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| To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. |
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| 1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! |
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| 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
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| 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. |
Crown of pure gold – Symbol of the divine nature. T18
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| 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. |
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| 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. |
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| 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. |
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| 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. |
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| 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. |
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| 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. |
And the fire – Destruction of his foes in the time of trouble. R5761:6; A318
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| 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. |
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| 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. |
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| 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. |
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| 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. |
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