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So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.

And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.

And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:

From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in, - To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.

So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.

For he hath devoured Jacob, - And, his dwelling-place, have they laid waste.

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

I will hear, what GOD - Yahweh - will speak, - For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.

Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land.

His foundation, is in the holy mountains:

And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite;

And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn;

And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand;

Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;

His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;

Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;

All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;