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For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel. |
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In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion. |
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There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah |
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Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey. |
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The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. |
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At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. |
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Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? |
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Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still, |
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When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah |
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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee. |
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Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. |
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He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth. |