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Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
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By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
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Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
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No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
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He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
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His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
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Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
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There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
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The valiant lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
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Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
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He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
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I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.
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who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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Psalm 144
Of David.
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
