of your people, I will praise you for what you have done. \q2 In the presence of those who have an awesome respect for you, I will offer the sacrifices that I promised. @@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ \q1 \v 28 For Yahweh is the king! \q2 He rules all the nations. - \q1 \v 29 All the rich people on the earth will celebrate and bow before him. \q2 Some day they will die, for they cannot avoid it, diff --git a/19-PSA/023.usfm b/19-PSA/023.usfm index a018e5c8..f9e998a8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/023.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/023.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 23 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep, \q2 so I have everything that I need. diff --git a/19-PSA/024.usfm b/19-PSA/024.usfm index bad2602f..a68f917d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/024.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/024.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 24 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 The earth and everything in it belongs to Yahweh; \q2 all the people in the world belong to him, too; diff --git a/19-PSA/025.usfm b/19-PSA/025.usfm index 9036b6d4..cd440fc6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/025.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/025.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 25 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I give myself to you. \q1 @@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ \q1 \v 15 I always request Yahweh to help me, \q2 and he rescues me from danger. - \q1 \v 16 Yahweh, pay attention to me and be merciful to me because I am alone, \q2 and I am greatly distressed because I am suffering. diff --git a/19-PSA/026.usfm b/19-PSA/026.usfm index 398d5470..0fa289b5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/026.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/026.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 26 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, show that I am innocent. \q1 I always do what is right; @@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 But as for me, I always try to do what is right. \q2 So act kindly toward me and rescue me. - \q1 \v 12 I stand in places where I am safe, \q2 and when all your people gather together, I praise you. diff --git a/19-PSA/027.usfm b/19-PSA/027.usfm index 25997341..646e5ee2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/027.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/027.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 27 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh is the one who gives me life and the one who saves me, \q2 so I do not need to be afraid of anyone. diff --git a/19-PSA/028.usfm b/19-PSA/028.usfm index a7fd566a..483739cd 100644 --- a/19-PSA/028.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/028.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 28 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I call out to you; \q1 You are like a huge rock on top of which I am safe. @@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ \q2 I trust in him, and he helps me. \q1 So I was glad in my inner being, \q2 and from my inner being I praise him as I sing to him. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us; \q2 he saves me, the one he appointed to be king. diff --git a/19-PSA/029.usfm b/19-PSA/029.usfm index 11c3ef73..eeac7234 100644 --- a/19-PSA/029.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/029.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 29 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Mighty people, praise Yahweh! \q2 Praise him because he is very glorious and powerful. @@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ \v 9 Yahweh's voice makes the large trees shake, \q2 and strips the leaves from the trees \q2 while the people in the temple shout, "Praise God!" - \q1 \v 10 Yahweh rules over the flood that covered the earth; \q2 he is our king who will rule forever. diff --git a/19-PSA/030.usfm b/19-PSA/030.usfm index fdb95e43..34f6956d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/030.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/030.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 30 \m \d A psalm written by David for the dedication of the temple - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I praise you because you rescued me. You did not allow me to die or my enemies to gloat over me. \q1 @@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 Yahweh, because you were good to me, at first you caused me to be secure as though I were a high mountain. \q1 But then I thought that you had turned away from me, and I became afraid. - \q1 \v 8 So I called out to you, and I pleaded for you to help me. diff --git a/19-PSA/031.usfm b/19-PSA/031.usfm index cc04320f..32debd2f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/031.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/031.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 31 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have come to you to be protected; \q2 do not allow me to be defeated and disgraced. @@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ \v 5 Yahweh, you are a God whom I can trust, \q1 so I put myself into your care \q2 because you will rescue me. - \q1 \v 6 Yahweh, I hate those who worship useless idols, \q2 but I trust in you. @@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; \q2 instead, you have rescued me from danger. - \q1 \v 9 But now, Yahweh, act kindly toward me \q2 because I am distressed. diff --git a/19-PSA/032.usfm b/19-PSA/032.usfm index 57fe0af0..d014c832 100644 --- a/19-PSA/032.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/032.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 32 \m \d A psalm written by David, which will help people to be wise - \q1 \v 1 Those whom God has forgiven for rebelling against him \q2 and those whose sin God does not look at, @@ -28,12 +27,10 @@ \q1 \v 5 Then I confessed my sins to you; \q2 I stopped trying to hide them. - \q1 I said to myself, \q2 "I will tell Yahweh the wrong things that I have done." \q1 When I confessed them, you forgave me, \q2 so now I am no longer guilty for my sins. - \q1 \v 6 Therefore the people who honor you should pray to you \q2 when they are in great trouble. @@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ \q2 you protect me from troubles \q2 and enable me to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh says to me, "I will instruct you about how you should conduct your life. \q2 I will teach you and watch over you. diff --git a/19-PSA/033.usfm b/19-PSA/033.usfm index e2c5361f..c0b53c58 100644 --- a/19-PSA/033.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/033.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ \s5 \c 33 - \q1 \v 1 You righteous people should shout joyfully to Yahweh \q2 because that is what he deserves. @@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 He loves everything that we do that is just and right. \q2 Yahweh helps people all over the earth because he always loves them. - \q1 \v 6 Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. \q2 By what he commanded, he created all the stars. @@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. \q2 What he plans to do will never change. - \q1 \v 12 Yahweh blesses our nation, we who worship him; \q2 How fortunate are we, the nation that belongs to him forever! diff --git a/19-PSA/034.usfm b/19-PSA/034.usfm index d3bd851f..bb4cb4ea 100644 --- a/19-PSA/034.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/034.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 34 \m \d A psalm written by David when he pretended to be insane in front of King Abimelech so that the king would send him away - \q1 \v 1 I will always thank Yahweh; \q2 I will constantly praise him. @@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ \q1 \v 10 Lions are usually very strong, but sometimes even young lions are hungry and become weak. \q2 However, those who trust in Yahweh will have everything that they need. - \q1 \v 11 You who are my students, come and listen to me, \q2 and I will teach you how to have an awesome respect for Yahweh. @@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ \q1 \v 16 But Yahweh works against those who do what is evil. \q2 After they die, people here on earth will forget them completely. - \q1 \v 17 Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; \q2 he rescues them from all their troubles. @@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ \q1 \v 18 Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; \q2 he rescues those who have no hope for anything good. - \q1 \v 19 Righteous people may have many troubles, \q2 but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles. diff --git a/19-PSA/035.usfm b/19-PSA/035.usfm index 4ebdc836..621892aa 100644 --- a/19-PSA/035.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/035.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 35 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! \q2 Fight with my enemies when they fight me! @@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ \q1 \v 21 They shout at me in order to accuse me; \q2 they say, "We saw the wrong things that you did!" - \q1 \v 22 Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! \q2 Do not stay far from me! @@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ \q1 \v 25 Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, \q2 "Yes, we have gotten rid of him just like we desired!" - \q1 \v 26 Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes \q2 to be completely confused and disgraced; diff --git a/19-PSA/036.usfm b/19-PSA/036.usfm index d1f70fcb..c3652354 100644 --- a/19-PSA/036.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/036.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \d A psalm written for the choir director by David, a man who served God faithfully - \q1 \v 1 A continual desire to sin is in the inner beings of wicked people. \q1 They consider that they do not need to have an awesome respect for God. diff --git a/19-PSA/037.usfm b/19-PSA/037.usfm index 41b31e1e..1706aec5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/037.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/037.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 37 \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Do not be bothered by what wicked people do. \q2 Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong have @@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ \v 3 Trust in Yahweh and do what is good. \q2 If you do that, then you will live safely in the land he has given you, \q2 and that land will be a place where you can be faithful to God as you live your lives. - \q1 \v 4 Be delighted with all that Yahweh does for you; \q2 if you do that, he will give you the things that you desire most. @@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 Someday Yahweh will get rid of wicked people, \q2 but those who trust in him will live safely in the land that he has given to them. - \q1 \v 10 Soon the wicked will disappear. \q2 You will look for them, but they will be gone. @@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 But those who are humble will live safely in their land. \q2 They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them. - \q1 \v 12 Wicked people plan to harm righteous people; \q2 they snarl at them like wild animals. @@ -102,7 +98,6 @@ \v 20 But wicked people will die; \q2 just as the beautiful wild flowers in the fields die under the hot sun and disappear like smoke, \q2 Yahweh will cause his enemies to suddenly disappear. - \q1 \v 21 The wicked people borrow money, but they are not able to repay it; \q2 righteous people, in contrast, have enough money to give generously to others. @@ -111,7 +106,6 @@ \q1 \v 22 Those whom Yahweh has blessed will live safely in the land that he has given to them, \q2 but he will get rid of those people whom he has cursed. - \q1 \v 23 Yahweh protects those who do what is pleasing to him, \q2 and he will enable them to walk confidently wherever they go; @@ -128,7 +122,6 @@ \q1 \v 26 Righteous people are generous and happily lend money to others, \q2 and their children are a blessing to them. - \q1 \v 27 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good. \q2 If you do that, you and your descendants will live in your land forever. @@ -137,13 +130,11 @@ \q1 \v 28 This will happen because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just, \q2 and he will never forsake righteous people. - \q1 He will protect them forever; \q2 but he will get rid of the children of wicked people. \q1 \v 29 Righteous people will own the land that Yahweh promised to give to them, \q2 and they will live there forever. - \q1 \v 30 Righteous people give wise advice to others, \q2 and they encourage other people to live rightly. @@ -152,7 +143,6 @@ \q1 \v 31 They fill their minds with God's laws; \q2 they do not stray from walking on God's path. - \q1 \v 32 Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people \q2 in order to kill them as they walk by. diff --git a/19-PSA/038.usfm b/19-PSA/038.usfm index 592a6f68..884cb691 100644 --- a/19-PSA/038.