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1 We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds.
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We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.
2 You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.
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When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
3 When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
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The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. [Selah
4 To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.
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I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’ ”
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Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.
6 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
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For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, [cometh] lifting up.
7 It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
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But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
8 In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.
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For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
9 As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
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But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
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