From 19ec0541ce9a4ae01e461bae3bdaff343af6fbe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Warren Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:57:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Removing \b from Psalms --- 19-PSA/003.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/004.usfm | 8 ++++---- 19-PSA/005.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/006.usfm | 8 ++++---- 19-PSA/007.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/008.usfm | 2 +- 19-PSA/009.usfm | 14 +++++++------- 19-PSA/010.usfm | 8 ++++---- 19-PSA/011.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/012.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/013.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/014.usfm | 8 ++++---- 19-PSA/015.usfm | 4 ++-- 19-PSA/016.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/017.usfm | 12 ++++++------ 19-PSA/018.usfm | 22 +++++++++++----------- 19-PSA/019.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/020.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/021.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/022.usfm | 16 ++++++++-------- 19-PSA/023.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/024.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/025.usfm | 12 ++++++------ 19-PSA/026.usfm | 6 +++--- 19-PSA/027.usfm | 12 ++++++------ 19-PSA/028.usfm | 8 ++++---- 19-PSA/029.usfm | 6 +++--- 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+++++----- 19-PSA/149.usfm | 10 +++++----- 19-PSA/150.usfm | 8 ++++---- 148 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 834 deletions(-) diff --git a/19-PSA/003.usfm b/19-PSA/003.usfm index 5c062b47..f639371c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/003.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/003.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 3 \d A psalm written by David when he was fleeing from his son Absalom -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have many enemies! \q2 There are many people who oppose me. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 2 Many people are saying about me, \q2 "God will certainly not help him." \qr -\b + \s5 \q2 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 I cry out to you, Yahweh, \q2 and you answer me from Zion, your sacred hill. \qr -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 There may be thousands of enemy soldiers who surround me, \q2 but I am not afraid. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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/004.usfm b/19-PSA/004.usfm index 65ea2486..83a15879 100644 --- a/19-PSA/004.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/004.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 4 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director; a psalm to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, answer me when I pray to you. \q2 You are the one who shows people that I am right to trust in you. @@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ \v 2 How long will you people shame me instead of honoring me? \q2 You people love to falsely accuse me. \q1 -\b + \q1 \v 3 All those who honor Yahweh— \q2 he has chosen them to belong to him. \q1 Yahweh will listen to me when I pray to him. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Also, offer to Yahweh the proper sacrifices \q2 and continue trusting in him. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/005.usfm b/19-PSA/005.usfm index e2121278..e6caa57d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/005.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/005.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 5 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director; a psalm to be accompanied by playing flutes -\b + \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. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 You listen to me when I pray to you each morning, \q2 and I wait for you to reply. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 You get rid of liars, \q2 and you despise those who murder others and those who deceive others. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q2 show me what is right for me to do. \q1 Because I have many enemies, \q2 show me clearly how to live in the right way. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \q2 Cause them to experience the same disasters that they plan to cause to happen to others. \q1 Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, \q2 and they have rebelled against you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/006.usfm b/19-PSA/006.usfm index 37dca20b..7dc66024 100644 --- a/19-PSA/006.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/006.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 6 \d A psalm written by David for the choir leader, to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, do not correct me when you are angry with me; \q2 do not punish me when you are upset. @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, I am greatly troubled in my inner being. \q2 How long must I endure this? -\b + \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, please come and rescue me. \q2 Save me because you always keep the promises of your covenant. \q1 \v 5 I will not be able to praise you after I die; \q2 no one in the place where the dead are praise you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 Because I cry so much, I cannot see well. \q2 My eyes have become weak because I constantly cry in fear of my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/007.usfm b/19-PSA/007.usfm index 82bb1df2..207ad116 100644 --- a/19-PSA/007.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/007.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 7 \d A psalm that David sang to Yahweh because of a Benjamite named Cush. -\b + \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. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 2 If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces \q2 like a lion does when it attacks the animals it wants to kill; \q2 no one will save me from them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 Allow them to trample me into the ground \q2 and leave me lying dead in the dirt. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \q2 and because you are righteous, you always do what is just. \q1 So now stop evil people from doing wicked deeds, \q2 and defend all of us who are righteous! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; \q2 they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/008.usfm b/19-PSA/008.usfm index eaf0c73a..ea88de7a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/008.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/008.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 8 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument -\b + \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 e5ed890b..9f210319 100644 --- a/19-PSA/009.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/009.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 9 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'The death of my son' -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 I will sing to celebrate what you, who are much greater than all other gods, have done. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 6 Our enemies have disappeared; \q2 you destroyed their cities, \q2 and people do not even remember them anymore. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 Those who know Yahweh trust in him; \q2 he never abandons those who come to him for help. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \v 12 He does not forget to punish those who have murdered others; \q2 he will punish them, \q2 and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \v 16 Because of what you have done, people know that you make justice happen; \q2 you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 But you will not forget those who are needy; \q2 what they confidently expect will never be in vain. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/010.usfm b/19-PSA/010.usfm index c1264f0e..4dc68448 100644 --- a/19-PSA/010.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/010.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, why do you keep yourself far away from us? \q2 Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles? -\b + \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 +46,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 The helpless people are crushed by the wicked person's plans \q2 and all the things he does. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \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." -\b + \q1 \v 12 Yahweh, arise! God, strike him down! \q2 Do not forget those who are suffering! @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 a615ec30..59781911 100644 --- a/19-PSA/011.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/011.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 I trust that Yahweh will protect me. \q2 So I do not fly off to the mountains like birds do. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 When wicked people do not suffer for disobeying the laws, \q2 what can righteous people do? -\b + \q1 \v 4 But Yahweh is sitting on his throne in his sacred temple in heaven, \q2 and he sees everything that people do. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 a3c64e4d..ea38f1fe 100644 --- a/19-PSA/012.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/012.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 12 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \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. @@ -11,28 +11,28 @@ \q1 \v 2 Everyone tells lies to other people; \q2 they deceive others by flattering them, but they tell lies. -\b + \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues \q2 so that they cannot continue to boast. \q1 \v 4 They say, "By telling lies we will get what we want; \q2 we control what we say, so no one can tell us what we should do!" -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 5 But Yahweh replies, "I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; \q2 I have heard those people groaning, \q2 so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them." -\b + \s5 \q1 \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. -\b + \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 192fe067..8dffd8b2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/013.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/013.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 13 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me? \q2 Will you hide yourself from me forever? @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 2 How long must I endure anguish within myself? \q2 Must I be miserable every day? \q2 How long will my enemies continue to defeat me? -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 Do not allow my enemies to boast and to say, "We have defeated him!" \q2 Do not allow them to defeat me, \q2 with the result that they will rejoice about it! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/014.usfm b/19-PSA/014.usfm index a4d559c9..c00e7133 100644 --- a/19-PSA/014.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/014.usfm @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ \s5 \c 14 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 Only foolish people say to themselves, "There is no God!" \q1 People who say those things only do corrupt deeds; \q2 there is not one of them who does what is good. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Everyone turns away from Yahweh. They are depraved and do disgusting, filthy things. \q2 No one does what is good. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Those who do evil may prevent helpless people from doing what they plan to do, \q2 but Yahweh protects them. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/015.usfm b/19-PSA/015.usfm index 636b6bc0..56fa88b7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/015.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/015.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 15 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your sacred tent? \q2 Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain? @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 Those who do those things will always live in safety. diff --git a/19-PSA/016.usfm b/19-PSA/016.usfm index 8726cc72..91e94e97 100644 --- a/19-PSA/016.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/016.usfm @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ \s5 \c 16 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, protect me \q because I go to you to keep me safe! -\b + \q1 \v 2 I said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord; \q all the good things that I have come from you." @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 4 Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. \q I will not join them when they make sacrifices to their gods; \q1 I will not even join them in speaking the names of their gods. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; \q I am delighted with all the things that he has given me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. \q Nothing will take me from his side. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/017.usfm b/19-PSA/017.usfm index 6a3cb3f1..481f1631 100644 --- a/19-PSA/017.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/017.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 17 -\b + \d A psalm written by David \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 You are the one who is able to declare that I am innocent; \q2 please agree to do what is right for me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 I have always done what you told me to do; \q2 I have never failed to do those things. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 Do not allow wicked people to attack me, \q2 those enemies of mine who surround, wanting to kill me. -\b + \q1 \v 10 They are proud of their riches and success, \q2 but they have no mercy on anyone. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 They are like lions that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture; \q2 They are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to jump on their prey. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 ed53da12..6f16580e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/018.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/018.usfm @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ \s5 \c 18 \d A psalm written by God's servant David. He sang it after Yahweh had rescued him from Saul and his other enemies. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q1 He protects me like a shield protects a soldier; he is the one whom I trust to keep me safe; he defends me by his great power! \q1 \v 3 I called out to Yahweh, who deserves for me to praise him, and he rescued me from my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the water uncovered the foundations of the earth when Yahweh rebuked his enemies \q with the breath that came in his anger! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \v 18 When I was distressed, they attacked me, but Yahweh defended me. \q1 \v 19 He made me completely safe; he rescued me because he was pleased with me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \v 23 He knows that I have not done what is wrong and that I have kept myself from sinning. \q1 \v 24 So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I have not committed sins. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ \v 28 You keep me alive, and you will continue to do so. \q1 \v 29 You enable me to be strong, so that I can attack and defeat a line of enemy soldiers; with your help I can scale the walls that surround my enemies' cities. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ \v 33 He enables me to walk swiftly without stumbling as a deer walks in the mountains. \q1 \v 34 He teaches me how to use a strong bow in order that I can use it to fight in battles. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 35 Yahweh, you protect and save me with your shield; you are strong and have therefore kept me safe. I have become strong because you have helped me. \q1 \v 36 You have made a safe path for me, with the result that now I do not slip. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ \v 41 They shouted for someone to help them, but no one saved them. They shouted out to Yahweh, but he did not help them. \q1 \v 42 I crushed them to powder, and they became like the dust that the wind blows away; I threw them out like people throw dirt out into the streets. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ \v 44 When foreigners hear about me, they cringe and they obey me. \q1 \v 45 They are no longer courageous, and from their holes where they were hiding they come to me trembling. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/019.usfm b/19-PSA/019.usfm index f9c11204..47822496 100644 --- a/19-PSA/019.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/019.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 19 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \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. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 The sun rises at one side of the sky and goes across the sky and sets on the other side; \q2 nothing can hide from its heat. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 8 Yahweh's laws are fair; \q2 when we obey them, we become joyful. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 6576ab40..a8284e46 100644 --- a/19-PSA/020.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/020.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 20 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \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. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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, @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 Some will stumble and fall down, \q2 but we will be strong and not be moved. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/021.usfm b/19-PSA/021.usfm index 6b3532fb..9cc6b272 100644 --- a/19-PSA/021.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/021.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 21 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \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. @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \q2 and the king trusts in you. \q1 Because you faithfully love him, \q2 disastrous things will never happen to him. -\b + \q1 \v 8 You will enable him to kill all his enemies, \q2 all those who hate him. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 You will cause them to run away \q2 by shooting arrows at them. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/022.usfm b/19-PSA/022.usfm index 6884fe8b..48f4fc4d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/022.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/022.