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1 What the LORD says to my master: "Sit right beside me until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet!"
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1 The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
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2 May the LORD make your mighty scepter reach far from Zion! Rule over your enemies!
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2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
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3 Your people stand ready on your day of battle. "In holy grandeur, from the dawn's womb, fight! Your youthful strength is like the dew itself."
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3 Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.
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4 The LORD has sworn a solemn pledge and won't change his mind: "You are a priest forever in line with Melchizedek."
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4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
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5 My master, by your strong hand, God has crushed kings on his day of wrath.
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5 The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
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6 God brings the nations to justice, piling the dead bodies, crushing heads throughout the earth.
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6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
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7 God drinks from a stream along the way, then holds his head up high.
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7 He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
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