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Your arrows are sharpened
    to penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies.
        People will fall under you.

Your throne, God, exists forever and ever,
    and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
You love justice and hate wickedness.
    That is why God, even your God, has anointed you
        rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

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Let your sharp arrows(A) pierce the hearts(B) of the king’s enemies;(C)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(D)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(E) and hate wickedness;(F)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(G) you with the oil of joy.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.