GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
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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A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."
2 The LORD will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. Rule your enemies who surround you.
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The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. 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 people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.
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 relent, "You are a priest forever According to 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 shall execute kings in 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 shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.
7 He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high.
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He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.