GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit in the highest position in heaven until I make your enemies your footstool."
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The LORD says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
2 The LORD will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. Rule your enemies who surround you.
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The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your people will volunteer when you call up your army. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew in the early morning.
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Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
4 The LORD has taken an oath and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."
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The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right side. He will crush kings on the day of his anger.
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The Lord is at your right hand ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will crush [their] heads.
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He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high.
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He will drink from a brook along the way,and so he will lift his head high.
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