The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 23
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1
(Of David. A psalm.)
The Lord owns earth, and all earth’s fulness, the round world, and all its inhabitants.
The Lord owns earth, and all earth’s fulness, the round world, and all its inhabitants.
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Who else has built it out from the sea, poised it on the hidden streams?
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Who dares climb the mountain of the Lord, and appear in his sanctuary?
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The guiltless in act, the pure in heart; one who never set his heart on lying tales, or swore treacherously to his neighbour.
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His to receive a blessing from the Lord, mercy from God, his sure defender;
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his the true breed that still looks, still longs for the presence of the God of Jacob.
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Swing back, doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates, to let the King enter in triumph!
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Who is this great King? Who but the Lord, mighty and strong, the Lord mighty in battle?
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Swing back, doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates, to let the King enter in triumph!
10
Who is this great King? It is the Lord of Armies that comes here on his way triumphant.
