The Soul

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How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  (Psalms 13:2)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> My soul hath [them] still in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>remembrance</B></FONT>, and is humbled in me. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Lamentations 3:20)</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>THE WILL</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">chooses, refuses</div> <bR> <div> So that my soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>chooses </B></FONT>strangling, [and] death rather than my life. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Job 7:15)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The things [that] my soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>refused </B></FONT>to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  (Job 6:7)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">seeks</div> <bR> <div> Now set your heart and your soul to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>seek </B></FONT>the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  ( 1 Chronicles 22:19)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">decides, vows</div> <bR> <div> Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(Psalms 27:12)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Psalms 41:2)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary [food], and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(Ezekial 16:27)</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>THE EMOTION</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">love</div> <bR> <div> Tell me, O thou whom my soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>loves</B></FONT>, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  (Song of Songs 1:7)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">hate</div> <bR> <div> Their soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>abhors </B></FONT>all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Psalms 107:18)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">joy</div> <bR> <div> I will greatly <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>rejoice </B></FONT>in the LORD, my soul shall be <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>joyful </B></FONT>in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Isaiah 61:10)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">grief</div> <bR> <div> And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>grieved </B></FONT>for the misery of Israel. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Judges 10:16)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">desire</div> <bR> <div> And thou shall bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>lusts </B></FONT>after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>desires</B></FONT>: and thou shall eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shall rejoice, thou, and thine household <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Deuteronomy 14:26)</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>