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/038.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 38 \m \d A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, when you are angry with me, \q2 do not rebuke me and punish me! @@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 My body is burning with fever, \q2 and I am very ill. - \q1 \v 8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. \q2 I am very distressed in my inner being, and I groan with pain. diff --git a/19-PSA/039.usfm b/19-PSA/039.usfm index bd51236c..3c2836f1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/039.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/039.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 39 \m \d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director - \q1 \v 1 I said to myself, "I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say. \q1 I will not say anything to complain to you diff --git a/19-PSA/040.usfm b/19-PSA/040.usfm index 89bf49f3..0bc25d07 100644 --- a/19-PSA/040.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/040.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 40 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 I waited patiently for Yahweh to help me, \q2 and he listened to me when I called out to him. @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q2 a song to praise him who is our God. \q1 Many people will find out what he has done for me, \q2 and they will revere and trust him. - \q1 \v 4 How fortunate are those who trust Yahweh to protect them, \q2 those who do not trust in idols @@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ \q1 If I tried to tell others about all those wonderful things, \q1 I would not be able to \q2 because there would be too many for me to mention. - \q1 \v 6 Sacrifices and other offerings are not the things that delight you most. \q2 But you have enabled me to hear your commands. @@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 O my God, I enjoy doing what you desire; \q2 I am always thinking about your laws within my inner being. - \q1 \v 9 When all your people were gathered together, \q2 I told them about how you do what is right and how you rescue us. @@ -58,7 +54,6 @@ \q2 when many of your people have gathered together to worship you, \q1 I have told them that you are faithful to us and save us. \q2 I have not concealed that you faithfully love us and act loyally toward us. - \q1 \v 11 Yahweh, do not stop acting mercifully toward me. \q2 Because you faithfully love me and are loyal to me, protect me always. @@ -70,7 +65,6 @@ \q2 I can no longer see because of my tears. \q1 The sins that I have committed are more than the hairs on my head. \q2 I am very discouraged. - \q1 \v 13 O Yahweh, please save me! \q2 Come quickly to help me! @@ -88,7 +82,6 @@ \v 16 But I hope that all those who go to worship you will be very joyful. \q2 I hope that those who love you because you saved them will shout repeatedly, \q1 "Yahweh is great!" - \q1 \v 17 As for me, I am poor and needy, \q2 but I know that the Lord has not forgotten me. diff --git a/19-PSA/041.usfm b/19-PSA/041.usfm index 63d1bffb..065d0248 100644 --- a/19-PSA/041.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/041.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 41 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 How fortunate are those who provide for the poor; \q2 Yahweh will rescue those people when they have troubles. diff --git a/19-PSA/042.usfm b/19-PSA/042.usfm index 32b66f3e..ee4c2e78 100644 --- a/19-PSA/042.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/042.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \c 42 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 O God, I need you very much as a deer needs to drink water from a cool stream. \q1 @@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ \q1 I confidently expect God to bless me, \q2 and again I will praise him, \q2 my God, the one who saves me." - \q1 \v 6 But now, Yahweh, I was panicking, \q2 so I think about you. @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 But here, the great sorrow that I feel is like water that you send down; \q2 it is like a waterfall that tumbles down and floods over me. - \q1 \v 8 I desire that Yahweh will show me each day that he faithfully loves me, \q2 in order that each night I may sing to him diff --git a/19-PSA/044.usfm b/19-PSA/044.usfm index 934dca2b..b31dc20e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/044.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/044.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ \c 44 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God, we ourselves have heard \q2 what our parents and grandparents told us. @@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ \q1 it was only by your power that they did those things; \q2 and they were sure that you were with them, \q2 showing that you were pleased with them. - \q1 \v 4 You are my king and my God; \q2 Make us, your people, able to defeat our enemies. @@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ \q \v 12 It is as though you sold us, your people, to our enemies for a very small price, \q2 although you did not gain any profit from selling us! - \q1 \v 13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; \q2 they laugh at us and deride us. @@ -73,7 +70,6 @@ \q \v 16 I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; \q2 I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me. - \q1 \v 17 All these things have happened to us \q2 even though we have not forgotten you, @@ -86,7 +82,6 @@ \q1 \v 19 But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals \q2 and you have abandoned us in a deep dark ravine. - \q1 \v 20 If we had forgotten to worship our God, \q2 or if we had spread out our hands to worship a foreign god, diff --git a/19-PSA/045.usfm b/19-PSA/045.usfm index 209c099c..e76dff0a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/045.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/045.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ \c 45 \m \d A love song written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director, to be sung to the tune "Lilies." - \q1 \v 1 In my inner being I am aroused by something beautiful to write about, \q2 a song that I will sing to the king. \q2 The words of this song will be written by me, a skilled writer. - \q1 \v 2 O King, you are the most handsome man in the world, \q2 and you always speak eloquently! @@ -64,7 +62,6 @@ \q1 \v 12 The people from the city of Tyre will bring gifts to you; \q2 their rich people will try to persuade you to do favors for them. - \q1 \v 13 You, the king's bride, enter the palace \q2 wearing beautiful robes made from gold thread." diff --git a/19-PSA/046.usfm b/19-PSA/046.usfm index 222ba252..02a08992 100644 --- a/19-PSA/046.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/046.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 46 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God is the one who protects us and causes us to be strong; \q2 he is always ready to help us when we have troubles. @@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ \q2 kingdoms are overthrown; \q1 God speaks loudly like thunder, \q2 and the earth melts. - \q1 \v 7 But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is with us; \q2 the God whom Jacob worshiped is our refuge. @@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ \v 10 God says, "Be quiet and remember that I am God! \q2 People of all nations will honor me. \q2 People all over the earth will honor me." - \q1 \v 11 So never forget that Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is with us; \q2 the God whom Jacob worshiped is our refuge. diff --git a/19-PSA/047.usfm b/19-PSA/047.usfm index d0bdb66f..d92d622e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/047.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/047.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 47 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 You people all over the world, clap your hands! \q2 Shout joyfully to praise God! @@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ \v 4 He chose for us this land where we now live; \q2 we Israelite people, whom he loves, are proud that we own this land. - \q1 \v 5 God has gone up into his temple. \q2 The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as he went up. @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \v 6 Sing songs to praise our God! \q2 Sing to praise him ! \q2 Sing to God, our king! - \q1 \v 7 God is the one who rules over everything in the world; \q2 sing a psalm to him! diff --git a/19-PSA/048.usfm b/19-PSA/048.usfm index 59a1e7ee..bc88ea1b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/048.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/048.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 48 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he lives, \q2 which is built on Zion, his sacred hill. @@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 7 They shook as ships sailing from Tarshish shake in a strong wind. - \q1 \v 8 We had heard that this city was glorious, \q1 and now we have seen that it is. diff --git a/19-PSA/049.usfm b/19-PSA/049.usfm index 15dccb9f..87742f99 100644 --- a/19-PSA/049.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/049.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 49 \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 You people of all people groups, listen! \q1 You people all over the world, @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 I think about wise words to tell you, \q2 and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean. - \q1 \v 5 I do not worry when I am in trouble, \q2 when I am surrounded by my enemies. @@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 No one can pay God enough money so that he will live forever \q2 and never die and be buried! - \q1 \v 10 We see that foolish and stupid people die, \q1 but we see that wise people also die; @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ \q1 \v 12 Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; \q2 people all die, the same as the animals do. - \q1 \v 13 That is what happens to those who foolishly trust in what they have accomplished, \q2 to those who are delighted in all that they possess. @@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ \q1 \v 19 but he will die and join his ancestors, \q2 who will never see daylight again. - \q1 \v 20 Even if someone is great, that cannot prevent him from dying; \q2 he will die, the same as the animals do. diff --git a/19-PSA/050.usfm b/19-PSA/050.usfm index b5bb1cdb..3f84d111 100644 --- a/19-PSA/050.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/050.