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Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,
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The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.
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The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;
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And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth
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Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.
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But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;
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And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.