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 22 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung to the tune 'Doe of the Dawn' -\b + \q1 \v 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? \q2 Why do you stay so far from me, @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 My God, every day I call to you during the daytime, but you do not answer me. \q2 I call to you during the night; I am not silent at all. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 When they called out to you for help, you saved them. \q2 They trusted in you, and they were not disappointed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 They looked at the clothes that I was wearing \q2 and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get. -\b + \q1 \v 19 Yahweh, be concerned for me! \q2 You who are my source of strength, @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Snatch me away from my enemies who are like lions with jaws open and ready to chew me up! \q2 Grab me away from those men who are like wild oxen that attack other animals with their horns! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ \q1 \v 28 For Yahweh is the king! \q2 He rules all the nations. -\b + \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 f63a55d4..16bca808 100644 --- a/19-PSA/023.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/023.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 23 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep, \q2 so I have everything that I need. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 3 You renew my strength. \q1 You show me how to live in the right way, \q2 in order that I can honor you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q2 because you are with me. \q1 You protect me like a shepherd protects his sheep. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/024.usfm b/19-PSA/024.usfm index 3bf20737..7e625fb9 100644 --- a/19-PSA/024.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/024.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 24 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 The earth and everything in it belongs to Yahweh; \q2 all the people in the world belong to him, too; \q1 \v 2 he built the land on the water, \q2 above the water that is deep below. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q2 they are the ones who desire to worship God, \q2 and serve the God of Jacob. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 7 Open up the temple gates diff --git a/19-PSA/025.usfm b/19-PSA/025.usfm index fd668b69..5f8f06dc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/025.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/025.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 25 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I give myself to you. \q1 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Do not allow any of those who trust in you to be ashamed. \q2 Cause those who act treacherously toward others to be disgraced. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 7 Forgive me for all the sinful things I did and the ways that I rebelled against you when I was young; \q2 I request this because you faithfully love your people and do good things for them, as you promised in your covenant. \q1 Yahweh, do not forget me! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, \q2 in order that I may honor you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 I always request Yahweh to help me, \q2 and he rescues me from danger. -\b + \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. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Protect me because I do what is good and honest \q2 and because I trust in you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/026.usfm b/19-PSA/026.usfm index bf8542e9..de1e8d26 100644 --- a/19-PSA/026.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/026.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 26 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, show that I am innocent. \q1 I always do what is right; @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 Yahweh, I love to be in the house where you live, \q2 in the place where your glory appears. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 But as for me, I always try to do what is right. \q2 So act kindly toward me and rescue me. -\b + \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 21c2fb1e..3ca93b09 100644 --- a/19-PSA/027.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/027.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 27 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \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. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q2 I will not be afraid. \q1 Even if they attack me, \q2 I will trust in God. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \q1 that I may worship in Yahweh's house every day during my life, \q2 that I may see how wonderful Yahweh is, \q2 and that I may ask him what he wants me to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \v 6 Then I will triumph over my enemies. \q1 I will shout joyfully as I offer sacrifices in his sacred tent, \q2 and I will praise Yahweh as I sing. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 Even if my father and mother desert me, \q2 Yahweh always takes care of me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 Do not allow my enemies to do to me what they want; \q2 they say many false things about me and threaten to do violent things to me. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/028.usfm b/19-PSA/028.usfm index 40ec2806..c590cb6e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/028.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/028.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 28 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I call out to you; \q1 You are like a huge rock on top of which I am safe. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 Listen to me when I call out for you to help me, \q2 when I lift up my hands as I face your very holy place in your sacred tent. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, they do not pay attention to the wonderful things that you have done and that you have created; \q2 so get rid of them permanently and do not let them appear again! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 2ea6ffd4..cf80d021 100644 --- a/19-PSA/029.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/029.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 29 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Mighty people, praise Yahweh! \q2 Praise him because he is very glorious and powerful. \q1 \v 2 Proclaim that he is glorious; \q2 dress in your best clothing and bow down to Yahweh. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \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!" -\b + \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 dabdedf7..80d5b0ef 100644 --- a/19-PSA/030.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/030.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 30 \d A psalm written by David for the dedication of the temple -\b + \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 \v 2 Yahweh, my God, I called out for you to help me when I was wounded, and you healed me. \q1 \v 3 You saved me from death. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to become healthy again. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time, but he is good to us all of our lives. \q1 We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 8 So I called out to you, and I pleaded for you to help me. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q1 When I am dead I will certainly not able to praise you, and I will not able to tell others that you are trustworthy! \q1 \v 10 Yahweh, listen to me, and act mercifully to me! Yahweh, help me!" -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/031.usfm b/19-PSA/031.usfm index 8a315fcf..791f5402 100644 --- a/19-PSA/031.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/031.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 31 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have come to you to be protected; \q2 do not allow me to be defeated and disgraced. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 6 Yahweh, I hate those who worship useless idols, \q2 but I trust in you. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; \q2 instead, you have rescued me from danger. -\b + \q1 \v 9 But now, Yahweh, act kindly toward me \q2 because I am distressed. @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q2 and they have terrified me. \q1 My enemies are making plans \q2 to kill me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 I wish that you may cause people who tell lies to be unable to speak. \q2 Do that to people who are proud and to those who arrogantly accuse others. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ \v 20 You hide people in your presence where it is safe, \q2 and you protect them from others who plot to kill them. \q1 You hide them in safe places where their enemies cannot speak evil at them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ \q1 \v 22 I was afraid and cried out in a hurry, "I have been separated from Yahweh!" \q2 but you heard me and answered my cry for help. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/032.usfm b/19-PSA/032.usfm index 2f4349f9..36ffcb09 100644 --- a/19-PSA/032.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/032.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 32 \d A psalm written by David, which will help people to be wise -\b + \q1 \v 1 Those whom God has forgiven for rebelling against him \q2 and those whose sin God does not look at, @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 2 Those whose record of sins Yahweh has erased \q2 and those who no longer do deceitful things, \q2 these are the ones who are truly fortunate! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 6 Therefore the people who honor you should pray to you \q2 when they are in great trouble. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q2 you protect me from troubles \q2 and enable me to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies. -\b + \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. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 Wicked people will have many troubles that will make them sad, \q2 but those who trust in Yahweh will experience him faithfully loving them all the time. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/033.usfm b/19-PSA/033.usfm index dc9f4a45..e2c5361f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/033.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/033.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \s5 \c 33 -\b + \q1 \v 1 You righteous people should shout joyfully to Yahweh \q2 because that is what he deserves. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Sing a new song to him; \q2 play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 6 Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. \q2 By what he commanded, he created all the stars. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. \q2 What he plans to do will never change. -\b + \q1 \v 12 Yahweh blesses our nation, we who worship him; \q2 How fortunate are we, the nation that belongs to him forever! @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 19 He saves them from dying before they should die; \q2 he preserves them when there is a famine. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/034.usfm b/19-PSA/034.usfm index 1b86f573..62d2c9f5 100644 --- a/19-PSA/034.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/034.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 34 \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 -\b + \q1 \v 1 I will always thank Yahweh; \q2 I will constantly praise him. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! \q2 You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 Refuse to do evil; instead, do what is good! \q2 Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully with each other! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 17 Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; \q2 he rescues them from all their troubles. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; \q2 he rescues those who have no hope for anything good. -\b + \q1 \v 19 Righteous people may have many troubles, \q2 but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles. @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ \v 20 Yahweh protects them from being harmed; \q2 when their enemies attack them, \q3 they will not break any bones of those righteous people. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/035.usfm b/19-PSA/035.usfm index 50e3fc8c..b70a5b51 100644 --- a/19-PSA/035.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/035.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 35 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! \q2 Fight with my enemies when they fight me! @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Lift up your spear and throw it at those who pursue me! \q2 Promise me that you will enable me to defeat my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q2 "There is no one like Yahweh! \q1 No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people. \q2 No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \v 18 Then, when many of your people gather, \q2 I will praise you, \q1 and I will thank you in front of all of them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 They shout at me in order to accuse me; \q2 they say, "We saw the wrong things that you did!" -\b + \q1 \v 22 Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! \q2 Do not stay far from me! @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ \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!" -\b + \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 7d8a9b86..7abbde3c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/036.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/036.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 36 -\b + \d A psalm written for the choir director by David, a man who served God faithfully -\b + \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. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 While they are lying on their beds, they plan to do things to harm others; \q2 they are determined to do things that are not good, \q2 and they never refuse to do what is evil. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 You are the one who causes everything to live; \q2 your light is what enables us to know the truth about you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/037.usfm b/19-PSA/037.usfm index f7dd97f1..e8d02caf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/037.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/037.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 37 \d A psalm written by David -\b + \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 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 2 because they will soon disappear like grass withers in the hot sun and dries up. \q2 Just like some green plants come up but die during the hot summer, \q2 evil people will soon die also. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 6 He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you are innocent; \q2 he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime \q2 that all the things that you have decided are just. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 Soon the wicked will disappear. \q2 You will look for them, but they will be gone. @@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 12 Wicked people plan to harm righteous people; \q2 they snarl at them like wild animals. \q1 \v 13 But Yahweh laughs at them \q2 because he knows that someday he will judge and punish the wicked people. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 But they will be killed by their own swords, \q2 and their bows will be broken. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \q1 \v 17 because Yahweh will completely remove the strength of wicked people, \q2 but he will sustain people who live righteously. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ \q1 \v 19 They will survive when calamities occur; \q2 when there are famines, they will still have plenty to eat. -\b + \s5 \q1 \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. -\b + \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. @@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ \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. -\b + \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; \q1 \v 24 even if they stumble, they will not fall down \q2 because Yahweh holds them by his hand. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ \q1 \v 26 Righteous people are generous and happily lend money to others, \q2 and their children are a blessing to them. -\b + \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. @@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ \q1 \v 28 This will happen because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just, \q2 and he will never forsake righteous people. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 30 Righteous people give wise advice to others, \q2 and they encourage other people to live rightly. @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ \q1 \v 31 They fill their minds with God's laws; \q2 they do not stray from walking on God's path. -\b + \q1 \v 32 Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people \q2 in order to kill them as they walk by. @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ \q2 and let them fall into their enemies' hands. \q1 He will not allow righteous people to be condemned \q2 when someone takes them to a judge to be put on trial. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ \q1 \v 36 but when I looked later, they were gone! \q2 I searched for them, but Yahweh had caused them to disappear. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ \q1 \v 38 But Yahweh will get rid of the wicked; \q2 he will also get rid of their descendants. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/038.usfm b/19-PSA/038.usfm index 05b295a5..4130bf2b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/038.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/038.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 38 \d A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, when you are angry with me, \q2 do not rebuke me and punish me! @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 All my sins are like a flood that covers my head; \q2 they are like a load that is very heavy; I cannot carry them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \v 12 Those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; \q2 those who want to harm me discuss the ways that they can get rid of me; \q2 they plot against me all day. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 I said to you, "Do not cause me to die so that my enemies will rejoice! \q2 If troubles overwhelm me, my enemies will do very bad things to me!