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³¹ For who is God except the Lord?
   And who is a rock besides our God?—
³² the God who girded me with strength,
   and made my way safe.
³³ He made my feet like the feet of a deer,
   and set me secure on the heights.
³⁴ He trains my hands for war,
   so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation,
   and your right hand has supported me;
   your help^* has made me great.
³⁶ You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
   and my feet did not slip.
³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
   and did not turn back until they were consumed.
³⁸ I struck them down, so that they were not able to rise;
   they fell under my feet.
³⁹ For you girded me with strength for the battle;
   you made my assailants sink under me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
   and those who hated me I destroyed.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
   they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
⁴² I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
   I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You delivered me from strife with the peoples;^*
   you made me head of the nations;
   people whom I had not known served me.
⁴⁴ As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
   foreigners came cringing to me.
⁴⁵ Foreigners lost heart,
   and came trembling out of their strongholds.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
   and exalted be the God of my salvation,
⁴⁷ the God who gave me vengeance
   and subdued peoples under me;
⁴⁸ who delivered me from my enemies;
   indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
   you delivered me from the violent.

⁴⁹ For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations,
   and sing praises to your name.
⁵⁰ Great triumphs he gives to his king,
   and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
   to David and his descendants for ever.

Expressions of Praise

7How graceful are your feet in sandals,
   O queenly maiden!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
   the work of a master hand.
² Your navel is a rounded bowl
   that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
   encircled with lilies.
³ Your two breasts are like two fawns,
   twins of a gazelle.
⁴ Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
   by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
   overlooking Damascus.
⁵ Your head crowns you like Carmel,
   and your flowing locks are like purple;
   a king is held captive in the tresses.^*

⁶ How fair and pleasant you are,
   O loved one, delectable maiden!^*
7 You are stately^* as a palm tree,
   and your breasts are like its clusters.
⁸ I say I will climb the palm tree
   and lay hold of its branches.
O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
   and the scent of your breath like apples,
⁹ and your kisses^* like the best wine
   that goes down^* smoothly,
   gliding over lips and teeth.^*

THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE

Philippians

Salutation

1Paul and Timothy, servants^* of Christ Jesus,

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops^* and deacons:^*

2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul’s Prayer for the Philippians

3 I thank my God every time I remember you, ⁴constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, ⁵because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart,^* for all of you share in God’s grace^* with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. ⁹And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight ¹⁰to help you to determine what is best, so that on the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, ¹¹having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.