The Beauty and Power of God's Word

THE APOSTLE PAUL IN HIS LETTER TO THE ROMANS (1:16) SPEAKING OF THE POWER OF GOD SAID, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of GOD unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE TRUE ORACLES OF GOD, TO LIVE BY THEM, AND TO LOVE AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN THEM IS THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD UNTO SALVATION. WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO STUDY GOD'S WORD, IN 2nd TIMOTHY 2:15 WE READ, "STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH."

Leaky vessels WE ARE LEAKY VESSELS, WE NEED TO STUDY AND TO MEDITATE UPON GOD'S WORD THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ASHAMED, THAT WE MIGHT STAND APPROVED BEFORE OUR GOD. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DAILY READ OUR DAILY READINGS, TO DAILY EXERCISE OUR MINDS IN THE WAYS OF GOD. THAT WE MIGHT DESTROY WORLDLY THOUGHTS, THE MANY EVILS AND WORLDLY THINGS THAT DESTROY OUR HOPE AND KEEP US FROM PLEASING OUR GOD. JESUS SAID, (LUKE 10:21) "IN THAT HOUR JESUS REJOICED IN SPIRIT, AND SAID, I THANK THEE, O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THAT THOU HAST HID THESE THINGS FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT, AND HAST REVEALED THEM UNTO BABES: EVEN SO, FATHER: FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD IN THY SIGHT." SHOULD WE NOT REJOICE THIS DAY IN THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE LIVING GOD? THE WISE AND THE PRUDENT, WITH THEIR WORLDLY CARES ARE NOT CALLED, SO WE CAN SEE THE NEED TO SEEK THE THINGS THAT PLEASE GOD, AND NOT SEEK THE WORLDLY THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE WISE AND THE PRUDENT.

Seek Knowledge WHAT WORDS OF WISDOM WE FIND IN 2nd. CHAPTER OF PROVERBS: "MY SON, IF THOU WILT RECEIVE MY WORDS, AND HIDE MY COMMANDMENTS WITH THEE: SO THAT THOU INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO WISDOM, AND APPLY THINE HEART TO UNDERSTANDING: YEA, IF THOU CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE, AND LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING: IF THOU SEEKETH HER AS SILVER AND SEARCHEST FOR HER AS FOR HID TREASURES: THEN SHALT UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD." WHAT WONDERFUL ADVISE, SEEK KNOWLEDGE, AS YOU WOULD FOR HID TREASURE, OR AS SILVER, TO PUT OUR HEARTS RIGHT WITH GOD, THAT WE MIGHT FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. HOW MUCH TIME DO WE SPEND IN OUR LIVES SEARCHING FOR HID TREASURE. AND SEEKING FOR SILVER? SHOULD WE NOT SPEND AS MUCH TIME SEEKING THE ETERNAL THINGS OF GOD? IN THE 2nd. CHAPTER OF PROVERBS WE ARE INSTRUCTED, "FOR THE LORD GIVETH WISDOM: OUT OF HIS MOUTH COMETH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. HE LAYETH UP SOUND WISDOM FOR THE RIGHTEOUS: HE IS A BUCKLER TO THEM THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY." THERE IS GREAT REWARD TO THOSE THAT SEEK GOD, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.

