<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem<n id="1" /> against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites<n id="2" /> said to David, &#8220;You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, &#8216;David cannot invade this place!&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will guide them down paths they have never traveled.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,p> <p class="poetry">and level out the rough ground.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">This is what I will do for them.p> <p class="poetry">I will not abandon them.p>

For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick,<n id="1" /> is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them<n id="2" /> to your governor! Will he be pleased with you<n id="3" /> or show you favor?&#8221; asks the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.