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36:1  Come to our aid, O God of the universe,
36:2  and put all the nations in dread of you!
36:3  Raise your hand against the foreign people, that they may see your mighty deeds.
36:4  As you have used us to show them your holiness, so now use them to show us your glory.
36:5  Thus they will know, as we know, that there is no God but you.
36:6  Give new signs and work new wonders;
36:7  show forth the splendor of your right hand and arm.
36:8  Rouse your anger, pour out wrath;
36:9  humble the enemy, scatter the foe.
36:10  Hasten the ending, appoint the time, and let people proclaim your mighty deeds.
36:11  Let raging fire consume the fugitive, and your people’s oppressors meet destruction.
36:12  Crush the heads of the hostile rulers who say, “There is no one besides me.”
36:13  Gather all the tribes of Jacob,
36:16  that they may inherit the land as in days of old.
36:17  Show mercy to the people called by your name: Israel, whom you named your firstborn.
36:18  Take pity on your holy city: Jerusalem, your dwelling place.
36:19  Fill Zion with your majesty, your temple with your glory.
36:20  Give evidence of your deeds of old; fulfill the prophecies spoken in your name.
36:21  Reward those who have hoped in you, and let your prophets be proved true.
36:22  Hear the prayer of your servants, according to your good will toward your people. Thus all the ends of the earth will know that you are the eternal God.
36:23  The throat can swallow any food, yet some foods are more agreeable than others.
36:24  The palate tests delicacies put forward as gifts, so does a keen mind test deceitful tidbits.
36:25  One with a tortuous heart brings about grief, but an experienced person can turn the tables on him.
36:26  A woman will accept any man as husband, but one woman will be preferable to another.
36:27  A woman’s beauty makes her husband’s face light up, for it surpasses all else that delights the eye.
36:28  And if, besides, her speech is soothing, her husband’s lot is beyond that of mortal men.