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 50 \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God, the all-powerful one, speaks; \q1 he summons all people, @@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ \v 21 You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, \q2 so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. \q1 But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you. - \q1 \v 22 So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this, \q1 because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, diff --git a/19-PSA/051.usfm b/19-PSA/051.usfm index 7c75a866..d8b123b5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/051.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/051.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 51 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time when the prophet Nathan rebuked David after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba. - \q1 \v 1 O God, act mercifully toward me \q2 because you love me faithfully; @@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ \q1 \v 12 Make me happy again by rescuing me from my guilt, \q2 and always help me by making me sincerely want to obey you. - \q1 \v 13 If you do that, I will teach other sinners what you want them to do; \q2 they will repent and obey you. @@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ \q1 \v 17 The sacrifice that you really want is for people to be truly humble and sorry for having sinned. \q2 O God, you will not refuse that kind of sacrifice. - \q1 \v 18 O God, be good to the people who live in Jerusalem; \q2 make them able to rebuild the city walls. diff --git a/19-PSA/052.usfm b/19-PSA/052.usfm index 957e821a..6027cfa6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/052.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/052.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 52 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director when Doeg went to Saul and said, "David has gone to talk with Ahimelech, the high priest." - \q1 \v 1 You proud man, you think that you are strong; \q2 you boast about the trouble that you make for others, @@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 You, the one who says things to deceive people, \q2 you like to say things that hurt people! - \q1 \v 5 But God will get rid of you forever; \q2 he will grab you and drag you from your home @@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ \v 8 But I am secure because I worship in God's temple; \q2 I am like a strong green olive tree. \q1 I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever. - \q \v 9 God, I will always thank you for everything you have done. \q2 I will wait patiently because you are so good, diff --git a/19-PSA/053.usfm b/19-PSA/053.usfm index f0c376e6..213f4a50 100644 --- a/19-PSA/053.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/053.usfm @@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ \c 53 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using a tune called "Mahalath." - \q1 \v 1 Only foolish people say to themselves, "There is no God!" \q1 People who say that are corrupt; they commit terrible sins; \q2 there is not one of them who does what is good. - \q1 \v 2 God looks down from heaven and sees humans; \q1 he looks to see if any man is very wise diff --git a/19-PSA/054.usfm b/19-PSA/054.usfm index 1304dbc2..c1832b2d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/054.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/054.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 54 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; it was written when the people of Ziph went to Saul and told him that David was hiding in their area. - \q1 \v 1 God, by your power save me from my enemies, \q2 and show people that I have not done anything that is wrong! diff --git a/19-PSA/055.usfm b/19-PSA/055.usfm index 8361556a..5338db90 100644 --- a/19-PSA/055.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/055.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 55 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments - \q1 \v 1 God, listen to my prayer, \q2 and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you. @@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ \q \v 8 I would quickly find a safe place \q2 where my enemies could not strike me like a strong wind and rainstorm." - \q1 \v 9 Lord, confuse my enemies and cause their plans to fail. \q2 I saw them hurting others by their violence and causing riots throughout the city. diff --git a/19-PSA/056.usfm b/19-PSA/056.usfm index 190637e0..c6ac14d7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/056.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/056.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 56 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time the Philistines seized David in Gath; to be sung using the tune "Dove on distant oaks." - \q1 \v 1 God, act mercifully toward me because men are attacking me! \q2 All day long an enemy presses closer and closer to me because they want to take my life. diff --git a/19-PSA/057.usfm b/19-PSA/057.usfm index a1679843..3b5d5ccc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/057.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/057.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 57 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, when David went into a cave to escape from Saul; to be sung using the tune "Do not destroy." - \q1 \v 1 God, act mercifully toward me! \q1 Act mercifully toward me because I am coming to you to protect me. @@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 You will answer me from heaven and rescue me, \q2 but you will cause those who oppress me to be defeated and disgraced! - \q2 God will always faithfully love me as he has promised me. @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \q2 they are like lions that chew to bits the animals that they kill. \q1 But my enemies are human, and they have spears and arrows, not teeth; \q2 they say false things about me. - \q1 \v 5 God, show in the heavens that you are very great! \q2 Show your glory to people all over the earth! diff --git a/19-PSA/058.usfm b/19-PSA/058.usfm index 58ab04d3..bb51e2b6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/058.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/058.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 58 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune "Do not destroy." - \q1 \v 1 When you rulers speak, you never say what is right; \q2 you people never justly decide disputes. diff --git a/19-PSA/059.usfm b/19-PSA/059.usfm index 7b4e2145..6b5cce29 100644 --- a/19-PSA/059.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/059.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 59 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, when Saul, wanting to kill David, sent men to watch David's house. - \q1 \v 1 God, save me from my enemies! \q2 Protect me from those who want to attack me! @@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 But Yahweh, you laugh at them. \q2 You scoff at the people of the pagan nations. - \q1 \v 9 God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; \q2 you are my refuge. @@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ \q1 \v 10 Because you love me, you will come to save me as you have promised; \q2 you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies. - \q1 \v 11 But do not kill them immediately; \q2 it is good that my people should not forget how you punished them! @@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ \v 16 But as for me, I will sing about your power; \q2 every morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving us. \q1 I will sing about how you protected me when I was very distressed. - \q1 \v 17 God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; \q2 you are my refuge; diff --git a/19-PSA/060.usfm b/19-PSA/060.usfm index 78bf2f9f..c184fd70 100644 --- a/19-PSA/060.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/060.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ \c 60 \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, a psalm for teaching, to be sung using the tune "Lily of the promise." David wrote it during the wars in northern Syria, and when Joab's army, after returning from the battle, killed twelve thousand of the Edom people group in Salt Valley. - \q1 \v 1 I prayed, "God, you have rejected us Israelites! \q1 Because you have been angry with us, @@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ \v 8 The region of Moab is like my washbasin; \q2 I throw my sandal into the region of Edom to show that it belongs to me; \q2 I shout triumphantly because I have defeated the people of all the region of Philistia. - \q1 \v 9 Because I want to defeat the people of Edom, \q1 who will lead my army to their capital city that has strong walls around it?" diff --git a/19-PSA/061.usfm b/19-PSA/061.usfm index 2d8e13e8..e9f61e24 100644 --- a/19-PSA/061.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/061.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by musical instruments. - \q1 \v 1 God, listen to me \q2 and answer my prayer. \q1 \v 2 While I am discouraged and far from my home, \q1 I am calling out to you. - \q1 Lead me to a place that will be like a high rock \q2 on top of which I will be safe. \q1 @@ -24,7 +22,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 Allow me to live close to your sacred tent all during my life! \q1 Allow me to be safe as a little bird is safe under its mother's wings. - \q1 \v 5 God, you heard me when I solemnly promised to give offerings to you; \q2 you have given to me the blessings that belong to those who have an awesome respect for you. diff --git a/19-PSA/062.usfm b/19-PSA/062.usfm index 77eb15e8..edc12fd5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/062.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/062.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir leader - \q1 \v 1 God is the only one who can give me peace in my inner being, \q2 and he is the one who saves me from my enemies. diff --git a/19-PSA/063.usfm b/19-PSA/063.usfm index 45f326c2..ac5c6f8a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/063.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/063.usfm @@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David when he was in the wilderness in Judah. - \q1 \v 1 God, you are the God whom I worship. \q1 I greatly desire to be with you \q2 as a person in a dry hot wilderness greatly desires some water. - \q1 \v 2 I have been with you in your temple \q1 In order to see that you are loving and powerful. @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \q2 My response to you is much like when I eat a delicious banquet of rich foods \q2 and the food fills me. \q2 I will have great happiness when I praise you with the words that I speak about you. - \q1 \v 6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. \q1 I think about you all during the night. diff --git a/19-PSA/064.usfm b/19-PSA/064.usfm index 0642a559..0b19fc63 100644 --- a/19-PSA/064.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/064.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God, listen to me as I tell you the things about which I am worried. \q2 I am afraid of my enemies; please save me from them. @@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 Because what they say proves they are guilty, God will get rid of them. \q2 Everyone who sees what has happened to them will shake their heads to mock them. - \q1 \v 9 Then everyone will be afraid to sin because of what might happen to them also; \q2 they will tell others what God has done, diff --git a/19-PSA/065.usfm b/19-PSA/065.usfm index 70e2a8a6..8e4e12f5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/065.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/065.