Young's Literal Translation YLT
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1 A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy 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 rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.
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The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Thy people [are] free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
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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 Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou [art] a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
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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 on thy right hand smote kings In 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 doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.
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He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!
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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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