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PSALMS
45.8
- And hast scattered us among the nations.
- 13Thou sellest Thy people for small gain,
- And hast not set their prices high.
- 14Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours,
- A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- 15Thou makest us a byword among the nations,
- A shaking of the head among the peoples.
- 16All the day is my confusion before me,
- And the shame of my face hath covered me,
- 17For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth;
- By reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
- 18All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee,
- Neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
- 19Our heart is not turned back,
- Neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
- 20Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals,
- And covered us with the shadow of death.
- 21If we had forgotten the name of our God,
- Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
- 22Would not God search this out?
- For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- 23Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day;
- We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- 24Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord?
- Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
- 25Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,
- And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- 26For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
- Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- 27Arise for our help,
- And redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
45 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.
- 2My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter;
- I say: 'My work is concerning a king';
- My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- 3Thou art fairer than the children of men;
- Grace is poured upon thy lips;
- Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
- 4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one,
- Thy glory and thy majesty.
- 5And in thy majesty prosper, ride on,
- In behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness;
- And let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.
- 6Thine arrows are sharp—
- The peoples fall under thee—
- [They sink] into the heart of the king's enemies.
- 7Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever;
- A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- 8Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness;
- Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
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