2The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,
         “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

3Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;
         In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,
         Your youth are to You as the dew.

4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind,
         “You are a priest forever
         According to the order of Melchizedek.”

5The Lord is at Your right hand;
         He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.

6He will judge among the nations,
         He will fill them with corpses,
         He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.

7He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
         Therefore He will lift up His head.

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American Standard Version
Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

English Revised Version
The LORD shall send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD will send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

World English Bible
Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

Young's Literal Translation
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