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God, it is right for us to praise you in Jerusalem \q1 and to do what we have promised you that we would do @@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ \q2 are awed by the miracles that you perform; \q1 because of what you do, \q2 people who live far to the west and far to the east shout joyfully. - \q1 \v 9 You take care of the soil and send rain, \q2 causing many good things to grow; diff --git a/19-PSA/066.usfm b/19-PSA/066.usfm index 3a87a75f..ad842dca 100644 --- a/19-PSA/066.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/066.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm that is a song for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 Tell everyone on the earth \q2 that they should sing joyfully to praise God! diff --git a/19-PSA/067.usfm b/19-PSA/067.usfm index 9cb8937b..beb1b28f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/067.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/067.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ \m \m \d A psalm for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments. - \q1 \v 1 God, act mercifully toward us and bless us; \q1 act kindly toward us. - \q2 \v 2 Do this in order that everyone in the world may know what you want them to do, \q2 and the people of all nations may know that you have the power to save them. @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 God, I desire that the people groups may praise you; \q1 I want them all to praise you! - \q1 \v 6 Good crops have grown on our land; \q1 God, our God, has blessed us. diff --git a/19-PSA/068.usfm b/19-PSA/068.usfm index 2652f0a0..4bc3cf87 100644 --- a/19-PSA/068.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/068.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God, arise and scatter your enemies, \q1 and cause those who hate you to run away from you. @@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 God, you led your people out of Egypt, \q2 and then you marched with them through the desert. - \q1 \v 8 After you did that, \q1 the earth shook at Mount Sinai when you appeared to your people, @@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q1 \v 14 When Almighty God scattered the enemy kings and their armies, \q2 it reminded me of a snowstorm on Mount Zalmon! - \q1 \v 15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan hills, \q1 a mountain that has many peaks. @@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q1 \v 20 Our God is the God who saves us; \q2 He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who allows us to escape from dying in battles. - \q1 \v 21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, \q2 the long-haired skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully. @@ -154,7 +150,6 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q1 \v 32 You people who are citizens of kingdoms all over the world, sing to God! \q1 Sing praises to Yahweh! - \q1 \v 33 Sing to the God, the one who rides in the sky, \q2 the sky that he created long ago. @@ -169,7 +164,6 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \v 35 God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; \q2 he is the God whom we Israelite people worship. \q1 He gives power and strength to his people. - \q1 Praise God! diff --git a/19-PSA/069.usfm b/19-PSA/069.usfm index 2d29b84a..512ad94b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/069.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/069.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 O God, save me \q2 because I am in great danger. @@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 O God, you see the sins that I have committed. \q2 You know that I have foolishly disobeyed your laws. - \q1 \v 6 O Yahweh God, commander of the angel armies, \q2 do not allow the wrong things that I have done @@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ \q1 \v 18 Come near to me and save me; \q1 rescue me from my enemies. - \q1 \v 19 You know that I am insulted \q2 and that people shame and dishonor me; @@ -142,7 +139,6 @@ \q1 \v 28 Erase their names from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; \q2 do not include them in the list of righteous people. - \q1 \v 29 As for me, I have pain and am suffering. \q2 O God, protect me and rescue me. diff --git a/19-PSA/070.usfm b/19-PSA/070.usfm index 70761090..3fb44815 100644 --- a/19-PSA/070.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/070.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, asking God to help David. - \q1 \v 1 God, please save me! \q2 Yahweh, come quickly to help me! @@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ \v 4 But I hope that everyone who prays to you will rejoice because of you. \q2 I hope that everyone who waits for you to rescue them will say, \q1 "God is great!" - \q1 \v 5 As for me, I am poor and needy; \q2 so God, come quickly to help me! diff --git a/19-PSA/071.usfm b/19-PSA/071.usfm index 75015678..8e365cd3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/071.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/071.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 God, rescue me from wicked people, \q2 from the power of unjust and evil men. - \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me; \q2 I have trusted in you ever since I was young. @@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 I praise you all during the day, \q2 and I proclaim that you are glorious. - \q1 \v 9 Now when I have become an old man, do not reject me; \q2 do not abandon me now when I am not strong anymore. @@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ \q1 \v 21 You will cause me to be greatly honored, \q2 and you will encourage me again. - \q1 \v 22 I will also praise you while I play my harp; \q1 I will praise you, my God, for faithfully doing what you have promised to do. diff --git a/19-PSA/072.usfm b/19-PSA/072.usfm index c0a8cee4..8243c3f4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/072.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/072.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Solomon. - \q1 \v 1 O God, enable the king whom you appointed in Israel to rule justly. \q2 Show him how to judge matters fairly @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 Help your king to defend the poor people \q2 and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them. - \q1 \v 5 I desire that your king may live as long as the sun shines, \q2 as long as the moon shines, forever. @@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 I hope that all the other kings in the world may bow before the king of Israel \q2 and that people of all nations may serve our king. - \q1 \v 12 He rescues poor people when they cry out for help, \q2 and he helps those who are needy and those who have no one to help them. @@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ \q1 \v 17 I desire that the name of the king may never be forgotten. \q2 I hope that people may remember him as long as the sun shines. - \q1 I hope that all people will praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, \q2 just as he has blessed the king of Israel. @@ -92,7 +88,6 @@ \v 19 Praise him forever! \q2 I desire that his glory may fill the whole world! \q2 Amen! May it be so! - \q1 \v 20 This is the end of the prayers written by David, son of Jesse. diff --git a/19-PSA/073.usfm b/19-PSA/073.usfm index 4ae73d8e..aa852d71 100644 --- a/19-PSA/073.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/073.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God truly is good to us Israelite people, \q2 to those who, with all their inner being, want to do all that he desires. - \q1 \v 2 As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God; \q1 I was almost guilty of committing a great sin against him @@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ \q1 \v 6 So they are proud, as proud as a woman with a beautiful necklace. \q2 They are as proud of their violent actions as some people are proud of their beautiful robes. - \q1 \v 7 From their inner beings pour out evil deeds, \q2 and in their inner beings they are always thinking about more evil things to do. @@ -49,7 +46,6 @@ \q1 \v 11 Wicked people say to themselves, "God will certainly not know what we have done; \q2 people say that he is greater than any other god, but he cannot find out." - \q1 \v 12 That is what wicked people are like; \q2 they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer. @@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ \q1 \v 14 During each day I have problems, \q2 and every morning you punish me. - \q1 \v 15 But if I had said these things out loud in front of others, \q2 I would have been sinning against your people. diff --git a/19-PSA/074.usfm b/19-PSA/074.usfm index b660baeb..30d67690 100644 --- a/19-PSA/074.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/074.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God, why have you abandoned us? \q2 Will you keep rejecting us forever? @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 Walk along and see where everything has been totally ruined; \q2 our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple. - \q1 \v 4 Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; \q1 they erected their banners to show they had defeated us. @@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ \v 9 All our sacred symbols are gone; \q2 there are no prophets now, \q2 and no one knows how long this situation will continue. - \q1 \v 10 God, how long will our enemies make fun of you? \q1 Will they insult you? diff --git a/19-PSA/075.usfm b/19-PSA/075.usfm index c0f18aa7..388ff83d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/075.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/075.usfm @@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'Do not destroy' - \q1 \v 1 We give thanks to you; \q2 our God, we thank you. \q1 You are close to us, \q2 and we proclaim to others the wonderful things that you have done for us. - \q1 \v 2 You have said, "I have appointed a time when I will judge people, \q2 and I will judge everyone fairly. @@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ \q \v 5 Do not be arrogant, \q2 and do not speak so boastfully! - \q1 \v 6 The one who judges people does not come from the east or from the west, \q1 and he does not come from the desert. diff --git a/19-PSA/076.usfm b/19-PSA/076.usfm index 9939609c..ddd4d638 100644 --- a/19-PSA/076.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/076.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments - \q1 \v 1 God has made the people in Judah to know him; \q1 the Israelite people honor him. diff --git a/19-PSA/077.usfm b/19-PSA/077.usfm index bd08de8d..b57999f0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/077.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/077.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph for Jeduthun, the choir director - \q1 \v 1 I will cry out to God; \q1 I will cry aloud to him, and he will listen to me. @@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ \v 2 At the time that I had trouble, I prayed to the Lord; \q2 all during the night I lifted up my hands while I prayed, \q2 but nothing could comfort me. - \q1 \v 3 When I thought about God, I despaired; \q1 when I meditated about him, I grew discouraged. @@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ \v 19 Then you walked through the sea \q2 in a path that you made through the deep water, \q2 but your footprints could not be seen. - \q1 \v 20 You led your people as a shepherd leads his flock of sheep \q2 while Moses and Aaron were the leaders of your people. diff --git a/19-PSA/078.usfm b/19-PSA/078.usfm index 9c3be887..dce47c50 100644 --- a/19-PSA/078.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/078.