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \q1 \v 20 Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them \q2 oppose me because I try to do what is right. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/039.usfm b/19-PSA/039.usfm index 702ce1d7..cb77bacd 100644 --- a/19-PSA/039.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/039.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 39 \d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director -\b + \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 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 3 I became very anxious in my inner being. \q2 As I thought about my troubles, I became more worried. \q2 Then finally I said this: -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q2 you destroy the things he loves like moths eat away at clothing. \q2 Our lives disappear like a puff of air. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/040.usfm b/19-PSA/040.usfm index 8229c17c..54483b14 100644 --- a/19-PSA/040.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/040.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 40 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 I waited patiently for Yahweh to help me, \q2 and he listened to me when I called out to him. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 4 How fortunate are those who trust Yahweh to protect them, \q2 those who do not trust in idols @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 O my God, I enjoy doing what you desire; \q2 I am always thinking about your laws within my inner being. -\b + \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. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 13 O Yahweh, please save me! \q2 Come quickly to help me! @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \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!" -\b + \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 cd2d1012..b5e5c545 100644 --- a/19-PSA/041.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/041.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 41 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 How fortunate are those who provide for the poor; \q2 Yahweh will rescue those people when they have troubles. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 When they are sick, Yahweh will strengthen them \q2 and will heal them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \v 6 When my enemies come to me, they pretend to be concerned about me. \q2 They eagerly listen to all the bad news about me. \q2 Then they go away and tell everyone what is happening to me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \v 9 Even a very close friend, whom I trusted very much, \q2 who often ate with me, \q2 has betrayed me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 I will know that it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, \q2 and I will know that you will enable me to be with you forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/042.usfm b/19-PSA/042.usfm index 8749a1fa..012104dc 100644 --- a/19-PSA/042.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/042.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \ms Book Two \c 42 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 O God, I need you very much as a deer needs to drink water from a cool stream. \q1 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q2 I used to lead them as we walked along; \q1 we were all shouting joyfully and singing to thank God for what he had done; \q2 we were a large group who were celebrating. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 I confidently expect God to bless me, \q2 and again I will praise him, \q2 my God, the one who saves me." -\b + \q1 \v 6 But now, Yahweh, I was panicking, \q2 so I think about you. @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ \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. -\b + \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 \q2 and pray to him, the God who causes me to live. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q2 they keep asking, "Why does your God not help you?" \q1 When they insult me like that, \q2 it is like wounds that shatter my bones. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/043.usfm b/19-PSA/043.usfm index def090fe..edac483c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/043.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/043.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \v 4 When you do that, I will go to your altar \q2 to worship you, my God, who causes me to be very joyful. \q2 There I will praise you, the God whom I worship, and I will play my harp. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/044.usfm b/19-PSA/044.usfm index 92c05d61..469705a9 100644 --- a/19-PSA/044.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/044.usfm @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \c 44 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, we ourselves have heard \q2 what our parents and grandparents told us. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 4 You are my king and my God; \q2 Make us, your people, able to defeat our enemies. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \v 8 We have always been proud about what God has done for us, \q2 and we will thank him forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \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! -\b + \q1 \v 13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; \q2 they laugh at us and deride us. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 17 All these things have happened to us \q2 even though we have not forgotten you, @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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, @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \v 22 But it is because we belong to you \q2 that our enemies are constantly killing us. \q1 They act toward us as though we were only sheep that they were going to slaughter. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ \q \v 24 Why are you not looking at us? \q2 Why are you forgetting that we are suffering, that our enemies are oppressing us? -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/045.usfm b/19-PSA/045.usfm index e5cbe4a7..92177129 100644 --- a/19-PSA/045.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/045.usfm @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ \s5 \c 45 \d A love song written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director, to be sung to the tune "Lilies." -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 O King, you are the most handsome man in the world, \q2 and you always speak eloquently! @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 Among your wives are daughters of other kings. \q2 At your right hand stands your bride, the queen, wearing beautiful ornaments of gold that comes from Ophir. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 13 You, the king's bride, enter the palace \q2 wearing beautiful robes made from gold thread." @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 They will be very joyful as they are led along \q2 to enter your palace. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/046.usfm b/19-PSA/046.usfm index 010f0545..3cbff9a6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/046.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/046.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 46 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. -\b + \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. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \q2 and if the hills shake violently, \q2 we will not be afraid! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ \q2 kingdoms are overthrown; \q1 God speaks loudly like thunder, \q2 and the earth melts. -\b + \q1 \v 7 But Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is with us; \q2 the God whom Jacob worshiped is our refuge. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \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." -\b + \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 67d9b010..353987a8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/047.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/047.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 47 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 You people all over the world, clap your hands! \q2 Shout joyfully to praise God! @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 5 God has gone up into his temple. \q2 The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as he went up. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \v 6 Sing songs to praise our God! \q2 Sing to praise him ! \q2 Sing to God, our king! -\b + \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 bde2f404..66cb812a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/048.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/048.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 48 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah -\b + \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. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 God is in the strong towers there, \q2 and he shows that he protects the people in that city. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 7 They shook as ships sailing from Tarshish shake in a strong wind. -\b + \q1 \v 8 We had heard that this city was glorious, \q1 and now we have seen that it is. \q2 It is the city in which Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, lives. \q2 It is the city that God will preserve forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \v 11 The people who live at Mount Zion should be happy! \q1 The people in all the cities of Judah should rejoice \q2 because you judge people fairly. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/049.usfm b/19-PSA/049.usfm index df0f147c..6452daa4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/049.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/049.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 49 \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 You people of all people groups, listen! \q1 You people all over the world, @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 I think about wise words to tell you, \q2 and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean. -\b + \q1 \v 5 I do not worry when I am in trouble, \q2 when I am surrounded by my enemies. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 No one can pay God enough money so that he will live forever \q2 and never die and be buried! -\b + \q1 \v 10 We see that foolish and stupid people die, \q1 but we see that wise people also die; @@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ \v 11 They once had houses on land that they owned, \q1 but now their graves are their homes forever, \q2 the place where they will stay for all time! -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 12 Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; \q2 people all die, the same as the animals do. -\b + \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. @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \v 15 But it is certain that God will rescue me so that I am not held fast in the place of the dead; \q2 he will take me to himself. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \q1 \v 19 but he will die and join his ancestors, \q2 who will never see daylight again. -\b + \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 1cb53729..9617213a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/050.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/050.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 50 \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, the all-powerful one, speaks; \q1 he summons all people, @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q2 "God is righteous, \q2 and he is the supreme judge." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 003813e1..e251fa90 100644 --- a/19-PSA/051.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/051.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 51 \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. -\b + \q1 \v 1 O God, act mercifully toward me \q2 because you love me faithfully; @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 Make me acceptable to you again, even though I did wrong things; \q2 forgive the guilt of my sin and accept me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 What you desire is that in my inner being I desire what is true \q2 in order that you can teach me in my inner being how to act wisely. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 Do not continue to remember the sins that I have committed; \q2 forget the evil things that I have done. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 eea00210..3f00b531 100644 --- a/19-PSA/052.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/052.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 52 \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." -\b + \q1 \v 1 You proud man, you think that you are strong; \q2 you boast about the trouble that you make for others, @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 You, the one who says things to deceive people, \q2 you like to say things that hurt people! -\b + \q1 \v 5 But God will get rid of you forever; \q2 he will grab you and drag you from your home @@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ \v 7 "Look what happened to the man who would not ask God to protect him; \q2 he trusted that his great wealth would save him; \q2 he grew more powerful by wickedly hurting other people." -\b + \s5 \q1 \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. -\b + \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 f511a6ae..7b5b1ab2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/053.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/053.usfm @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ \s5 \c 53 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using a tune called "Mahalath." -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 God looks down from heaven and sees humans; \q1 he looks to see if any man is very wise @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 But everyone has turned away from God. They are depraved and do disgusting, filthy things. \q2 No one does what is good. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q2 and he will scatter their bones. \q1 They have rejected God, \q2 so he will cause them to be defeated and completely disgraced. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/054.usfm b/19-PSA/054.usfm index cdc85fa6..46eeb888 100644 --- a/19-PSA/054.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/054.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 54 \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. -\b + \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! @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q2 proud men are wanting to kill me, \q2 men who have no respect for you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 He will cause the evil things that they want to do to me to happen to them instead; \q2 because you faithfully do what you have promised to me, destroy them. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/055.usfm b/19-PSA/055.usfm index 40ac264d..3c1f4c81 100644 --- a/19-PSA/055.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/055.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 55 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, listen to my prayer, \q2 and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q2 wicked people oppress me. \q2 They cause me to have great troubles; \q2 they are angry with me, and they hate me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \q \v 8 I would quickly find a safe place \q2 where my enemies could not strike me like a strong wind and rainstorm." -\b + \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. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q \v 11 They destroy things everywhere. \q2 They oppress people and defraud people in the marketplaces. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ \q1 \v 14 We previously had many good talks together; \q2 we walked around together in God's temple. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 15 I desire that my enemies will go down alive \q2 to the place where the dead people are. \q2 I want this because they do evil things in their homes. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ \q2 because they do not change their evil behavior \q2 and because they do not have any respect for God. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ \q2 but in his inner being he hated people; \q1 his words were as soothing as olive oil, \q2 but they hurt people as sharp swords do. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/056.usfm b/19-PSA/056.usfm index 76622ff1..b3abaddf 100644 --- a/19-PSA/056.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/056.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 56 \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." -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 All day long my enemies seek to crush the life from me, \q2 there are many enemies attacking me! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 4 God, I praise you because you do what you have promised; \q2 I trust in you, and then I am not afraid. \q2 Ordinary humans certainly cannot harm me! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \v 6 In order to cause trouble for me, they hide \q2 and watch everything that I do, \q2 waiting for an opportunity to kill me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q2 it is as though you have put all my tears in a bottle \q2 so that you can see how much I have cried. \q2 You have counted my tears and written the number in your book. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \q2 \v 11 I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid. \q2 I know that humans cannot really harm me! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/057.usfm b/19-PSA/057.usfm index 13d77e3c..73698ef7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/057.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/057.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 57 \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." -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, act mercifully toward me! \q1 Act mercifully toward me because I am coming to you to protect me. \q2 I request you to protect me as little birds are protected under their mother's wings \q2 until the storm is ended. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 5 God, show in the heavens that you are very great! \q2 Show your glory to people all over the earth! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 It is as if they have dug a deep pit along the path where I walk, \q2 but they themselves fell into it! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \v 8 It is an honor to wake up and praise you. \q2 I will arise before the sun rises \q2 and praise you while I play my big harp or my lyre. