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Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
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Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
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The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
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The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
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The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
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The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
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The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
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The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
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The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
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The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
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1 Samuel 18
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And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
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Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
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And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
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And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
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And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
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And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
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And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
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And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
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And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
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Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
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And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
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Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
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And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
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But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
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And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
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And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
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And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
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Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
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And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
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Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
Daniel 1
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In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
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And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
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Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
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And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
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Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
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Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
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But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
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And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
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Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
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Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
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Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
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So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
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Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
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As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
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And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
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And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
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And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
Luke 1
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And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
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And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
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And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
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And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
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And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
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He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
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And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
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Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
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And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
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And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
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For with God nothing shall be impossible.
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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
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And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
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And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
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And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
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And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
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And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
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And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
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And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
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For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
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For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
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And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
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He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
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He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
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He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
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He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
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As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
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And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.