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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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The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. ”
2 May the LORD make your mighty scepter reach far from Zion! Rule over your enemies!
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The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!
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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Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
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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The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. ”
5 My master, by your strong hand, God has crushed kings on his day of wrath.
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The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
6 God brings the nations to justice, piling the dead bodies, crushing heads throughout the earth.
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He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
7 God drinks from a stream along the way, then holds his head up high.
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He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
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