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; \q2 pay careful attention to what I will say. @@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ \v 31 At that point, God was still very angry with them, \q2 and he caused their strongest men to die; \q2 he got rid of many of the finest young Israelite men. - \q1 \v 32 In spite of all this, the people continued to sin; \q1 in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, @@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ \q1 \v 39 He remembered that they were only humans who die, \q2 humans who disappear as quickly as a wind that blows by and then is gone. - \q1 \v 40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the wilderness \q1 and made him very sad. @@ -276,7 +273,6 @@ \q1 \v 64 Many priests were killed by their enemies' swords, \q2 and the people did not allow the priests' widows to mourn. - \q1 \v 65 Later, it was as though the Lord awoke from sleeping; \q1 he was like a strong man who became angry because he drank a lot of wine. diff --git a/19-PSA/079.usfm b/19-PSA/079.usfm index 3dcf2531..9434f85f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/079.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/079.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God, other people groups have invaded your own land. \q2 They have desecrated your temple, @@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 The people groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; \q2 they laugh at us and mock us. - \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, how long will this continue? \q2 Will you be angry with us forever? @@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ \v 8 Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! \q1 Act mercifully toward us now \q2 because we are very discouraged. - \q1 \v 9 God, you have saved us many times, \q2 so help us now; diff --git a/19-PSA/080.usfm b/19-PSA/080.usfm index f61c2cd1..d58d18ef 100644 --- a/19-PSA/080.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/080.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'Lilies of the covenant' - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you who lead us as a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, \q1 you who sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the figures of winged creatures, @@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ \v 2 Show yourself to the people of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! \q2 Show us that you are powerful \q2 and come and rescue us! - \q1 \v 3 God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; \q2 act kindly toward us so that we may be saved from our enemies! @@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ \v 7 God, Commander of the angel armies, \q2 make our nation strong as it was before! \q1 Act kindly toward us so that we may be saved! - \q1 \v 8 Our ancestors were like a grapevine that you brought out of Egypt; \q1 you drove out the other people groups from this land, @@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ \q1 Come and rescue us who are like your grapevine, \q1 \v 15 who are like the young vine that you planted and caused to grow! - \q1 \v 16 Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; \q1 look at them angrily and get rid of them! diff --git a/19-PSA/081.usfm b/19-PSA/081.usfm index eb513afc..13bebfdf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/081.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/081.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Sing songs to praise God, who enables us to be strong when we fight our enemies; \q1 shout joyfully to God, whom we descendants of Jacob worship! \q1 \v 2 Start playing the music, and beat the tambourines; \q2 play nice music on the harps and lyres. - \q1 \v 3 Blow the trumpets during the festival to celebrate each new moon, \q2 each time the moon is full, and during our other festivals. @@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ \q2 it is a command that God made for the descendants of Jacob. \q2 \v 5 He made it a law under at the time when God led the descendants of Joseph out of the land of Egypt. - \q1 I heard a voice I did not recognize, and it said: \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/082.usfm b/19-PSA/082.usfm index 0fe7f887..cc622e98 100644 --- a/19-PSA/082.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/082.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God stands in heaven in a meeting of all the spirits whom he has placed in charge of what he created. \q2 He tells them that he has decided this: diff --git a/19-PSA/083.usfm b/19-PSA/083.usfm index c3df9a87..d1cdf64c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/083.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/083.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm which is a song written by Asaph - \q1 \v 1 God, do not continue to be silent! \q1 Do not be quiet and say nothing diff --git a/19-PSA/084.usfm b/19-PSA/084.usfm index 04ce5fd9..5d056d93 100644 --- a/19-PSA/084.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/084.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, \q2 your temple is very beautiful! @@ -38,14 +37,12 @@ \q1 \v 7 As a result, those who travel through there become stronger \q2 knowing that they will appear in your presence on Mount Zion. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, listen to my prayer; \q1 God, whom we descendants of Jacob worship, hear what I am saying! \q1 \v 9 God, act kindly toward our king, the one who protects us, \q2 the one whom you have chosen to rule us. - \q1 \v 10 For me, spending one day in your temple \q2 is better than spending a thousand days somewhere else; @@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ \v 11 Yahweh our God is like the sun that shines on us and like a shield that protects us; \q2 he acts favorably toward us and honors us. \q1 Yahweh does not refuse to give any good thing to those who do what is right. - \q1 \v 12 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, \q2 how fortunate are those who trust in you! diff --git a/19-PSA/085.usfm b/19-PSA/085.usfm index cc4ef607..1a5ac545 100644 --- a/19-PSA/085.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/085.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you have acted kindly toward us people who live in this land; \q1 you have enabled us Israelite people to become prosperous again. @@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 You stopped being angry with us \q2 and turned away from severely punishing us. - \q1 \v 4 Now, God, the only one who can save us, stop being angry with us \q1 and help us. diff --git a/19-PSA/086.usfm b/19-PSA/086.usfm index d2b66c59..90a48455 100644 --- a/19-PSA/086.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/086.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A prayer written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to what I say and answer me \q2 because I am weak and needy. @@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ \q1 \v 10 You are great, and you do wonderful things; \q2 only you are God. - \q1 \v 11 Yahweh, teach me what you want me to do \q2 so that I may conduct my life according to what you say, all of which is right. @@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ \q1 \v 13 You faithfully love me very much as you have promised; \q2 you have prevented me from dying and going to the place where dead people are. - \q1 \v 14 But God, proud men are trying to attack me; \q2 a gang of cruel men are wanting to kill me; diff --git a/19-PSA/087.usfm b/19-PSA/087.usfm index 095a8f18..a859987c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/087.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/087.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah - \q1 \v 1 The city is established on his holy mountain. \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/088.usfm b/19-PSA/088.usfm index c5ea03b5..eb315c30 100644 --- a/19-PSA/088.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/088.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm that expresses sadness, written for the choir director by Zerah's son Heman, one of the descendants of Korah - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh God, you who rescue me, all during each day I call out to you to help me, \q1 and I cry out to you during each night also. @@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ \q2 I am like dead people who lie in their graves, \q2 people who have been completely forgotten \q2 because you do not take care of them anymore. - \q1 \v 6 It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit, \q2 into a place where they throw corpses. @@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ \v 9 My eyes cannot see well because I cry very much. \q2 Yahweh, every day I call out to you to help me; \q2 I lift up my hands to you while I pray. - \q1 \v 10 You certainly do not perform miracles for dead people! \q1 Their spirits do not arise to praise you! diff --git a/19-PSA/089.usfm b/19-PSA/089.usfm index e65a0755..c98ac1b0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/089.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/089.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A song written by Ethan, from the clan of Ezra - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; \q2 people not yet born will hear that you faithfully do all that you have promised. @@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ \q1 \v 13 You are very powerful; \q2 you are extremely strong. - \q1 \v 14 You rule over people fairly and justly; \q2 you are always faithfully loving us and doing what you promised. diff --git a/19-PSA/090.usfm b/19-PSA/090.usfm index ea2694ba..1b8809d2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/090.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/090.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A prayer by the prophet Moses - \q1 \v 1 Lord, you have always been like a home for us. \q1 @@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ \q1 \v 12 So teach us to realize that we live for only a short time \q2 in order that we may use our time wisely. - \q1 \v 13 Yahweh, how long will you be angry with us? \q1 Pity us who serve you. diff --git a/19-PSA/091.usfm b/19-PSA/091.usfm index a4914e3e..b4b060a3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/091.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/091.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 8 Look and see \q2 that wicked people are being punished! - \q1 \v 9 Yahweh protects me; \q2 trust God Almighty to shelter you, too. diff --git a/19-PSA/092.usfm b/19-PSA/092.usfm index 07d8f177..5c5d38bf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/092.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/092.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm that is to be sung on Sabbath days. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, it is good for people to thank you \q2 and to sing praise to you who are greater than any other god. @@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 8 But Yahweh, you will be king forever. - \q1 \v 9 Yahweh, your enemies will certainly die, \q2 and those who do wicked things will be defeated. diff --git a/19-PSA/094.usfm b/19-PSA/094.usfm index 76a0cb81..7ecfc15b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/094.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/094.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge on your enemies. \q2 So show them that you are going to punish them! - \q1 \v 2 You are the one who judges all people on the earth; \q1 so arise and give them what they deserve. @@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked people be glad? \q2 It is not right that they continue being glad! - \q1 \v 4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; \q2 how long will they be allowed to continue doing that? @@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ \q1 \v 15 Someday judges will decide matters fairly for people, \q2 and all honest people will be pleased about that. - \q1 \v 16 But when wicked people oppressed me, \q1 no one defended me! diff --git a/19-PSA/095.usfm b/19-PSA/095.usfm index 3b5ed1e8..2019a580 100644 --- a/19-PSA/095.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/095.