Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.