Buckler HE IS A BUCKLER TO THEM THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY. GOD WILL BE OUR SHIELD, OUR PROTECTOR, IF WE SERVE AND OBEY HIM. IN THE 34th. PSALM AND VERSE 7 WE ARE TOLD: "THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPETH ROUND ABOUT THEM THAT FEAR HIM, AND DELIVERETH THEM." WITH THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WILL, WE WILL REVERENCE AND FEAR HIM WITH LOVING DEVOTION, GIVING HIM ALL PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY TO HIS HOLY NAME. WE ARE INSTRUCTED IN THE 2nd. CHAPTER OF PROVERBS VERSE EIGHT, "HE KEEPETH THE PATH OF JUDGEMENT, AND RESERVETH THE WAY OF HIS SAINTS. THEN SHALT THOU UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUDGEMENT AND EQUITY: YEA, EVERY GOOD PATH. WHEN WISDOM ENTERETH INTO THINE HEART, AND KNOWLEDGE IS PLEASANT." GOD WILL THROUGH HIS WORD, INSTRUCT AND GUIDE US IN THE PATHS OF JUDGEMENT. HE WILL PRESERVE HIS SAINTS, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUDGEMENT, AND EQUITY, YEA, EVERY GOOD PATH. AS WE READ AND MEDITATE UPON GOD'S WORD THEN WILL KNOWLEDGE ENTER INTO OUR HEARTS AND WISDOM WILL BE PLEASANT UNTO OUR SOUL. WHAT WILL IT DO FOR US? IT WILL DELIVERER US FROM THE EVIL MAN, THE MAN THAT SPEAKETH FORWARD THINGS. FROM GOD'S WORD WE RECEIVE PEACE OF MIND AND PROTECTION IN OUR DAILY WALK AND ETERNAL LIFE AND A PLACE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHEN OUR MASTER RETURNS. FROM THE WORD OF GOD WE LEARN OF HIS GREAT POWER AND OF HIS GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. IN ISA. 3: 45 WE ARE TOLD: "FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE LORD THAT CREATED THE HEAVENS: GOD HIMSELF THAT FORMED THE EARTH AND MADE IT: HE HATH ESTABLISHED IT, HE CREATED IT NOT IN VAIN, HE FORMED IT TO BE INHABITED: I AM THE LORD: AND THERE IS NONE ELSE. REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD: FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME. DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE, SAYING, MY CONSUL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE."

The Only True Living God THERE IS NO GOD LIKE OUR GOD, FOR HE IS THE ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD. HE HAS CREATED THE HEAVENS AND FORMED THE EARTH, HE HAS CREATED THE EARTH TO BE INHABITED, HE HATH NOT CREATED THE EARTH IN VAIN. HE TELLS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING,HIS CONSUL SHALL STAND, HE WILL DO ALL HIS PLEASURE. REMEMBER THE WORDS IN THE 100th. PSALM? "KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD: IT IS HE THAT HATH MADE US, AND NOT WE OURSELVES: WE ARE HIS PEOPLE, AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE: BE THANKFUL UNTO HIM. AND BLESS HIS NAME. FOR THE LORD IS GOOD: HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING: AND HIS TRUTH ENDURETH TO ALL GENERATIONS." TO KNOW AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD, THAT THERE IS NO OTHER, THAT IT HE THAT HATH MADE US AND NOT WE OURSELVES. TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND LIKE THE SHEEP OF THE PASTURE, WE HEAR HIS VOICE AND FOLLOW HIM WHERE EVER HE LEADETH US. BRETHREN AND SISTERS, WHERE HAS GOD PLACED THIS GREAT POWER THAT CAN CHANGE A SINNER INTO A SAINT? IS IT NOT IN THE POWER THAT HE HAS PLACED IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE? IS IT NOT IN THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD? IS IT NOT IN THE MESSAGE THAT JESUS PREACHED? THE THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND IN HIS TRUE OBEDIENCE HE GAVE TO HIS FATHER, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR MORTAL MAN TO FIND MERCY BEFORE GOD? THIS KNOWLEDGE BRINGS RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD AND MUST BE OBEYED TO THE FULL. WITH KNOWLEDGE AND BAPTISM MAKES US THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD IS TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS, TO KEEP ALIVE IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, TO LOVE AND CHERISH THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S HOLY WORD. THIS RESPONSIBILITY WILL CALL US TO THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF GOD, WHERE OUR MASTER WILL GREET US WITH THE ANSWER ACCORDING TO OUR DEEDS AND THE WAY WE HAVE KEPT HIS COMMANDMENTS. THE WISE AND GOOD SERVANTS TO LIFE ETERNAL AND THOSE THAT WERE DISOBEDIENT TO HIS HOLY WORDS, THAT FAILED TO SEE THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD, THAT FAILED TO LOVE GOD AND THE BRETHREN, WILL BE TURNED OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS. THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE, THE THINGS CONCERNING: THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE THINGS CONCERNING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, MUST BE GUARDED WITH CARE, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S COMMANDS AND THE KEEPING OF THEM. WILL MAKE US THE IMMORTAL SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION IF OBEYED BUT IT IS THE POWER OF DEATH IF WE DISOBEY.