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ \q1 \v 2 We should thank him as we come before him \q2 and sing joyful songs as we praise him. - \q1 \v 3 Because Yahweh is a great God, \q2 he is a great king who rules over all other gods. @@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ \v 7 He is our God, \q2 and we are the people whom he protects, \q2 like sheep that a shepherd takes care of. - \q1 I desire that today you may hear what Yahweh is saying to you. \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/096.usfm b/19-PSA/096.usfm index 096bafa3..bbfb80fb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/096.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/096.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 Tell about his glory to all people groups; \q2 tell all people groups the marvelous things that he has done. - \q1 \v 4 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much; \q1 he should be revered more than all the gods. @@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ \q2 \v 9 Bow down before Yahweh when he appears in his glorious temple. \q2 Everyone on earth should be very afraid in his presence, because he is good and powerful, completely different than us. - \q1 \v 10 Say to all the people groups, "Yahweh is the king! \q2 He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move it. diff --git a/19-PSA/097.usfm b/19-PSA/097.usfm index 0820a313..f52b0113 100644 --- a/19-PSA/097.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/097.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ \v 1 Yahweh is the king! \q2 I want everyone on the earth to be glad \q2 and the people who live on the islands in the oceans to also rejoice about that! - \q1 \v 2 There are very dark clouds around him; \q1 he rules completely, justly, and fairly. @@ -27,12 +26,10 @@ \q1 \v 6 The angels in heaven proclaim that he acts righteously, \q2 and all the people groups see his glory. - \q1 \v 7 Everyone who worships idols should be ashamed; \q2 all those who are proud of their false gods should realize that their gods are useless. \q1 All those gods will bow down to worship Yahweh. - \q1 \v 8 The people of Jerusalem heard that God is just, and they rejoiced; \q2 people in the other cities in Judah also rejoiced @@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 Yahweh is the supreme King over all the earth; \q2 he has very great power, and none of the other gods has any power. - \q1 \v 10 Yahweh loves those who hate what people do that is evil; \q2 he protects the lives of his people, diff --git a/19-PSA/098.usfm b/19-PSA/098.usfm index 83c23bcf..1fb7b9d1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/098.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/098.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm. - \q1 \v 1 Sing to Yahweh a new song \q1 because he has done wonderful things! @@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ \q2 he has faithfully loved us and been loyal to us. \q1 People who live in very remote places in all the earth \q2 have seen that our God has defeated his enemies. - \q1 \v 4 All you people everywhere should sing joyfully to Yahweh; \q1 praise him while you sing and shout joyfully! diff --git a/19-PSA/099.usfm b/19-PSA/099.usfm index c181931b..574b9ba6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/099.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/099.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud that was like a huge pillar; \q2 they obeyed all the laws and commandments that he gave to them. - \q1 \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/100.usfm b/19-PSA/100.usfm index 9e267f8e..61e029d6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/100.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/100.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm of thanksgiving - \q1 \v 1 Everyone in the world should shout joyfully to Yahweh! \q2 diff --git a/19-PSA/101.usfm b/19-PSA/101.usfm index abe5d166..98007105 100644 --- a/19-PSA/101.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/101.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I will sing to you! \q1 I will sing about your faithful and just loyalty to us. @@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ \q2 I will behave in such a way that no one will be able to criticize me. \q2 Yahweh, when will you come to help me? \q1 I will do things that are right. - \q1 \v 3 I will not allow anyone who does what is evil to come to me. \q1 I hate the deeds of those who turn away from you; @@ -26,11 +24,9 @@ \q1 \v 4 I will not be dishonest, \q2 and I will not have anything to do with evil. - \q1 \v 5 I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, \q1 and I will not let anyone near me who is proud and arrogant. - \q1 \v 6 I will approve of people in this land who are loyal to God, \q1 and I will allow them to live with me. @@ -41,7 +37,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 I will not allow anyone who deceives others to work in my palace, \q1 and no one who tells lies will be allowed to continually come to work for me. - \q1 \v 8 Every day I will try to get rid of all the wicked people in this land; \q1 I will expel them from this city, which is Yahweh's city. diff --git a/19-PSA/102.usfm b/19-PSA/102.usfm index d0ec783f..02274b67 100644 --- a/19-PSA/102.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/102.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A prayer written by someone who was afflicted, when he was discouraged and pleaded for Yahweh to help. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; \q1 hear me while I cry out to you! @@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ \v 11 My time to remain alive is short \q2 like an evening shadow that will soon be gone. \q2 I am withering as grass withers in the hot sun. - \q1 \v 12 But Yahweh, you are our king who rules forever; \q1 people who are not yet born will remember you. @@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ \v 17 You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, \q2 and you will not ignore them \q2 when they plead with you to help them. - \q1 \v 18 Yahweh, I want to write these words \q2 so that people in future years will know what you have done, diff --git a/19-PSA/103.usfm b/19-PSA/103.usfm index 4ebca6eb..f981004b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/103.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/103.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. \q2 I will praise him because he is holy. @@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ \q1 \v 18 he will act that way to all those who obey the covenant he made with them to bless them if they did what he told them to do, \q2 to all those who obey what he has commanded. - \q1 \v 19 Yahweh has taken his seat in the heavens where he rules as king; \q2 from there he rules over everything. @@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ \q1 \v 22 All you things that Yahweh has created, praise him; \q2 praise him in every place where he rules, everywhere! - \q1 I also will praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/104.usfm b/19-PSA/104.usfm index d76e6677..949b6ec4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/104.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/104.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 You caused the winds to be like your messengers, \q1 and flames of fire to be like your servants. - \q1 \v 5 You placed the world firmly on its foundation \q2 so that it can never be moved. @@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ \q1 \v 23 During the daytime, people go to their work; \q2 they work until it is evening. - \q1 \v 24 Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! \q2 You were very wise as you made them all. @@ -157,9 +155,7 @@ \q1 \v 35 However, may sinners disappear from the earth; \q2 may there will be no more wicked people! - \q1 But as for me, I will praise Yahweh! - \q1 Praise him! diff --git a/19-PSA/105.usfm b/19-PSA/105.usfm index 8f9efa84..806b2e2f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/105.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/105.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, \q2 and always seek to be with him! - \q1 \v 5-6 You people who are descendants of God's servant Abraham, \q2 you descendants of Jacob, the people whom God has chosen, @@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 He is Yahweh, our God. \q1 He rules and judges people throughout the earth. - \q1 \v 8 He never forgets the covenant that he made; \q2 he made a promise that will last for a thousand generations. @@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ \v 22 Joseph was permitted to command the king's important servants \q2 to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, \q2 and even to tell the king's advisors the things that they should do for the people of Egypt. - \q1 \v 23 Later, Joseph's father Jacob arrived in Egypt. \q2 He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham. @@ -161,7 +158,6 @@ \q1 \v 41 One day he caused a rock to open up, and water poured out for them to drink; \q2 it was like a river flowing in that desert. - \q1 \v 42 He did that because he kept thinking about the sacred promise that he had given to his servant, Abraham. @@ -175,7 +171,6 @@ \q1 \v 45 Yahweh did all these things \q2 so that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/106.usfm b/19-PSA/106.usfm index c8fbed31..4f02f3a7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/106.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/106.usfm @@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ \q1 \v 33 They caused Moses to become very angry, \q2 and he said things that were foolish. - \q1 \v 34 Our ancestors did not destroy the other people groups \q2 as he told them to do. @@ -202,11 +201,9 @@ \q1 and bring us back to Israel from among those people groups \q2 so that we may thank you \q2 and joyfully praise you. - \q1 \v 48 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, \q1 praise him now and forever! - \q1 All the people should agree! \q2 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/107.usfm b/19-PSA/107.usfm index 8be05b08..19bda2cc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/107.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/107.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 He gives thirsty people plenty of water to drink, \q2 and he gives hungry people plenty of good things to eat. - \q1 \v 10 Some of them were in very dark prisons; \q2 they were prisoners, suffering because of chains fastened to their hands and feet. @@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ \v 42 People who live rightly see God do these things, and they rejoice; \q2 wicked people hear about these things, too, \q2 but they have nothing to say against Yahweh in reply. - \q1 \v 43 Those who are wise should think carefully about these things; \q2 they should consider all the things that Yahweh has done to show that he faithfully loves them. diff --git a/19-PSA/108.usfm b/19-PSA/108.usfm index 10ba6af4..30b24252 100644 --- a/19-PSA/108.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/108.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 God, I am very confident in you. \q1 I will sing to praise you. @@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, show in the heavens that you are very great! \q2 Show your glory to people all over the earth! - \q1 \v 6 Answer our prayers and, by your powe,r help us to defeat our enemies \q1 so that we, the people whom you love, may be saved." @@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ \v 9 The region of Moab is like my washbasin; \q2 I throw my sandal over the region of Edom to show that it belongs to me; \q2 I shout triumphantly because I have defeated the people of the region of Philistia." - \q1 \v 10 Because we want to attack the people of Edom, \q1 who will lead my army to their capital city that has strong walls around it? diff --git a/19-PSA/109.usfm b/19-PSA/109.usfm index ce79da52..5ce9c94f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/109.