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/058.usfm b/19-PSA/058.usfm index e6bc7b7d..38e2c07e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/058.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/058.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 58 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be sung using the tune "Do not destroy." -\b + \q1 \v 1 When you rulers speak, you never say what is right; \q2 you people never justly decide disputes. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q \v 5 As a result, like a snake that does not respond when a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, \q2 they do not pay attention when others rebuke them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; \q2 cause them to be like a baby that is born dead! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/059.usfm b/19-PSA/059.usfm index 55801023..84ec4b7d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/059.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/059.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 59 \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, when Saul, wanting to kill David, sent men to watch David's house. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, save me from my enemies! \q2 Protect me from those who want to attack me! \q1 \v 2 Keep me safe from men who want to do what is wicked, \q2 from men who are murderers! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q2 arise and punish the people of all the nations who do not honor you; \q2 do not act mercifully toward those wicked people who have acted treacherously toward us. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 6 They return each evening, @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 But Yahweh, you laugh at them. \q2 You scoff at the people of the pagan nations. -\b + \q1 \v 9 God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; \q2 you are my refuge. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 11 But do not kill them immediately; \q2 it is good that my people should not forget how you punished them! @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q2 so that people will know that you rule over us, your Israelite people, \q2 and that you rule over all the earth. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 14 They return each evening, @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 9ce6d7c2..c3236fb4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/060.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/060.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 60 \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. -\b + \q1 \v 1 I prayed, "God, you have rejected us Israelites! \q1 Because you have been angry with us, @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 You have caused us, your people, to suffer very much; \q2 it is as though you had taken away our strength by making us drink strong wine. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Answer our prayers and enable us by your power to defeat our enemies \q2 so that we, the people you love, will be saved." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 8b09c4b5..7fa90461 100644 --- a/19-PSA/061.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/061.usfm @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ \s5 \c 61 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by musical instruments. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 Lead me to a place that will be like a high rock \q2 on top of which I will be safe. \q1 \v 3 You have been my refuge; \q2 you have been like a strong tower \q2 in which my enemies cannot attack me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 Allow us to rule forever while you observe us; \q2 watch over us while you faithfully love us and do for us what you promised. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/062.usfm b/19-PSA/062.usfm index 162e22d9..ba351c26 100644 --- a/19-PSA/062.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/062.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 62 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir leader -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 Only he is like a huge rock on which I can be safe; \q2 he is like a fortress high up that my enemies cannot climb. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \q1 They bless people by what they say, \q2 but in their inner beings they curse those people. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \q2 Tell him all your troubles \q2 because we go to him for safety. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \v 10 Do not trust in money gained by extorting it from others; \q2 do not try to gain anything by robbing others. \q1 If you become very wealthy, do not trust in your money. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/063.usfm b/19-PSA/063.usfm index cb8eb6d0..548e3bae 100644 --- a/19-PSA/063.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/063.usfm @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ \s5 \c 63 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David when he was in the wilderness in Judah. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 I have been with you in your temple \q1 In order to see that you are loving and powerful. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 6 While I lie on my bed, I think about you. \q1 I think about you all during the night. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 I follow you closely, \q2 and your hand protects me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 they will be killed in battles \q2 and their corpses will be eaten by dogs. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/064.usfm b/19-PSA/064.usfm index 03a75c41..97a65b9a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/064.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/064.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 64 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; \q2 protect me from that group of men who do what is evil. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 They are not afraid of anyone; they lie about people and slander those who have done no wrong. \q2 They are like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots arrows at his enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 because we have planned very well the things that we are going to do." \q2 What people can think and plan in their inner beings is truly amazing! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 2a25614a..470daed0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/065.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/065.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 65 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \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 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \v 4 How fortunate are those whom you have chosen \q2 to always be in your temple courtyards. \q1 We will be satisfied with all the blessings that you will give us because we worship you in your sacred temple. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 f0ac5fb7..727e3c2b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/066.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/066.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 66 -\p +\m \d A psalm that is a song for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Tell everyone on the earth \q2 that they should sing joyfully to praise God! @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q2 sing to praise him, \q2 and honor him. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q2 and he keeps watching all the nations to see what evil things they do. \q2 The nations that want to rebel against him should not be proud. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He has kept us alive, \q2 and he has not allowed us to fall into disaster. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \v 12 You allowed our enemies to trample on us; \q2 we experienced difficulties walking through fires and floods, \q1 but now you have made us safe. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \q2 and I will also sacrifice bulls and goats; \q2 when they are burning, you will be pleased as the smoke rises up to you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/067.usfm b/19-PSA/067.usfm index 866aec4f..aed1338b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/067.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/067.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 67 -\p +\m \d A psalm for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, act mercifully toward us and bless us; \q1 act kindly toward us. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 God, I desire that the people groups may praise you; \q1 I want them all to praise you! -\b + \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 6930f77a..104e2a5f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/068.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/068.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 68 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, arise and scatter your enemies, \q1 and cause those who hate you to run away from you. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 3 But may the righteous people be joyful; \q2 may they rejoice when they are in God's presence; \q2 may they be happy and very joyful. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 6 He provides families for those who have no one to live with. \q1 He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, \q2 but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 Your people built homes there; \q2 because you were good to them, you provided food for those who were poor. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ 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! -\b + \q1 \v 15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan hills, \q1 a mountain that has many peaks. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q2 he received gifts from the enemies whom he had defeated. \q1 He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, \q2 and Yahweh, our God, will live there in his sacred temple forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ 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. -\b + \q1 \v 21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, \q2 the long-haired skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully. @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q2 \v 23 I will do that so that you may wash your feet in their blood, \q2 and your dogs can also lap up some of your enemies' blood." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the batt \q1 \v 31 Then the leaders of Egypt will bring gifts to you. \q2 then the people in Ethiopia will rush to lift up their hands to praise you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ 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. -\b + \q1 Praise God! diff --git a/19-PSA/069.usfm b/19-PSA/069.usfm index 55ea9f73..d4be0203 100644 --- a/19-PSA/069.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/069.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 69 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 O God, save me \q2 because I am in great danger. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 O God, you see the sins that I have committed. \q2 You know that I have foolishly disobeyed your laws. -\b + \q1 \v 6 O Yahweh God, commander of the angel armies, \q2 do not allow the wrong things that I have done @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 Even the elders of the city say bad things about me. \q2 The drunkards of the city sing disgusting songs about me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 Come near to me and save me; \q1 rescue me from my enemies. -\b + \q1 \v 19 You know that I am insulted \q2 and that people shame and dishonor me; @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison, \q2 and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 29 As for me, I have pain and am suffering. \q2 O God, protect me and rescue me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ \q1 \v 33 Yahweh listens to those who are needy; \q2 he does not ignore those who have suffered for him. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/070.usfm b/19-PSA/070.usfm index cede148b..cd65783f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/070.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/070.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 70 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director, asking God to help David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, please save me! \q2 Yahweh, come quickly to help me! @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \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!" -\b + \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 4413ce77..75015678 100644 --- a/19-PSA/071.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/071.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 71 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have come to you to be safe; \q2 never allow me to become ashamed. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 God, rescue me from wicked people, \q2 from the power of unjust and evil men. -\b + \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 +36,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 I praise you all during the day, \q2 and I proclaim that you are glorious. -\b + \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. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q1 \v 13 Cause those who accuse me to be defeated and destroyed; \q2 cause those who want to harm me to be shamed and disgraced. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \v 18 Now, God, when I am old and my hair is gray, \q2 do not abandon me. \q1 Stay with me while I continue to proclaim to my children and grandchildren. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 You will cause me to be greatly honored, \q2 and you will encourage me again. -\b + \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 3d60d7f8..639f1e5e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/072.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/072.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 72 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Solomon. -\b + \q1 \v 1 O God, enable the king whom you appointed in Israel to rule justly. \q2 Show him how to judge matters fairly @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 Help your king to defend the poor people \q2 and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them. -\b + \q1 \v 5 I desire that your king may live as long as the sun shines, \q2 as long as the moon shines, forever. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 I hope that people may live righteously during the years that he rules \q2 and that the people may live peacefully and prosperously as long as the moon shines. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 Our king rescues people from being oppressed and from being treated cruelly \q2 because their lives are precious to our king. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 I hope that all people will praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, \q2 just as he has blessed the king of Israel. @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ \v 19 Praise him forever! \q2 I desire that his glory may fill the whole world! \q2 Amen! May it be so! -\b + \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 e8765f2d..17d4e0cb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/073.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/073.usfm @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ \s5 \c 73 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God; \q1 I was almost guilty of committing a great sin against him \q1 \v 3 because I saw those who proudly said that they did not need God, and I wanted to be like them. \q2 I saw that they became wealthy even though they were wicked. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ \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." -\b + \q1 \v 12 That is what wicked people are like; \q2 they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 During each day I have problems, \q2 and every morning you punish me. -\b + \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. @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \q1 \v 17 But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me, \q2 and I understood what will happen to the wicked people after they die. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \q \v 20 They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; \q2 Lord, when you arise, you will cause them to disappear. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \q1 \v 22 I was stupid and ignorant, \q2 and I behaved like an animal toward you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ \v 26 My body and my mind may become very weak, \q2 but, God, you continue to enable me to be strong; \q2 I belong to you forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/074.usfm b/19-PSA/074.usfm index b05ee3bf..e395875e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/074.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/074.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 74 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, why have you abandoned us? \q2 Will you keep rejecting us forever? @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Walk along and see where everything has been totally ruined; \q2 our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple. -\b + \q1 \v 4 Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; \q1 they erected their banners to show they had defeated us. @@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 God, how long will our enemies make fun of you? \q1 Will they insult you? \q1 \v 11 Why do you refuse to help us? \q2 Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies? -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q \v 17 You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, \q2 and you created the summer season and the winter season. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; \q2 help those poor and needy people in order that they will again praise you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/075.usfm b/19-PSA/075.usfm index f589cada..283d71e8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/075.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/075.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ \s5 \c 75 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'Do not destroy' -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 You have said, "I have appointed a time when I will judge people, \q2 and I will judge everyone fairly. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q \v 5 Do not be arrogant, \q2 and do not speak so boastfully! -\b + \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. