GirdYour swordon [Your] thigh,O MightyOne,[In] Your splendorand Your majesty!
While he was stillspeaking,anotheralso cameand said,"The fireof Godfellfrom heavenand burnedup the sheepand the servantsand consumedthem, and I alonehave escapedto tellyou."
Blessthe LORD,O my soul!O LORDmy God,You are verygreat;You are clothedwith splendorand majesty,
To makeknownto the sonsof menYour mightyactsAnd the gloryof the majestyof Your kingdom.
On the glorioussplendorof Your majestyAnd on Your wonderfulworks,I will meditate.
His gloryis greatthrough Your salvation,Splendorand majestyYou placeupon him.
For the kingtrustsin the LORD,And through the lovingkindnessof the MostHighhe will not be shaken.
Splendorand majestyare beforeHim, Strengthand beautyare in His sanctuary.
"Like an appletreeamong the treesof the forest,Sois my belovedamongthe youngmen.In his shadeI tookgreat delightand satdown,And his fruitwas sweetto my taste.
"His cheeksare like a bedof balsam,Banksof sweet-scentedherbs;His lipsare liliesDrippingwith liquidmyrrh.
He has madeMy mouthlike a sharpsword,In the shadowof His handHe has concealedMe; And He has also madeMe a selectarrow,He has hiddenMe in His quiver.
"The wordwhichHe sentto the sonsof Israel,preachingpeacethroughJesusChrist(He is Lordof all)--
For to thisend Christdiedand livedagain, that He might be Lordbothof the deadand of the living.
And He is the radianceof His gloryand the exact representationof His nature,and upholdsall thingsby the wordof His power.When He had madepurificationof sins,He sat downat the right handof the Majestyon high,
For the wordof Godis livingand activeand sharperthananytwo-edgedsword,and piercingas faras the divisionof souland spirit,of bothjointsand marrow,and able to judgethe thoughtsand intentionsof the heart.
Nowthe main pointin what has been said[is this]: we havesucha high priest,whohas taken His seatat the right handof the throneof the Majestyin the heavens,
to the onlyGodour Savior,throughJesusChristour Lord,[be] glory,majesty,dominionand authority,beforealltimeand nowand forever.Amen.
In His righthandHe heldsevenstars,and out of His mouthcamea sharptwo-edgedsword;and His facewas likethe sunshiningin its strength.
From His mouthcomesa sharpsword,sothat with it He may strike downthe nations,and He will rulethem with a rodof iron;and He treadsthe winepressof the fiercewrathof God,the Almighty.
And the restwere killedwith the swordwhich camefrom the mouthof Him who saton the horse,and allthe birdswere filledwith their flesh.
Ehudmadehimself a swordwhich had twoedges,a cubitin length,and he boundit on his rightthighunderhis cloak.