Be Not Ashamed THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US IN 2nd. TIMOTHY 1:8-10 "BE NOT THOU THEREFORE ASHAMED OF THE TESTIMONY OF OUR LORD, NOR OF ME HIS PRISONER: BUT BE THOU PARTAKER OF THE AFFLICTION OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE POWER OF GOD. WHO HATH SAVED US, AND CALLED US WITH AN HOLY CALLING, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE, WHICH WAS GIVEN TO US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. BUT IS NOW MADE MANIFEST BY THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHO HATH ABOLISHED DEATH, AND HATH BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL." IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP ALIVE IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, NOT FORGETTING THE HIGH CALLING THAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS. THE APOSTLE PAUL GIVES US THIS WARNING IN HEBREWS CHAPTER ONE AND VERSES ONE THROUGH THREE. "THEREFORE WE OUGHT TO GIVE THE MORE EARNEST HEED TO THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE HEARD, LEST AT ANY TIME WE SHOULD LET THEM SLIP. FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN BY ANGELS WAS STEDFAST, AND EVERY TRANSGRESSION AND DISOBEDIENCE RELIEVED A JUST RECOMPENSE OF REWARD: HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE, IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION WHICH AT THE FIRST BEGAN TO BE SPOKEN BY THE LORD AND WAS CONFIRMED UNTO US BY THEM THAT HEARD HIM." WHAT A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE IN SHOWING FORTH THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S HOLY WORD. REMEMBER THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS, FIVE HAD OIL IN THEIR LAMPS AND FIVE DID NOT. THE FIVE THAT HAD OIL IN THEIR LAMPS, WERE THE ONES THAT KNEW AND KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, THEY WERE ALIVE IN THE WORD OF GOD. THEY WERE THE TRUE SERVANTS OF GOD AND WERE WATCHING AND WAITING FOR THEIR MASTER'S RETURN. THE FIVE FOOLISH WERE NOT READY, IT WAS TO LATE TO KNOW AND DO GOD'S WILL. HOW DO WE PUT OIL IN OUR LAMPS, OR HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST SO WE WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS FOOLISH VIRGINS? IN 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS: "ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY THE INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT, THOROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS." TO BE CALLED THE MAN OF GOD, TO BE A SPECIAL PEOPLE UNTO GOD, TO BE AMONG THOSE THAT HAVE THE PRIVLEDGE OF HAVING A HIGH PRIEST THAT CAN PLEAD OUR CAUSE BEFORE THE FATHER AND FIND MERCY AND FORGIVENESS IN HIS SIGHT. WE ARE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD WE ARE TOLD IN ISA. 26:20-21 "COME, MY PEOPLE, ENTER THOU INTO THY CHAMBERS, AND SHUT THY DOORS ABOUT THEE, HIDE THYSELF AS IT WERE FOR A LITTLE MOMENT, UNTIL THE INDIGNATION BE OVERPAST. FOR BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE TO PUNISH THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH FOR THEIR INIQUITY: THE EARTH ALSO SHALL DISCLOSE HER BLOOD, AND SHALL NO MORE COVER HER SLAIN." SOON OUR LORD WILL COME, OUT OF HIS PLACE, TO PUNISH THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH FOR THEIR INIQUITY. THEN WE WILL BE HAPPY THAT WE HAVE WAITED FOR OUR MASTER, TO ESCAPE THE TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT THAT THE INHABITANTS OF THIS EARTH WILL RECEIVE. THE 27th.PSALM, DAVID TELLS OF HIS DESIRE, AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR DESIRE TOO, "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD THAT WILL I SEEK AFTER: THAT I MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, AND TO INQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE."> OH, TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD, WHEN IT BECOMES A REALITY IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WE ARE TOLD IN I COR 2:9, "BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN: EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM."