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \q1 and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; \q2 they will drink every drop of it; yes, he will punish them fully. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/076.usfm b/19-PSA/076.usfm index 0b51b6c9..27c3da75 100644 --- a/19-PSA/076.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/076.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 76 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments -\b + \q1 \v 1 God has made the people in Judah to know him; \q1 the Israelite people honor him. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \v 3 There he broke the flaming arrows that his enemies shot, \q2 and he also broke their shields and swords and other weapons that they used in battles. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ \v 9 when you arose to declare that you would punish wicked people \q2 and rescue all those whom they had oppressed. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 10 When you punish those with whom you are angry, your people will praise you, \q2 and your enemies who survive will worship you on your festival days. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/077.usfm b/19-PSA/077.usfm index 6b35b719..7db4a60d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/077.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/077.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 77 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph for Jeduthun, the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 I will cry out to God; \q1 I will cry aloud to him, and he will listen to me. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 3 When I thought about God, I despaired; \q1 when I meditated about him, I grew discouraged. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 I said, "What causes me to be sad the most is that \q1 it seems that God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer using his power for us." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q2 \v 12 I meditate on all that you have done, \q2 and I think about your mighty acts. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \v 15 By your power you rescued your people from Egypt; \q2 you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and his son Joseph. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 f0448aa1..bc55444a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/078.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/078.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 78 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \q1 \v 1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; \q2 pay careful attention to what I will say. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q2 who were very stubborn and kept rebelling against God; \q1 they did not continue firmly trusting in God, \q2 and they did not worship him alone. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; \q2 the water flowed like a river. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 32 In spite of all this, the people continued to sin; \q1 in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the wilderness \q1 and made him very sad. @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ \v 55 He expelled the people groups while his people were advancing; \q2 he assigned part of the land for each tribe to possess, \q2 and he gave the houses of those people to the Israelites. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ \q1 \v 64 Many priests were killed by their enemies' swords, \q2 and the people did not allow the priests' widows to mourn. -\b + \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 aa7488ee..e675a61f 100644 --- a/19-PSA/079.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/079.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 79 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, other people groups have invaded your own land. \q2 They have desecrated your temple, @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 The people groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; \q2 they laugh at us and mock us. -\b + \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, how long will this continue? \q2 Will you be angry with us forever? @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 9 God, you have saved us many times, \q2 so help us now; @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, \q2 and by your great power, free those whom our enemies say they will certainly execute. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/080.usfm b/19-PSA/080.usfm index d081c6c0..6bce2c74 100644 --- a/19-PSA/080.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/080.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 80 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director, to be sung using the tune 'Lilies of the covenant' -\b + \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, @@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ \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! -\b + \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! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ \q1 \v 6 You have allowed the people groups that surround us to argue with each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take; \q2 they laugh at us. -\b + \s5 \q1 \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! -\b + \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, @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \q2 and as their branches are taller than big cedar trees, \q1 \v 11 your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \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! -\b + \q1 \v 16 Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; \q1 look at them angrily and get rid of them! @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \q \v 18 When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; \q2 revive us, and then we will praise you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/081.usfm b/19-PSA/081.usfm index 2a346b34..daede56b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/081.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/081.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 81 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph for the choir director -\b + \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. -\b + \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. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 I heard a voice I did not recognize, and it said: \s5 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ \q2 It was not any of those gods who brought you out of Egypt; \q1 I am the one who did it! \q2 So request what you want me to do for you, and I will do it. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 So because they were very stubborn, \q2 I allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/082.usfm b/19-PSA/082.usfm index 3c038380..a6036d36 100644 --- a/19-PSA/082.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/082.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 82 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Asaph -\b + \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: @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q2 you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them. \q1 \v 4 Rescue them from the power of the wicked people!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q2 They are very corrupt, \q2 and as a result of their corrupt behavior, \q2 it is as though the foundation of the world is being shaken! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 but you will die as people do; \q2 your lives will end as the lives of all rulers end." -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/083.usfm b/19-PSA/083.usfm index 4396e573..9d37d6d2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/083.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/083.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 83 -\p +\m \d A psalm which is a song written by Asaph -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, do not continue to be silent! \q1 Do not be quiet and say nothing @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \v 8 The people of Assyria have joined them; \q2 they are strong allies of the Moab and Ammon people groups, who are descendants of Abraham's nephew Lot. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \q2 defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna, \q2 \v 12 who said, "We will take for ourselves the land that the Israelites say belongs to God!" -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/084.usfm b/19-PSA/084.usfm index 086a66f7..f3117ed2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/084.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/084.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 84 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, \q2 your temple is very beautiful! @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 2 I would like to be there; \q2 Yahweh, I desire that very much. \q2 With all my inner being I sing joyfully to you, the all-powerful God. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \v 4 How fortunate are those who are always in your temple, \q2 constantly singing to praise you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ \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. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 For me, spending one day in your temple \q2 is better than spending a thousand days somewhere else; @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 0fa809ec..c6031b23 100644 --- a/19-PSA/085.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/085.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 85 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director -\b + \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. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 You stopped being angry with us \q2 and turned away from severely punishing us. -\b + \q1 \v 4 Now, God, the only one who can save us, stop being angry with us \q1 and help us. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 Yahweh, by rescuing us from our troubles, \q2 show us that you faithfully love us. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He is surely ready to save those who have an awesome respect for him, \q2 so that his glory will remain in our land. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/086.usfm b/19-PSA/086.usfm index 2306a811..5ab06494 100644 --- a/19-PSA/086.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/086.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 86 -\p +\m \d A prayer written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to what I say and answer me \q2 because I am weak and needy. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 Lord, cause me to be glad, \q2 because I pray to you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 When I have troubles, I call out to you \q2 because you answer me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 You are great, and you do wonderful things; \q2 only you are God. -\b + \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. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 66a09e40..0b66af0e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/087.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/087.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 87 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah -\b + \q1 \v 1 The city is established on his holy mountain. \q1 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 All you people in Jerusalem, \q2 other people say wonderful things about your city. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 6 Yahweh will write a list of the names of the people of various groups who belong to him, \q1 and he will say that he considers them all to be citizens of Jerusalem. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/088.usfm b/19-PSA/088.usfm index 336690d0..5a946a09 100644 --- a/19-PSA/088.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/088.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 88 -\p +\m \d A psalm that expresses sadness, written for the choir director by Zerah's son Heman, one of the descendants of Korah -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 Listen to my prayer \q2 while I cry out to you for help! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 6 It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit, \q2 into a place where they throw corpses. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 You certainly do not perform miracles for dead people! \q1 Their spirits do not arise to praise you! @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 No one in the deep, dark pit ever sees the miracles that you perform, \q2 and no one in the place where people have been completely forgotten tells about your being good to us. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 Yahweh, why do you reject me? \q2 Why do you turn away from me? -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/089.usfm b/19-PSA/089.usfm index b8646442..43fbc7a0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/089.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/089.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 89 -\p +\m \d A song written by Ethan, from the clan of Ezra -\b + \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. \q1 \v 2 I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, \q2 and that your being faithful to do what you have promised is as permanent as the sky. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 'I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; \q2 the line of kings descended from you will never end.'" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 O Yahweh God, commander of the angel armies, there is no one who is as powerful as you are; \q2 your faithfully doing all that you promise is like a cloak that always surrounds you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \q1 \v 13 You are very powerful; \q2 you are extremely strong. -\b + \q1 \v 14 You rule over people fairly and justly; \q2 you are always faithfully loving us and doing what you promised. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 Yahweh, you gave us the one who protects us; \q2 you, the holy God whom we Israelites worship, he gave us our king. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ \q1 \v 29 I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, \q2 various ones of his descendants will always be kings. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ \v 37 That line will be as permanent as the moon \q2 that is always watching everything here on earth." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ \v 45 You have caused him to become old when he is still young \q2 and caused him to be very shamed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ \v 48 No one can keep on living and never die; \q2 no one can bring himself back from the place of the dead. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ \q1 \v 51 Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! \q2 They insult him wherever he goes. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/090.usfm b/19-PSA/090.usfm index 982c2441..af35d8b2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/090.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/090.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 90 -\p +\m \d A prayer by the prophet Moses -\b + \q1 \v 1 Lord, you have always been like a home for us. \q1 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q2 before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, \q1 you were eternally God, \q2 and you will be God forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 In the morning the grass sprouts and grows well, \q2 but in the evening it dries up and completely withers. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q2 if they are strong, some of them live for eighty years. \q1 But even during good years we have much pain and troubles; \q2 our lives soon end, and we die. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 13 Yahweh, how long will you be angry with us? \q1 Pity us who serve you. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 Enable us to see the great things that you do, \q2 and enable our descendants to see your glorious power also. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/091.usfm b/19-PSA/091.usfm index 9cb9402a..a4914e3e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/091.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/091.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 91 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Those who live under the protection of God Almighty, \q2 will be able to rest safely under his care. @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q2 "You protect me; \q2 you are like a fort in which I am safe. \q2 You are my God, the one in whom I trust." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 Look and see \q2 that wicked people are being punished! -\b + \q1 \v 9 Yahweh protects me; \q2 trust God Almighty to shelter you, too. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \q1 \v 13 You will be kept safe from being harmed by your enemies; \q2 it will be as though you were killing strong lions and poisonous snakes by stepping on them! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/092.usfm b/19-PSA/092.usfm index e2aad8fb..8917026d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/092.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/092.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 92 -\p +\m \d A psalm that is to be sung on Sabbath days. -\b + \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. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q2 \v 3 accompanied by musicians playing harps that have ten strings \q2 and by the sounds made by a lyre. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ \v 7 They do not understand that although the number of wicked people increases as blades of grass do \q2 and that those who do what is evil prosper, \q1 they will be completely destroyed. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 8 But Yahweh, you will be king forever. -\b + \q1 \v 9 Yahweh, your enemies will certainly die, \q2 and those who do wicked things will be defeated. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 I have seen you defeat my enemies, \q2 and I have heard those evil men wail while they were being slaughtered. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/093.usfm b/19-PSA/093.usfm index aba8b1d2..8bc1548a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/093.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/093.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 93 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you have become the King! \q2 The majesty and the power that you have are like robes that a king wears. