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New Century Version NCV
1 The LORD says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
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The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by me at my right side until I put your enemies under your control."
2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
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The Lord will enlarge your kingdom beyond Jerusalem, and you will rule over your enemies.
3 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.
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Your people will join you on your day of battle. You have been dressed in holiness from birth; you have the freshness of a child.
4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
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The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. He said, "You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek."
5 The Lord is at your right hand ; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
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The Lord is beside you to help you. When he becomes angry, he will crush kings.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
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He will judge those nations, filling them with dead bodies; he will defeat rulers all over the world.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,and so he will lift his head high.
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The king will drink from the brook on the way. Then he will be strengthened.