A praise song of David.[570]
<1> The Lord said to my master,
"Sit at my right side, while I put your enemies under your control.[571]"
<2> The Lord will help your kingdom grow.
Your kingdom will start at Zion,[572] and it will grow until you rule your enemies in their own countries!
<3> Your people will volunteer
when you gather your army together.
They will wear their special clothes
and meet together early in the morning.
Those young men will be all around you,
like dew on the ground.[573]
<4> The Lord made a promise,
and he will not change his mind:
"You are a priest forever-
the kind of priest Melchizedek was."
<5> My Master is at your right side.
He will defeat the other kings when he becomes angry.
<6> God will judge the nations.
The ground will be covered with dead bodies.
He will punish the leaders of powerful nations all around the world.
<7> The king will drink from a stream on the way.
Then he will lift his head and become strong![574]
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