<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">I say to the proud, &#8220;Do not be proud,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to the wicked, &#8220;Do not be so confident of victory!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your arm is powerful,p> <p class="poetry">your hand strong,p> <p class="poetry">your right hand<n id="1" /> victorious.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you give them splendor and strength.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">By your favor we are victorious.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Praise<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> our God!p> <p class="poetry">Worship on his holy hill,p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> our God is holy!p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up<n id="1" /> above the sky, O God!p> <p class="poetry">May your splendor cover the whole earth!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He generously gives<n id="1" /> to the needy;p> <p class="poetry">his integrity endures.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will be vindicated and honored.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let the wicked have their way!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow their<n id="2" /> plan to succeed when they attack!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of praise, by David.p> <p class="poetry">I will extol you, my God, O king!p> <p class="poetry">I will praise your name continually!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has made his people victorious,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and given all his loyal followers reason to praise &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the Israelites, the people who are close to him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has planned a day of judgment,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> all the high and mighty,p> <p class="poetry">for all who are proud &#8211; they will be humiliated;p>

<p class="poetry">for all the cedars of Lebanon,p> <p class="poetry">that are so high and mighty,p> <p class="poetry">for all the oaks of Bashan;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The tallest trees<n id="2" /> will be cut down,p> <p class="poetry">the loftiest ones will be brought low.p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Build it! Build it! Clear a way!p> <p class="poetry">Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!&#8221;p>

When the cherubim<n id="1" /> stood still, the wheels<n id="2" /> stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels<n id="3" /> rose up with them, for the spirit<n id="4" /> of the living beings<n id="5" /> was in the wheels.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley,

The allotment you set apart to the <sc>Lordsc> will be eight and a quarter miles<n id="1" /> in length and three and one-third miles<n id="2" /> in width.

It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army,<n id="1" /> from whom<n id="2" /> the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary<n id="3" /> was thrown down.

<p class="poetry">My people are obsessed<n id="1" /> with turning away from me;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they call to Baal,<n id="3" /> but he will never exalt them!p>

<p class="poetry">Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">may all your enemies be destroyed!<n id="2" />p>

King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep<n id="1" /> for the assembly, while the officials supplied them<n id="2" /> with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.