Thy Kingdom Come GOD HATH TOLD US MANY THINGS THAT WILL COME TO PASS, HERE UPON THIS EARTH, IN THE KINGDOM AGE. MANY THINGS THAT WE SUFFER NOW WILL BE IN A MILD DEGREE IN THE KINGDOM AGE FOR MORTAL PEOPLE. IN THE 35th CHAPTER OF ISAIAH WE ARE TOLD OF THAT TIME WHEN THESE THINGS WILL BECOME A REALITY HERE UPON THIS EARTH. WE ARE TOLD; "THE WILDERNESS AND THE SOLITARY PLACE SHALL BE GLAD FOR THEM: AND THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE. IT SHALL BLOSSOM ABUNDANTLY, AND REJOICE EVEN WITH JOY AND SINGING: THE GLORY OF LEBANON SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO IT, THE EXCELLENCY OF CARMEL AND SHARON, THEY SHALL SEE THE GLORY OF THE LORD, AND THE EXCELLENCY OF OUR GOD. STRENGTHEN YE THE WEAK HANDS, AND CONFIRM THE FEEBLE KNEES. SAY TO THEM THAT ARE OF A FEARFUL HEART, BE STRONG, FEAR NOT: BEHOLD YOUR GOD WILL COME WITH VENGEANCE, EVEN GOD WITH A RECOMBINE: HE WILL COME AND SAVE YOU. THEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND SHALL BE OPENED, AND THE EARS OF THE DEAF SHALL BE UNSTOPPED. THEN SHALL THE LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART, AND THE TONGUE OF THE DUMB SING: FOR IN THE WILDERNESS SHALL WATERS BREAK OUT, AND STREAMS IN THE DESERT. AND THE PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOME A POOL, AND THE THIRSTY LAND SPRINGS OF WATER: IN THE HABITATION OF DRAGONS WHERE EACH LAY, SHALL BE GRASS WITH REEDS AND RUSHES. AND AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY, AND IT SHALL BE CALLED THE WAY OF HOLINESS; THE UNCLEAN SHALL NOT PASS OVER IT, BUT IT SHALL BE FOR THOSE: THE WAYFARING MEN, THOUGH FOOLS SHALL NOT ERR THEREIN. NO LION SHALL BE THERE, NOR ANY RAVENOUS BEAST SHALL GO UP THEREON, IT SHALL NOT BE FOUND THERE: BUT THE REDEEMED SHALL WALK THERE AND THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURNS AND COME TO ZION WITH SONGS AND EVERLASTING JOY UPON THEIR HEADS: THEY SHALL OBTAIN JOY AND GLADNESS, AND SORROW AND SIGHING SHALL FLEE AWAY." WE ARE TOLD OF THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER GOD WILL GIVE TO HIS PEOPLE, TO THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL EARTH IN THAT DAY AND THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD AND THE PEACE AND SAFETY THAT WILL BE IN THAT DAY. IN MICAH 4:4 WE ARE TOLD: "BUT THEY SHALL SIT EVERY MAN UNDER HIS VINE AND UNDER HIS FIG TREE: AND NONE SHALL MAKE THEM AFRAID: FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH SPOKEN IT." IN PSALM 48:2 WE ARE TOLD: "BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH, IS MOUNT ZION, ON THE SIDES OF THE NORTH, THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING." THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE LORD JESUS WILL REIGN UPON THIS EARTH, MOUNT ZION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH, WILL, BE THE PLACE OF HIS THRONE. IN ZECHARIAH 14:9 TELLS OF THAT TIME: "AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH: IN THAT DAY SHALL THERE BE ONE LORD, AND HIS NAME ONE." IN ISA. 2:2-4 WE ARE TOLD OF THAT DAY WHEN THE POWER AND THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S KINGDOM WILL BE A REALITY IN THE EARTH. "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAY, THAT THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE SHALL BE ESTALISHED IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND SHALL BE EXALTED ABOVE THE HILLS: AND ALL NATIONS SHALL FLOW UNTO IT. AND MANY PEOPLE SHALL GO AND SAY, COME YE, AND LET US GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD, TO THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB: AND HE WILL TEACH US OF HIS WAYS, AND WE WILL WALK IN HIS PATHS: FOR OUT OF ZION SHALL GO FORTH THE LAW, AND THE WORD OF THE LORD FROM JERUSALEM. AND HE SHALL JUDGE AMONG THE NATIONS, AND SHALL REBUKE MANY PEOPLE: AND THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES, AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNINGHOOKS: NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE."