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/109.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 God, you are the one whom I praise, \q1 so please answer my prayer @@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ \q1 \v 15 Think about his sins continually, \q2 but cause everyone living to completely forget who he was. - \q1 \v 16 I pray these things because that man, my enemy, never acted toward anyone as your covenant says we must; \q2 he persecuted poor and needy people diff --git a/19-PSA/110.usfm b/19-PSA/110.usfm index 8179867c..3758dd0f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/110.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/110.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh said to my lord the king, \q1 "Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor diff --git a/19-PSA/111.usfm b/19-PSA/111.usfm index e63635e7..854b5918 100644 --- a/19-PSA/111.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/111.usfm @@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 I will thank Yahweh with my entire inner being \q2 every time that those who do what is right come together. - \q1 \v 2 The things that Yahweh has done are wonderful! \q1 All those who are delighted with those things diff --git a/19-PSA/112.usfm b/19-PSA/112.usfm index acc379c6..ac69e581 100644 --- a/19-PSA/112.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/112.usfm @@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 How fortunate are those who have an awesome respect for him, \q2 those who happily obey his commands. - \q1 \v 2 Their children will prosper in their land; \q1 God will bless their descedants. diff --git a/19-PSA/113.usfm b/19-PSA/113.usfm index 71aff95c..7e42ed00 100644 --- a/19-PSA/113.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/113.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 You people who serve Yahweh, praise him! \q1 Praise him! \q1 @@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 People who live in the east and people who live in the west, \q2 everyone, should praise Yahweh! - \q1 \v 4 Yahweh rules over all the nations, \q1 and high in the heavens he shows that his glory is very great. @@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 He also enables women who have no children to live in their houses \q2 as happy as mothers with children. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/114.usfm b/19-PSA/114.usfm index a6cba3e3..8dd59f87 100644 --- a/19-PSA/114.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/114.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ \q1 \v 6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats \q2 and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?" - \q1 \v 7 Indeed, all the earth will tremble before the Lord! \q1 Everyone will tremble in the presence of the God whom Jacob worshiped! diff --git a/19-PSA/115.usfm b/19-PSA/115.usfm index 269455b7..7ae0a35c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/115.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/115.usfm @@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, people should praise you alone; \q2 they must praise you, not us, \q2 because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do. - \q1 \v 2 It is not right that other people groups should say about us, \q1 "They claim that their God is very powerful, @@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ \q1 \v 13 and he will bless all those who have a reverential respect for him; \q2 he will bless important people and people who are considered to be unimportant, everyone! - \q1 \v 14 I wish that Yahweh may give many children \q2 to you, my fellow Israelite people, and to your descendants. @@ -69,7 +66,6 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 15 I wish that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, may bless all of you! - \q1 \v 16 The highest heavens belong to Yahweh, \q2 but he gave everything that is on the earth to us people. @@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ \q1 \v 18 But we who are alive will thank him, \q2 now and forever. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/116.usfm b/19-PSA/116.usfm index f9afa9b6..67ee3674 100644 --- a/19-PSA/116.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/116.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 I must encourage myself \q2 because Yahweh has done very good things for me. - \q1 \v 8 Yahweh has saved me from dying \q2 and has kept me from troubles that would cause me to cry. @@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ \q1 \v 14 When I am together with many people who belong to Yahweh, \q2 I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. - \q1 \v 15 Yahweh is very grieved when one of his people dies. @@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ \v 16 I am one of those who serves Yahweh; \q2 I serve him like my mother did. \q2 He has ended my troubles. - \q1 \v 17 So I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him, \q1 and I will pray to him. @@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ \v 18-19 When I am together with many of the people who belong to Yahweh \q2 in the courtyard outside his temple in Jerusalem, \q2 I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/117.usfm b/19-PSA/117.usfm index 52830acb..b49af755 100644 --- a/19-PSA/117.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/117.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ \q2 \v 2 because he faithfully loves us as he promised to do, \q2 and he will forever do for us what he promised that he would do. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/118.usfm b/19-PSA/118.usfm index 3bdb0e5e..96a84e09 100644 --- a/19-PSA/118.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/118.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ \q1 \v 1 Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you! \q2 He faithfully loves us, his people, forever. - \q1 \v 2 You Israelite people should repeatedly shout, \q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!" @@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ \v 27 Yahweh is God, \q2 and he has caused his light to come to us. \q1 Come, bring animal sacrifice and tie it to the horns of the altar. - \q1 \v 28 Yahweh, you are the God whom I worship, and I will praise you! \q2 You are my God, and I will tell everyone that you are great! diff --git a/19-PSA/120.usfm b/19-PSA/120.usfm index e78fe1d4..9ba11d08 100644 --- a/19-PSA/120.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/120.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship - \q1 \v 1 When I was distressed, I called out to Yahweh \q2 and he answered me. diff --git a/19-PSA/121.usfm b/19-PSA/121.usfm index 8beb8d79..99f20e0e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/121.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/121.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship - \q1 \v 1 When we travel toward Jerusalem, \q2 I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, "Who will help me?" diff --git a/19-PSA/122.usfm b/19-PSA/122.usfm index 2eb6f660..8d7e8439 100644 --- a/19-PSA/122.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/122.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 I was glad when people said to me, \q2 "We should go to the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem!" diff --git a/19-PSA/123.usfm b/19-PSA/123.usfm index 7f2a252b..6d0eb7fc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/123.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/123.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I look up toward you, \q2 up to heaven, from where you rule. diff --git a/19-PSA/124.usfm b/19-PSA/124.usfm index e2150722..3fd1682b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/124.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/124.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 You Israelite people, answer this question: \q1 What would have happened to us if Yahweh had not been helping us? diff --git a/19-PSA/125.usfm b/19-PSA/125.usfm index 429726fb..607c5cac 100644 --- a/19-PSA/125.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/125.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion, \q2 which cannot be shaken or moved out of its place. @@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ \v 2 As the hills that surround Jerusalem protect it, \q2 so Yahweh protects us, his people, \q2 and he will protect us forever. - \q1 \v 3 Wicked people should not be allowed to rule over the land where righteous people live. \q2 If they did that, those righteous people would think of doing wrong themselves. @@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 But when you punish the Israelites who no longer obey you, \q2 you will punish them the same as you punish all the other evildoers. - \q1 I wish that things may go well for people in Israel! diff --git a/19-PSA/126.usfm b/19-PSA/126.usfm index 19ad660f..0306ba7c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/126.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/126.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 When Yahweh made Jerusalem prosperous again, \q1 it was wonderful; diff --git a/19-PSA/127.usfm b/19-PSA/127.usfm index 7bec92fd..353a714c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/127.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/127.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by Solomon for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 If people are building a house without Yahweh helping them, \q2 they are building it in vain. diff --git a/19-PSA/128.usfm b/19-PSA/128.usfm index 6252e8bf..84f14efd 100644 --- a/19-PSA/128.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/128.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for those going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 How fortunate are you who have an awesome respect for him \q2 and do what he wants you to do. @@ -20,14 +19,12 @@ \q1 you will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it. \q1 \v 4 Like that, Yahweh will bless every man who has an awesome respect for him. - \q1 \v 5 I wish that God in his temple on Mount Zion may help you greatly, \q1 and that you will see the people of Jerusalem prospering every day that you live! \q2 \v 6 I wish that you may live many years \q2 and that you may have grandchildren and be able to see them. - \q1 I wish that things may go well for people in Israel! diff --git a/19-PSA/129.usfm b/19-PSA/129.usfm index 677a66c7..aeddd017 100644 --- a/19-PSA/129.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/129.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 I say that my enemies have afflicted me ever since I was young. \q1 Now I ask you, my fellow Israelites, to repeat those same words: @@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 But Yahweh is righteous, \q2 and he has freed us from being slaves to wicked people. - \q1 \v 5 I wish that they may all be shamed because we will defeat them—all of Jerusalem's enemies. diff --git a/19-PSA/130.usfm b/19-PSA/130.usfm index 3b575d71..4b8e2676 100644 --- a/19-PSA/130.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/130.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have great troubles, so I call out to you. \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/131.usfm b/19-PSA/131.usfm index 2ca1c36e..5c7ee19d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/131.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/131.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I am not proud; \q2 I do not deserve to achieve impressive things in life. @@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ \v 2 Instead, I am calm and peaceful in my inner being \q2 like a small child who no longer nurses but is happy to be with its mother. \q2 In the same way, I am peaceful within my inner being. - \q1 \v 3 You, my fellow Israelites, confidently expect that Yahweh will do good things for you \q2 now and forever! diff --git a/19-PSA/132.usfm b/19-PSA/132.usfm index d321c116..1f9fc2e9 100644 --- a/19-PSA/132.