The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 109
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(Of David. A psalm. )
To the Master I serve the Lord’s promise was given, Sit here at my right hand while I make thy enemies a footstool under thy feet.
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The Lord will make thy empire spring up like a branch out of Sion; thou art to bear rule in the midst of thy enemies.
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From birth, princely state shall be thine, holy and glorious; thou art my son, born like dew before the day-star rises.
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The Lord has sworn an oath there is no retracting, Thou art a priest for ever in the line of Melchisedech.
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At thy right hand, the Lord will beat down kings in the day of his vengeance;
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he will pass sentence on the nations, heap high the bodies, scatter far and wide the heads of the slain.
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Let him but drink of the brook by the wayside, he will lift up his head in victory.