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 You started to rule as king a very long time ago; \q2 you have always existed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 but you are greater than the roar of those oceans, \q2 more powerful than the ocean waves! \q2 You are Yahweh, the one who is greater than any other god! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/094.usfm b/19-PSA/094.usfm index 61ab2cbc..76a0cb81 100644 --- a/19-PSA/094.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/094.usfm @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ \s5 \c 94 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge on your enemies. \q2 So show them that you are going to punish them! -\b + \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 +15,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked people be glad? \q2 It is not right that they continue being glad! -\b + \q1 \v 4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; \q2 how long will they be allowed to continue doing that? @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q2 \v 7 Those wicked people say, "Yahweh does not see anything; \q2 the God whom those Israelites worship does not see the evil things that we do." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \q2 \v 11 Yahweh knows everything that people are thinking; \q2 he knows that what they think is evil and useless. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 Someday judges will decide matters fairly for people, \q2 and all honest people will be pleased about that. -\b + \q1 \v 16 But when wicked people oppressed me, \q1 no one defended me! @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \q1 \v 19 Whenever I am very worried, \q2 you comfort me and cause me to be happy. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/095.usfm b/19-PSA/095.usfm index 911bd6ba..3b5ed1e8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/095.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/095.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 95 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Come, sing to Yahweh; \q2 sing joyfully to the one who protects us and saves us! \q1 \v 2 We should thank him as we come before him \q2 and sing joyful songs as we praise him. -\b + \q1 \v 3 Because Yahweh is a great God, \q2 he is a great king who rules over all other gods. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 The seas are his because he made them. \q2 He is the one who made the dry land. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \v 7 He is our God, \q2 and we are the people whom he protects, \q2 like sheep that a shepherd takes care of. -\b + \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 eecc2acf..096bafa3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/096.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/096.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 96 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Sing to Yahweh a new song! \q1 You people throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh! @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Tell about his glory to all people groups; \q2 tell all people groups the marvelous things that he has done. -\b + \q1 \v 4 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much; \q1 he should be revered more than all the gods. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king. \q2 They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 48fe7614..0820a313 100644 --- a/19-PSA/097.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/097.usfm @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ \s5 \c 97 -\p +\m \q1 \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! -\b + \q1 \v 2 There are very dark clouds around him; \q1 he rules completely, justly, and fairly. @@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ \q1 \v 6 The angels in heaven proclaim that he acts righteously, \q2 and all the people groups see his glory. -\b + \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. -\b + \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 +42,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 b53d1640..be920274 100644 --- a/19-PSA/098.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/098.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 98 -\p +\m \d A psalm. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Sing to Yahweh a new song \q1 because he has done wonderful things! @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 4 All you people everywhere should sing joyfully to Yahweh; \q1 praise him while you sing and shout joyfully! @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Some of you should blow trumpets and other horns \q2 while others shout joyfully to Yahweh, our king. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/099.usfm b/19-PSA/099.usfm index 17f789f3..c181931b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/099.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/099.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 99 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Yahweh is the supreme king, \q1 so all the people groups should tremble in his presence! @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q2 \v 3 They should praise him because he is very great; \q2 he is holy! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q2 Worship him in front of his footstool, the sacred chest in his temple, \q2 where he rules people. \q2 He is holy! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \s5 diff --git a/19-PSA/100.usfm b/19-PSA/100.usfm index be291c6e..66c7aaa0 100644 --- a/19-PSA/100.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/100.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 100 -\p +\m \d A psalm of thanksgiving -\b + \q1 \v 1 Everyone in the world should shout joyfully to Yahweh! \q2 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \q2 it is he who made us, and so we belong to him. \q2 We are the people that he takes care of; \q2 we are like sheep that their shepherd cares for. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/101.usfm b/19-PSA/101.usfm index d854a9d1..0adc908b 100644 --- a/19-PSA/101.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/101.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 101 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I will sing to you! \q1 I will sing about your faithful and just loyalty to us. @@ -14,33 +14,33 @@ \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. -\b + \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; \q2 I will completely avoid those people. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 4 I will not be dishonest, \q2 and I will not have anything to do with evil. -\b + \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. -\b + \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. \q2 I will allow to serve me those who behave in such a way that no one can criticize them. -\b + \s5 \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. -\b + \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 da1d8c43..e236e929 100644 --- a/19-PSA/102.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/102.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 102 -\p +\m \d A prayer written by someone who was afflicted, when he was discouraged and pleaded for Yahweh to help. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; \q1 hear me while I cry out to you! @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 2 Do not turn away! \q1 Listen to me, \q2 and answer me quickly now when I am calling out to you! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 12 But Yahweh, you are our king who rules forever; \q1 people who are not yet born will remember you. @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 18 Yahweh, I want to write these words \q2 so that people in future years will know what you have done, @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ \v 21 As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you for what you have done. \q2 \v 22 Many people from other people groups and those who are citizens of other kingdoms will gather to worship you. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/103.usfm b/19-PSA/103.usfm index cddb812a..04be27de 100644 --- a/19-PSA/103.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/103.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 103 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. \q2 I will praise him because he is holy. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 He gives me good things during my entire life. \q2 He makes me feel young and strong like eagles. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 19 Yahweh has taken his seat in the heavens where he rules as king; \q2 from there he rules over everything. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \q1 \v 22 All you things that Yahweh has created, praise him; \q2 praise him in every place where he rules, everywhere! -\b + \q1 I also will praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/104.usfm b/19-PSA/104.usfm index e7d480e8..d76e6677 100644 --- a/19-PSA/104.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/104.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 104 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. \q1 Yahweh, my God, you are very great! @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 You caused the winds to be like your messengers, \q1 and flames of fire to be like your servants. -\b + \q1 \v 5 You placed the world firmly on its foundation \q2 so that it can never be moved. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 Then you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; \q2 their water will never again cover the whole earth. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 High up in the mountains the wild goats live, \q2 and hyraxes live in the rocks. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ \q1 \v 23 During the daytime, people go to their work; \q2 they work until it is evening. -\b + \q1 \v 24 Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! \q2 You were very wise as you made them all. @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ \q1 \v 26 We see the ships which sail along! \q2 We see the huge sea monster which you made to splash around in the sea. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ \v 30 When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, \q2 they start to live; \q2 You give new life to all the living creatures on the earth. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ \q1 \v 32 He makes the earth shake just by looking at it! \q2 By merely touching the mountains he makes them pour out fire and smoke! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ \q1 \v 35 However, may sinners disappear from the earth; \q2 may there will be no more wicked people! -\b + \q1 But as for me, I will praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 Praise him! diff --git a/19-PSA/105.usfm b/19-PSA/105.usfm index bbbfd41e..8f9efa84 100644 --- a/19-PSA/105.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/105.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 105 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh; worship him and pray to him. \q2 Tell everyone in the world what he has done! @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, \q2 and always seek to be with him! -\b + \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 +28,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 He is Yahweh, our God. \q1 He rules and judges people throughout the earth. -\b + \q1 \v 8 He never forgets the covenant that he made; \q2 he made a promise that will last for a thousand generations. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 What he said was, "I will give you the region of Canaan; \q2 it will belong to you and your descendants forever." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 "Do not do harm to the people whom I have chosen! \q2 Do not harm my prophets!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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. @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ \q2 ruining all the crops. \q1 \v 36 Then Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house of the people of Egypt. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 42 He did that because he kept thinking about the sacred promise that he had given to his servant, Abraham. @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/106.usfm b/19-PSA/106.usfm index 8bc3cb31..c8fbed31 100644 --- a/19-PSA/106.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/106.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 106 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! \q1 Praise Yahweh because he everything he does is good; @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q2 and to see all the people of your nation, Israel, become happy again; \q2 allow me to be happy with them! \q2 I want to praise you along with all those others who belong to you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 When that happened, our ancestors believed that Yahweh had truly done for them what he had promised to do, \q2 and they sang to praise him. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 So he gave them what they requested, \q2 but he also caused a terrible disease to afflict them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 God sent down from heaven a fire \q2 which burned up all the wicked people who supported them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ \v 23 Because of that, God said that he would get rid of the Israelites; \q2 but Moses, whom God had chosen to serve him, stood up to persuade God not to do that. \q2 As a result, God did not destroy them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ \q2 \v 27 that he would scatter their descendants among the people of other nations and groups who did not believe in him, \q2 and that he would allow them to die in those lands. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ \q1 \v 31 People have remembered that righteous deed that Phinehas did, \q2 and in future years people will remember it. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ \q1 \v 33 They caused Moses to become very angry, \q2 and he said things that were foolish. -\b + \q1 \v 34 Our ancestors did not destroy the other people groups \q2 as he told them to do. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ \v 39 So by their deeds they made it impossible for God to accept them; \q2 because they did not faithfully worship only God, \q2 they became like women who sleep with other men instead of sleeping only with their husbands. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ \v 43 Many times Yahweh rescued his people, \q2 but they continued to rebel against him, \q2 and they were finally destroyed because of the sins that they committed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ \q2 he changed his mind about punishing them more. \q1 \v 46 He caused all those who had taken the Israelites to Babylonia to feel sorry for them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ \q1 and bring us back to Israel from among those people groups \q2 so that we may thank you \q2 and joyfully praise you. -\b + \q1 \v 48 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, \q1 praise him now and forever! -\b + \q1 All the people should agree! \q2 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/107.usfm b/19-PSA/107.usfm index 56506627..8be05b08 100644 --- a/19-PSA/107.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/107.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 107 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Give thanks to Yahweh because he always does good things for us! \q2 His faithful love for us lasts forever, as he has promised us! @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 3 He has gathered those of you who were exiled to many lands; \q2 he has gathered you together from the east and the west, \q2 from the north and from the south. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He gives thirsty people plenty of water to drink, \q2 and he gives hungry people plenty of good things to eat. -\b + \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. @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \q1 They should praise Yahweh for loving them faithfully \q2 and for the wonderful things that he does for people. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \q1 \v 22 They should give offerings to him to show that they are thankful, \q2 and they should sing joyfully about the miracles that he has performed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ \q1 \v 32 They should praise him among the Israelite people when they have gathered together, \q2 and they should praise him in front of the leaders of the country. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ \q1 \v 38 He blesses the people, and the women give birth to many children, \q2 and they have large herds of cattle. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 b165d88c..5cc10f5d 100644 --- a/19-PSA/108.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/108.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 108 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, I am very confident in you. \q1 I will sing to praise you. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Yahweh, show in the heavens that you are very great! \q2 Show your glory to people all over the earth! -\b + \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." @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \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." -\b + \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 93f63e3d..a7b02777 100644 --- a/19-PSA/109.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/109.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 109 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 God, you are the one whom I praise, \q1 so please answer my prayer @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, \q2 they do evil things to me and hate me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 Think about his sins continually, \q2 but cause everyone living to completely forget who he was. -\b + \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 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ \q1 \v 20 Yahweh, I wish that you will punish all my enemies that way, \q2 those who say evil things about me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ \q1 \v 29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; \q2 cause other people to see that they are disgraced as easily as they see the clothes that they wear! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/110.usfm b/19-PSA/110.usfm index f8743cc4..3cae15ac 100644 --- a/19-PSA/110.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/110.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ \s5 \c 110 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh said to my lord the king, \q1 "Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor \q2 until I completely defeat your enemies \q2 and make them like a stool for your feet!