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    "language": "en",
    "book": "psalms",
    "chapter": 16
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    "n": 16,
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-16:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.1",
        "text": "Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-16:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.2",
        "text": "[O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my       Lord: I have no good beyond thee."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-16:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.3",
        "text": "As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-16:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.4",
        "text": "Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for       another [god]: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-16:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.5",
        "text": "Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-16:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.6",
        "text": "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-16:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.7",
        "text": "I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-16:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.8",
        "text": "I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-16:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.9",
        "text": "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PSA-16:10",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.10",
        "text": "For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PSA-16:11",
        "verseRef": "Ps.16.11",
        "text": "Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.           Psalm 17  A Prayer of David."
      }
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