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Let the extolling of God be in their throat,
and a double-edged sword in their hand,
to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,[a]
to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles[b] with fetters of iron,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:7 Reading against the MT and with the LXX
  2. Psalm 149:8 Literally “honorable ones”

May the praise of God be in their mouths(A)
    and a double-edged(B) sword in their hands,(C)
to inflict vengeance(D) on the nations
    and punishment(E) on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters,(F)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,(G)

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