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 3 On the day that you lead your armies into battle, \q2 many of your people will volunteer to join your army. \q1 Your youthful strength will act for you like the dew that waters the earth early in the morning." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \q2 and he will never change his mind; \q1 he has said to the king, "You will be a priest forever \q2 like Melchizedek." -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/111.usfm b/19-PSA/111.usfm index 4af52b07..e63635e7 100644 --- a/19-PSA/111.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/111.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 111 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 I will thank Yahweh with my entire inner being \q2 every time that those who do what is right come together. -\b + \q1 \v 2 The things that Yahweh has done are wonderful! \q1 All those who are delighted with those things @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \v 9 He rescued us, his people, from being slaves in Egypt, \q2 and he made a covenant with us that will last forever. \q2 He is holy and awesome! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/112.usfm b/19-PSA/112.usfm index 2516fc7d..acc379c6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/112.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/112.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 112 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 How fortunate are those who have an awesome respect for him, \q2 those who happily obey his commands. -\b + \q1 \v 2 Their children will prosper in their land; \q1 God will bless their descedants. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \v 9 They give things generously to poor people; \q2 their kind deeds will endure forever, \q2 and they will be exalted and honored. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/113.usfm b/19-PSA/113.usfm index 2a99bfe1..71aff95c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/113.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/113.usfm @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ \s5 \c 113 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 You people who serve Yahweh, praise him! \q1 Praise him! \q1 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 People who live in the east and people who live in the west, \q2 everyone, should praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 \v 4 Yahweh rules over all the nations, \q1 and high in the heavens he shows that his glory is very great. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \q2 who lives in the highest heaven \q2 \v 6 and looks far down through the heavens and sees the people on the earth. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He also enables women who have no children to live in their houses \q2 as happy as mothers with children. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/114.usfm b/19-PSA/114.usfm index a21b3aa9..a6cba3e3 100644 --- a/19-PSA/114.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/114.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 114 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 When the Israelite people left Egypt, \q1 when the descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign language, \q2 \v 2 the land of Judah became the place where people worshiped God; \q2 and Israel became the land that he ruled over. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \v 4 When they came to Mount Sinai and there was a big earthquake, \q2 it was as though the mountains skipped like goats \q2 and the hills jumped around like lambs. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats \q2 and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?" -\b + \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 7bbcd5b3..14c4781a 100644 --- a/19-PSA/115.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/115.usfm @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ \s5 \c 115 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 It is not right that other people groups should say about us, \q1 "They claim that their God is very powerful, @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, \q2 and those who trust in those idols can accomplish nothing, just like their idols! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 All you who have a reverential respect for Yahweh, trust in him! \q2 He is the one who helps you and protects you like a shield. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \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! -\b + \q1 \v 14 I wish that Yahweh may give many children \q2 to you, my fellow Israelite people, and to your descendants. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 15 I wish that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, may bless all of you! -\b + \q1 \v 16 The highest heavens belong to Yahweh, \q2 but he gave everything that is on the earth to us people. @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 But we who are alive will thank him, \q2 now and forever. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/116.usfm b/19-PSA/116.usfm index 986293c1..f9afa9b6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/116.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/116.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 116 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 I love Yahweh \q2 because he hears me when I cry to him for help. \q1 \v 2 He listens to me, \q2 so I will call out to him all during my life. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 But then I called out to Yahweh, saying, \q2 "Yahweh, I plead with you to save me!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ \q1 \v 6 He protects those who are helpless; \q2 when I thought that I would die, he saved me. -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 7 I must encourage myself \q2 because Yahweh has done very good things for me. -\b + \q1 \v 8 Yahweh has saved me from dying \q2 and has kept me from troubles that would cause me to cry. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 Even when I was distressed and said, "I cannot trust anyone," \q2 I continued to trust in Yahweh. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 15 Yahweh is very grieved when one of his people dies. @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \v 16 I am one of those who serves Yahweh; \q2 I serve him like my mother did. \q2 He has ended my troubles. -\b + \q1 \v 17 So I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him, \q1 and I will pray to him. @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/117.usfm b/19-PSA/117.usfm index 7cbb3f1e..52830acb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/117.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/117.usfm @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ \s5 \c 117 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 You people of all nations, praise Yahweh! \q1 All you people groups, praise him \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. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/118.usfm b/19-PSA/118.usfm index 44deb5e5..3bdb0e5e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/118.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/118.usfm @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ \s5 \c 118 -\p +\m \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. -\b + \q1 \v 2 You Israelite people should repeatedly shout, \q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!" @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 All you who revere him should repeatedly shout, \q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 Yes, Yahweh is on my side, \q2 so I will look triumphantly at my enemies while he defeats them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 It is better to trust Yahweh to protect us \q2 than to trust that influential people will protect us. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \v 12 They swarmed around me like angry bees; \q2 they were like a fire that flares up in a thornbush, \q2 but we defeated them by Yahweh's power. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \v 14 Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, \q1 and he is the one about whom I always sing; \q2 he has saved us from my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 he has raised his strong right arm to show he is happy over defeating his enemies. \q2 Yahweh has completely defeated them!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 Yahweh has punished me severely, \q2 but he has not allowed me to die. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Yahweh, I thank you that you answered my prayer \q2 and that you saved me from my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ \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. -\b + \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! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/119.usfm b/19-PSA/119.usfm index 98e106c3..bc85b898 100644 --- a/19-PSA/119.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/119.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 119 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 How fortunate are those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong, \q1 those who always obey the laws of Yahweh. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \q1 \v 24 I am delighted with your requirements; \q2 it is as though they were my advisors. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ \q1 \v 32 I will eagerly obey your commands \q2 because you have helped me understand better and better what you want me to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ \q1 \v 40 I very much desire to obey your principles of behavior; \q2 because you are righteous, allow me to continue to live. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ \v 48 I respect your commandments, \q2 and I love them; \q2 I will meditate on everything you require us to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ \q2 and so I obey your laws. \q1 \v 56 What I have always done is to obey your principles of behavior. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ \q1 \v 64 Yahweh, you faithfully love people all over the earth; \q2 teach me your statutes. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ \q1 \v 72 The laws that you give to us are worth more to me than gold, \q2 more than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ \q1 \v 80 Enable me to perfectly obey your statutes \q2 so that I may not be ashamed because of not doing that. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ \q1 \v 88 Because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live \q2 so that I may continue to obey your requirements that you have spoken. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ \q1 \v 96 I have learned that there is a limit for everything, \q2 but your commands have no limit. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ \q2 because of them, I am joyful in my inner being. \q1 \v 112 I have decided to always obey your commands, every one of them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ \q1 \v 120 I tremble because I am afraid of you; \q2 I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey your regulations. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ \q1 \v 128 So I conduct my life by your principles of behavior, \q2 and I hate all the evil things that some people do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ \q1 \v 136 I cry very much \q2 because many people do not obey your laws. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ \q1 \v 144 Your requirements are always fair; \q2 help me to understand them so that I may continue to live. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ \q1 \v 152 Long ago I found out about your requirements, \q2 and I know that you intended them to last forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ \q1 \v 160 I can rely on everything that you have said; \q2 all your regulations will endure forever. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ \q1 \v 168 I obey your principles of behavior, \q2 and you see everything that I do. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/120.usfm b/19-PSA/120.usfm index 0d7704b4..879df9ac 100644 --- a/19-PSA/120.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/120.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 120 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship -\b + \q1 \v 1 When I was distressed, I called out to Yahweh \q2 and he answered me. \q1 \v 2 I prayed, \q2 "Yahweh, rescue me from those who lie to me and try to deceive me!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 He will punish you when soldiers shoot sharp arrows at you; \q2 arrows that were hardened and made sharp \q2 over hot coals from the wood of a broom tree. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/121.usfm b/19-PSA/121.usfm index 0c79fe44..4cf854d2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/121.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/121.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 121 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship -\b + \q1 \v 1 When we travel toward Jerusalem, \q2 I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, "Who will help me?" \q1 \v 2 My answer is that Yahweh is the one who helps me; \q2 he is the one who made heaven and the earth. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 The one who protects us Israelite people \q2 never gets sleepy or sleeps. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 He will not allow the sun to harm us during the day, \q2 and he will not allow the moon to harm us during the night. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/122.usfm b/19-PSA/122.usfm index 6c81495a..c0b24ff6 100644 --- a/19-PSA/122.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/122.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 122 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 I was glad when people said to me, \q2 "We should go to the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem!" @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q2 the thrones that the kings of Israel sat \q2 when they ruled Israel. \q2 These are the thrones of the descendants of King David. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/123.usfm b/19-PSA/123.usfm index f7215526..f2bf03c8 100644 --- a/19-PSA/123.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/123.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 123 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I look up toward you, \q2 up to heaven, from where you rule. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \q1 and as maids ask their mistresses for what they need, \q2 we ask you, Yahweh our God, for what we need, \q2 until you act mercifully toward us. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/124.usfm b/19-PSA/124.usfm index 8207daec..5347bfee 100644 --- a/19-PSA/124.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/124.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 124 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 You Israelite people, answer this question: \q1 What would have happened to us if Yahweh had not been helping us? @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \q1 it would have been as though the water had covered us, \q2 \v 5 and we would all have drowned in the flood. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/125.usfm b/19-PSA/125.usfm index c48fb301..72f2f987 100644 --- a/19-PSA/125.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/125.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 125 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion, \q2 which cannot be shaken or moved out of its place. @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ \v 2 As the hills that surround Jerusalem protect it, \q2 so Yahweh protects us, his people, \q2 and he will protect us forever. -\b + \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. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 9f93b700..2ca373ad 100644 --- a/19-PSA/126.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/126.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 126 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 When Yahweh made Jerusalem prosperous again, \q1 it was wonderful; @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 We said, "Yes, Yahweh truly has done great things for us, \q2 and we are very happy." -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/127.usfm b/19-PSA/127.usfm index 435027b1..0b30c249 100644 --- a/19-PSA/127.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/127.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 127 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by Solomon for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 If people are building a house without Yahweh helping them, \q2 they are building it in vain. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 2 It is also useless to arise very early and go to sleep late at night \q2 so that you can work hard all day to earn money to buy food \q1 because Yahweh gives food to those whom he loves even while they sleep. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/128.usfm b/19-PSA/128.usfm index 80bf7005..39f21f8c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/128.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/128.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 128 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for those going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 How fortunate are you who have an awesome respect for him \q2 and do what he wants you to do. @@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ \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. -\b + \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. -\b + \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 c96e885f..56b59e4e 100644 --- a/19-PSA/129.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/129.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 129 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \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: @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 But Yahweh is righteous, \q2 and he has freed us from being slaves to wicked people. -\b + \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 1e4f4773..319eb364 100644 --- a/19-PSA/130.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/130.usfm @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ \s5 \c 130 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I have great troubles, so I call out to you. \q1 \v 2 Yahweh, hear me \q2 while I call out to you to have mercy on me! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 But you forgive us, \q2 with the result that we have an awesome respect for you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 6 I wait for Yahweh to help me \q2 more than watchmen wait for the morning to come; \q2 yes, I wait more eagerly than they do! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/131.usfm b/19-PSA/131.usfm index 514f7fc5..8f8f5472 100644 --- a/19-PSA/131.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/131.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 131 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I am not proud; \q2 I do not deserve to achieve impressive things in life. @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 04104314..10f1f622 100644 --- a/19-PSA/132.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/132.usfm @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ \s5 \c 132 -\p +\m \d A song to sing along the road up to Jerusalem. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, do not forget King David \q2 and all the hardships he endured! -\b + \q1 \v 2 He made a solemn promise to you, \q2 the mighty God whom our ancestor Jacob worshiped. @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 until I build a place for Yahweh, \q2 a home for the mighty God whom Jacob worshiped." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 You chose David to serve you as king of Israel; \q2 do not reject him! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \v 12 If they obey my covenant with them \q2 and obey all the commands that I will give them, \q1 the line of kings descended from you will never end." -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 I will cause the priests to behave in a manner worthy of ones whom I have saved; \q2 and all my people who live there will shout joyfully. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/133.usfm b/19-PSA/133.usfm index 3c68f8dc..077700db 100644 --- a/19-PSA/133.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/133.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 133 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \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 04920135..39cb6c84 100644 --- a/19-PSA/134.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/134.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 134 -\p +\m \d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship. -\b + \q1 \v 1 All you people who serve Yahweh, \q2 who stand up and serve him at night in his temple, @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \q1 \v 2 Lift up your hands to pray to him in the temple \q2 and praise him! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/135.usfm b/19-PSA/135.usfm index d969c90c..be4166eb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/135.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/135.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 135 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! \q1 You who worship Yahweh, @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 He has chosen us, the descendants of Jacob; \q2 he has chosen us Israelites to belong to him. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \v 7 He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; \q2 he makes lightning bolts to flash with the rain, \q2 and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ \q2 so that it would belong to us, his people Israel, forever. -\b + \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. \q1 \v 14 Yahweh declares that we, his people, are innocent, \q2 and he acts mercifully toward us. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, \q2 and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \q1 \v 21 Praise Yahweh in the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem \q2 where he lives! -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/136.usfm b/19-PSA/136.usfm index 7747c94c..d330133c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/136.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/136.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 136 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Thank Yahweh because he does good things for us; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 Thank the Lord who is greater than all other lords; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He created the moon and stars to shine during the nighttime; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 With his strong hand he led them out; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ \q1 \v 15 But he caused the king of Egypt and his army to drown in it; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 +101,7 @@ \q1 \v 25 He is the one who gives food to all living creatures; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. -\b + \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/137.usfm b/19-PSA/137.usfm index 75aa0108..c4172190 100644 --- a/19-PSA/137.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/137.usfm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \s5 \c 137 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 When we had been taken to Babylonia far from Jerusalem, \q1 we sat down by the rivers there, @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \v 4 But we thought to ourselves, \q2 "We are sad because we have been punished by Yahweh and brought to this foreign land; \q2 we cannot sing songs about Yahweh while we are here!" -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 6 I hope that I will not be able to sing again \q1 if I forget about Jerusalem, \q2 if I do not consider that Jerusalem causes me to be more joyful than anything else does. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q2 for what they did on the day that the army of Babylon captured Jerusalem. \q1 Do not forget that they said, \q2 "Tear down all the buildings! Destroy them completely! Leave only the foundations!" -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/138.usfm b/19-PSA/138.usfm index 5e71d4c5..82939858 100644 --- a/19-PSA/138.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/138.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 138 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. \q1 I sing to praise you, even though many people worship idols. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 When I called out to you, you answered me; \q2 you enabled me to be strong and brave. -\b + \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, someday all the kings of this earth will praise you \q2 because they will have heard what you have said. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 They will sing about what you have done; \q2 they will sing and say that you are very great. -\b + \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 0e9966ce..d50821ee 100644 --- a/19-PSA/139.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/139.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 139 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David for the choir director. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, you have examined what is in my inner being, \q2 and you know everything about me. @@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ \q1 \v 4 Yahweh, even before I say anything, \q2 you know everything that I am going to say! -\b + \q1 \v 5 You protect me on all sides; \q2 you put your hand on me to protect me with your power. \q1 \v 6 I am not able to understand that you know everything about me. \q2 That is too hard for me to really understand. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 you would be there also to lead me by your hand, \q2 and you would help me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \v 12 But even if that happened, you would still see me. \q1 For you the night is as bright as the daytime, \q2 because daylight and darkness are no different to you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \v 16 You saw me before I was born. \q1 You wrote in your book the number of days that you had decided that I would live. \q2 You did that before any of those days had even started! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 If I could count them, I would see that they are more than the grains of sand at the seashore. \q1 When I awake, I am still with you. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ \q1 \v 22 I hate them completely, \q2 and I consider that they are my enemies. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/140.usfm b/19-PSA/140.usfm index 9790b138..bb19c903 100644 --- a/19-PSA/140.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/140.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 140 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, rescue me from being attacked by evil men; \q2 even more, keep me safe from being attacked by violent people. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 By what they say, they injure people as poisonous snakes do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q2 it is as though they have spread their nets to catch me; \q2 it is as though they have put these things along the road to catch me. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 8 Yahweh, do not give to wicked people the things that they desire, \q2 and do not allow them to do the evil things that they plan to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; \q2 cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them! -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/141.usfm b/19-PSA/141.usfm index a42d1057..6e640d22 100644 --- a/19-PSA/141.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/141.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 141 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I call out to you; \q2 please help me quickly! @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 2 Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering to you. \q2 Accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you, \q2 just as you accept sacrifices that are offered to you in the evening. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \v 4 Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong \q2 and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds. \q1 Do not even allow me to share in eating delightful food with them! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ \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. -\b + \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. \q1 \v 7 They will know one day that their bodies will lie scattered on the ground in the place of the dead, \q2 just as one scatters clods of earth when he plows a field. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/142.usfm b/19-PSA/142.usfm index 0ffb6c17..21d47a13 100644 --- a/19-PSA/142.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/142.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 142 -\p +\m \d A psalm that David prayed when he was hiding in a cave. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, I cry out to you; \q2 I plead for you to help me. @@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ \q1 \v 3 When I am very discouraged, \q2 you know what I should do. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 5 So Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me; \q2 you are the one who protects me; @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 Free me from my troubles \q2 so that I may thank you. -\b + \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 44a3d2fe..32409243 100644 --- a/19-PSA/143.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/143.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 143 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David. -\b + \q1 \v 1 Yahweh, hear me while I pray to you! \q2 Because you are righteous @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \v 2 I am one who worships you; \q1 do not judge me \q2 because you do not consider anyone to be completely innocent. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 So I am very discouraged in my inner being; \q2 I am very dismayed. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \v 6 I lift up my hands to you while I pray; \q2 I want very much to be with you as much as I would thirst for water in a vast wilderness. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \v 10 You are my God; \q2 teach me to do what you want me to do. \q1 I want your good Spirit to show me the right things to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/144.usfm b/19-PSA/144.usfm index db96c9bf..1f9c8d25 100644 --- a/19-PSA/144.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/144.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ \s5 \c 144 -\p +\m \d Written by David -\b + \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; @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q2 he protects me as shields protect soldiers, \q2 and he gives me refuge. \q1 He defeats other nations and then puts them under my power. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 The time that we live is as short as a puff of wind; \q2 our time to live disappears as a shadow does. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \v 8 who always tell lies. \q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, \q2 they tell lies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \q1 \v 10 You enable kings to defeat their enemies; \q2 you rescue those who serve you as I did. -\b + \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 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \q1 Even when they swear to tell the truth, \q2 they tell lies. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \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. -\b + \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 e1cc915e..2a4638c4 100644 --- a/19-PSA/145.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/145.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ \s5 \c 145 -\p +\m \d A psalm written by David to praise God. -\b + \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. -\b + \q1 \v 3 Yahweh, you are great, and you ought to be praised very much; \q2 we cannot fully realize how great you are. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \q1 \v 7 People will remember and proclaim that you are very good to us, \q2 and they will sing joyfully that you always act justly. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \q1 \v 13 You will never stop being king; \q2 you will rule throughout all generations. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \q1 \v 16 You give food to all living creatures generously, \q2 and you cause them to be satisfied. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ \q1 \v 20 Yahweh protects all those who love him, \q2 but he will get rid of all the wicked people. -\b + \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 14a96412..e2e0e2eb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/146.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/146.usfm @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ \s5 \c 146 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh. -\b + \q1 With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh. \q1 \v 2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; \q2 I will sing to praise my God all the rest of my life. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \q1 \v 4 When they die, their corpses decay and become soil again. \q2 After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ \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. -\b + \q1 \v 10 Yahweh will continue to be our king forever; \q2 you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/147.usfm b/19-PSA/147.usfm index d9436c60..315d3b01 100644 --- a/19-PSA/147.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/147.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 147 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 It is good to sing praises to our God. \q2 It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \q1 \v 3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; \q2 it is as though they have wounds and he bandages them. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \q1 \v 6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, \q2 and he throws the wicked down to the ground. -\b + \q1 \v 7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; \q2 on the harps, play music to our God. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q1 \v 9 He gives to animals the food that they need; \q2 he gives food to young crows when they cry out because they are hungry. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 Instead, what pleases him are those who have an awesome respect for him, \q2 those who confidently expect him to continue to love them as he promised to do. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \q1 \v 14 He causes your people to become wealthy. \q2 He gives you plenty of very good wheat to eat. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \q1 \v 18 But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. \q2 Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams. -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ \q1 \v 20 He has not done that for any other nation; \q2 the other nations do not know his laws. -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/148.usfm b/19-PSA/148.usfm index 340e6c71..de7948b2 100644 --- a/19-PSA/148.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/148.usfm @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ \s5 \c 148 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 Praise him, you angels who are in the heavens; \q2 praise him, you angels up in the sky! \q1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 6 He set them in place; \q2 he commanded that they should be there forever. \q2 They cannot disobey that command! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 you young men and young women, \q2 you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ \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, -\b + \q1 So praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/149.usfm b/19-PSA/149.usfm index 5e32c7bc..9bae5ceb 100644 --- a/19-PSA/149.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/149.usfm @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ \s5 \c 149 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 Sing a new song to Yahweh; \q2 praise him whenever his faithful people gather together! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \q1 \v 5 Because they have won battles, God's people should rejoice \q2 and sing joyfully all during the night! -\b + \s5 \q1 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \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! -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh! diff --git a/19-PSA/150.usfm b/19-PSA/150.usfm index b1d35193..9d18a133 100644 --- a/19-PSA/150.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/150.usfm @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ \s5 \c 150 -\p +\m \q1 \v 1 Praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 Praise God in his temple! \q2 Praise him who is in his fortress in heaven! \q1 @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ \q1 \v 5 Praise him by clashing cymbals; \q2 praise him by clashing very loud cymbals! -\b + \s5 \q1 \v 6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh! -\b + \q1 Praise Yahweh!