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/132.usfm @@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ \m \m \d A song to sing along the road up to Jerusalem. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, do not forget King David \q2 and all the hardships he endured! - \q1 \v 2 He made a solemn promise to you, \q2 the mighty God whom our ancestor Jacob worshiped. @@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 I want that the righteous behavior of your priests will always be evident, \q1 and that your people will always shout joyfully. - \q1 \v 10 You chose David to serve you as king of Israel; \q2 do not reject him! diff --git a/19-PSA/133.usfm b/19-PSA/133.usfm index a4800bd9..6a137d5e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/133.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/133.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 It is very good and very pleasant \q2 for God's people to gather together in peace. diff --git a/19-PSA/134.usfm b/19-PSA/134.usfm index 37498832..e51dead1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/134.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/134.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. - \q1 \v 1 All you people who serve Yahweh, \q2 who stand up and serve him at night in his temple, diff --git a/19-PSA/135.usfm b/19-PSA/135.usfm index be4166eb..be876a7c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/135.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/135.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ \q2 so that it would belong to us, his people Israel, forever. - \q1 \v 13 Yahweh, your name will endure forever, \q2 and people who are not yet born will remember the great things that you have done. @@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ \q1 \v 21 Praise Yahweh in the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem \q2 where he lives! - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/136.usfm b/19-PSA/136.usfm index d330133c..234166e8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/136.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/136.usfm @@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ \q1 \v 22 He gave those lands to us people of Israel, who serve him; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. - \q1 \v 23 He is the one who did not forget about us when our enemies had defeated us; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. @@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ \q1 \v 25 He is the one who gives food to all living creatures; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. - \q1 \v 26 So thank God, who lives in heaven \q2 because he will love us forever as he has promised.! diff --git a/19-PSA/138.usfm b/19-PSA/138.usfm index b990b9fc..2947214a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/138.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/138.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. \q1 I sing to praise you, even though many people worship idols. @@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ \q1 \v 3 When I called out to you, you answered me; \q2 you enabled me to be strong and brave. - \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, someday all the kings of this earth will praise you \q2 because they will have heard what you have said. @@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 They will sing about what you have done; \q2 they will sing and say that you are very great. - \q1 \v 6 Yahweh, you are supreme, \q2 but you take care of people who are considered to be unimportant. diff --git a/19-PSA/139.usfm b/19-PSA/139.usfm index c2f264bb..25bf57e4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/139.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/139.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you have examined what is in my inner being, \q2 and you know everything about me. @@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, even before I say anything, \q2 you know everything that I am going to say! - \q1 \v 5 You protect me on all sides; \q2 you put your hand on me to protect me with your power. diff --git a/19-PSA/140.usfm b/19-PSA/140.usfm index ab0e5342..c7a2dc01 100644 --- a/19-PSA/140.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/140.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, rescue me from being attacked by evil men; \q2 even more, keep me safe from being attacked by violent people. diff --git a/19-PSA/141.usfm b/19-PSA/141.usfm index 792f3646..dd6bfdf5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/141.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/141.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I call out to you; \q2 please help me quickly! @@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ \q2 because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right; \q1 if they do that, it will be as if someone honored me by anointing my head with olive oil; \q2 but I am always praying that you will punish the wicked because of the wicked deeds that they do. - \q1 \v 6 When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, \q2 they will know that what I am saying here is good. diff --git a/19-PSA/142.usfm b/19-PSA/142.usfm index f19a522c..2c90478f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/142.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/142.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm that David prayed when he was hiding in a cave. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I cry out to you; \q2 I plead for you to help me. @@ -16,14 +15,12 @@ \q1 \v 3 When I am very discouraged, \q2 you know what I should do. - \q1 Wherever I walk, it is as though my enemies have hidden traps for me to fall into. \q1 \v 4 I look around, \q2 but there is no one who sees me, \q2 no one who will protect me, \q2 and no one who cares about what happens to me. - \q1 \v 5 So Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me; \q2 you are the one who protects me; @@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ \q1 \v 7 Free me from my troubles \q2 so that I may thank you. - \q1 If you do that, when I am with others who live rightly, \q2 I will praise you for having been very good to me. diff --git a/19-PSA/143.usfm b/19-PSA/143.usfm index 86e175ec..53cdda74 100644 --- a/19-PSA/143.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/143.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David. - \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, hear me while I pray to you! \q2 Because you are righteous diff --git a/19-PSA/144.usfm b/19-PSA/144.usfm index 8fec4e55..9301943c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/144.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/144.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ \m \m \d Written by David - \q1 \v 1 I praise Yahweh, who is like a huge rock on which I am safe! \q1 He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; @@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ \q1 \v 10 You enable kings to defeat their enemies; \q2 you rescue those who serve you as I did. - \q1 \v 11 So I ask you to save me from being killed by the swords that those evil people carry. \q1 Rescue me from the power of those men from foreign countries @@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ \q2 without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born. \q1 I wish that there may not be any time when the people in our streets cry out in distress \q2 because foreign armies are invading. - \q1 \v 15 If good things like that happen to a nation, \q2 the people will be very fortunate. diff --git a/19-PSA/145.usfm b/19-PSA/145.usfm index 92889b7b..4ed7efe2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/145.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/145.usfm @@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ \m \m \d A psalm written by David to praise God. - \q1 \v 1 My God and King, I will proclaim that you are very great; \q1 I will praise you now and forever. \q1 \v 2 Every day I will praise you; \q2 Yes, I will praise you forever. - \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, you are great, and you ought to be praised very much; \q2 we cannot fully realize how great you are. @@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ \q1 \v 20 Yahweh protects all those who love him, \q2 but he will get rid of all the wicked people. - \q1 \v 21 I will always praise Yahweh; \q2 I wish that all people everywhere may praise him forever, for he does everything perfectly. diff --git a/19-PSA/146.usfm b/19-PSA/146.usfm index e2e0e2eb..835aed2a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/146.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/146.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh. - \q1 With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh. \q1 \v 2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; @@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ \q1 \v 5 But how fortunate are those whom God helps, the God whom Jacob worshiped. \q2 These are the people who confidently expect Yahweh, their God, to help them. - \q1 \v 6 He is the one who created the heavens and the earth, \q2 the oceans and all the creatures that are in them. @@ -46,11 +44,9 @@ \v 9 Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, \q2 and he helps widows and orphans. \q2 But he stops wicked people from what they are doing. - \q1 \v 10 Yahweh will continue to be our king forever; \q2 you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/147.usfm b/19-PSA/147.usfm index 315d3b01..827a58d8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/147.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/147.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 It is good to sing praises to our God. \q2 It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do. @@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ \q1 \v 6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, \q2 and he throws the wicked down to the ground. - \q1 \v 7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; \q2 on the harps, play music to our God. @@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ \q1 \v 20 He has not done that for any other nation; \q2 the other nations do not know his laws. - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/148.usfm b/19-PSA/148.usfm index de7948b2..29da5c5a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/148.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/148.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 Praise him, you angels who are in the heavens; \q2 praise him, you angels up in the sky! \q1 @@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ \v 14 He caused us, his people, to be strong \q2 so that we Israelite people who are very precious to him \q2 should praise him, - \q1 So praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/149.usfm b/19-PSA/149.usfm index 9bae5ceb..d514b8cd 100644 --- a/19-PSA/149.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/149.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 Sing a new song to Yahweh; \q2 praise him whenever his faithful people gather together! @@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ \q1 \v 9 They will judge and punish the people of those nations as God wrote should be done. \q2 Everyone else will honor God's faithful people for doing that! - \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/150.usfm b/19-PSA/150.usfm index 9d18a133..f9a082d0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/150.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/150.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ \m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! - \q1 Praise God in his temple! \q2 Praise him who is in his fortress in heaven! \q1 @@ -27,6 +26,5 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh! - \q1 Praise Yahweh!