BRETHREN AND SISTERS, AS WE READ AND MEDITATE UPON GOD'S HOLY WORD, WE CAN SEE THE BEAUTY AND THE PO½'ER OF GOD'S WORD, THAT MAKE US SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. WE CAN SEE THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER IN HIS HOLY WORD THAT WILL CHANGE US FROM THIS MORTAL DYING STATE THAT WE NOW HAVE INTO IMMORTALITY, TO BE MADE LIKE UNTO THE ANGELS, UNABLE TO DIE ANY MORE. WE COME THIS DAY, BEFORE OUR GOD, THROUGH OUR HIGH PRIEST AND SAVIOUR, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO GIVE PRAISE TO OUR GOD AND TO REMEMBER OUR MASTER IN THE APPOINTED WAY. WE REMEMBER THE LIFE THAT HE LIVED, THE DEATH THAT ENDURED AND THE VICTORY THAT HE HAS WON OVER SIN AND DEATH. LET US COME BEFORE OUR GOD, THROUGH OUR HIGH PRIEST AND SAVIOUR, CHRIST JESUS, TO ASK FOR MERCY AND FORGIVENESS FOR OUR MANY SINS AND SHORTCOMINGS, THAT WE MIGHT FIND GRACE AND FORGIVENESS IN THE SIGHT OF OUR GOD. WHAT LOVE, WHAT BEAUTY,WHAT POWER GOD HAS PUT INTO HIS WORD, SHOWING US THE WAY, THROUGH HIS DEAR SON, CALLING US TO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY . BRETHREN AND SISTERS, MAY IT BE YOUR LOT AND MINE TO BE WITH OUR SAVIOUR WHEN THE WORDS OF THIS 149th. PSALM WILL BE REALIZED. "PRAISE YE THE LORD, SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG, AND HIS PRAISE IN THE CONGREGATION OF HIS SAINTS. LET ISRAEL REJOICE IN HIM THAT MADE HIM: LET THE CHILDREN OF ZION BE JOYFUL IN THEIR KING . LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE: LET THEM SING PRAISES UNTO HIM WITH THE TRIMBREL AND HARP. FOR THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE: HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK WITH SALVATION. LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY: LET THEM SING ALOUD UPON THEIR BEDS. LET THE HIGH PRAISES OF GOD BE IN THEIR MOUTH, AND A TWO EDGE SWORD IN THEIR HAND: TO EXECUTE VENGEANCE UPON THE HEATHEN AND PUNISHMENTS UPON THE PEOPLE; TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS, AND THEIR NOBLES WITH FETTERS OF IRON; TO EXECUTE UPON THEM THE JUDGMENT WRITTEN: THIS HONOR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS." PRAISE YE THE LORD.

Paul Inman