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            <div class="label">23</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 23</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my shepherd, I lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He makes me lie down in green pastures,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">he leads me beside quiet waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he refreshes my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">He guides me along the right paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">for his name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even though I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">through the darkest valley,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the valley of the shadow of death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">I will fear no evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">for you are with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">your rod and your staff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">they comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You prepare a table before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">in the presence of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">You anoint my head with oil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">my cup overflows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely your goodness and love will follow me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">and I will dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">forever.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="1SA.17.32+1SA.17.33+1SA.17.34+1SA.17.35+1SA.17.36+1SA.17.37+1SA.17.38+1SA.17.39+1SA.17.40+1SA.17.41+1SA.17.42+1SA.17.43+1SA.17.44+1SA.17.45+1SA.17.46+1SA.17.47+1SA.17.48+1SA.17.49+1SA.17.50+1SA.17.51">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1SA.17.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">David said to Saul, &#8220;Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1SA.17.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.17.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Saul replied, &#8220;You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.17.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.17.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But David said to Saul, &#8220;Your servant has been keeping his father&#8217;s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1SA.17.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1SA.17.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1SA.17.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1SA.17.37"><span class="content">Saul said to David, &#8220;Go, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1SA.17.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1SA.17.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1SA.17.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1SA.17.39"><span class="content">&#8220;I cannot go in these,&#8221; he said to Saul, &#8220;because I am not used to them.&#8221; So he took them off. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.17.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd&#8217;s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1SA.17.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1SA.17.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1SA.17.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1SA.17.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He said to David, &#8220;Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?&#8221; And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1SA.17.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come here,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and I&#8217;ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1SA.17.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1SA.17.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">David said to the Philistine, &#8220;You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1SA.17.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">This day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deliver you into my hands, and I&#8217;ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1SA.17.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saves; for the battle is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s, and he will give all of you into our hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1SA.17.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="1SA.17.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="1SA.17.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="1SA.17.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="1SA.17.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="1SA.17.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1SA.17.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine&#8217;s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1SA.17.51"><span class="content">When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch121" data-usfm="PSA.121.1+PSA.121.2+PSA.121.3+PSA.121.4+PSA.121.5+PSA.121.6+PSA.121.7+PSA.121.8">
            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I lift up my eyes to the mountains&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">where does my help come from?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.121.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My help comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.121.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He will not let your foot slip&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">he who watches over you will not slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.121.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">indeed, he who watches over Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">will neither slumber nor sleep.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.121.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your shade at your right hand;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.121.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the sun will not harm you by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">nor the moon by night.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.121.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will keep you from all harm&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">he will watch over your life;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.121.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will watch over your coming and going</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.121.8"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div>
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