Prayer & Praise

Free to Dance

Free To Dance" the story of the African-American contribution to American modern dance,a three-part documentary premiered by DANCE IN AMERICA on Thirteen/WNET New York's GREAT PERFORMANCES in June 2001, is the product of an ambitious project undertaken over a decade ago by the American Dance Festival (ADF). That project -- "The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance" -- originated in the 1980s in conversations with one of ADF's faculty, the late Alvin McDuffie. He was concerned by his students' lack of familiarity with the artistic contributions of black choreographers and dancers. ADF was also concerned that many of the major dances by 20th-century African-American choreographers were in danger of being lost. Determined to stem the tide of this cultural amnesia, ADF decided to make the black tradition in American modern dance the focus of its ongoing Humanities and Public Education programs.

Humanities and Public Education, begun in the late 1970s and made possible by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the North Carolina Humanities Committee, and The Rockefeller Foundation, have focused on the "humanistic" dimensions of dance. It is, after all, these dimensions that make dance something more than mere entertainment or recreation, and highlight other aspects besides physical technique. Human beings have always danced, and often for reasons other than fun and games.

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Behind the Dance/From Slave Ships to Center Stage...

Hunched low to the ground, flat feet pounding the earth with rhythmic intensity as they moved counterclockwise in a circle, a group of men and women wearing the drab, tattered, everyday clothes of southern plantation field hands danced. Their only musical accompaniment was the crisp sound of their hands clapping time and the low, guttural rhythms rumbling in their throats. They had no audience. They danced for themselves and one another. It was the end of a day spent picking somebody else's cotton, cleaning somebody else's house, caring for other folks' children. This was their time to come together and thank God they had survived another day.

Every part of their bodies danced, from their shuffling feet and bent knees to their churning hips and undulating spines, swinging arms, and shimmying shoulders. Even their necks bent like reeds to balance heads rolling from shoulder to shoulder before pulling upright to reveal faces filled with the joy and the ecstasy of dance.

Former slave Silvia King, speaking to an interviewer from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, recalled how she and other slaves on a Texas plantation used to sneak to attend church in the woods, far from the watchful eyes of whites: "Black folks 'ud git off, down in de crick bottom, er in a thicket, an' sing an' shout an' pray. Don't know why but de w'ite folks sho' didn't like dem ring shouts de cullud folks had. De folks git in er ring an' sing an' dance, an' shout; de dance is jes' kinder shuffle, den hit gits faster an' faster as dey gits wa'amed up; an' dey moans an' shouts, an' sings, an' dance. Some ob 'em gits 'zausted an' dey drop out, an' de ring gits closer. Sometimes dey sing an' shout all night, but at der brake ob day, de nigger gotter git ter de cabin an' git 'bout he buiziness fer de day. De w'ite folks say de ring shout make de nigger loose he haid an' dat he git all 'cited up an' be good fer nuffin' fer a week."

King was describing the "Ring Shout," one of the many dances performed by African slaves that writer Ralph Ellison called "America's first choreography." These dances were part of an unbroken chain connecting the rich cultural heritage of the slaves' African villages to 17th-century southern plantations or Congo Square in New Orleans; later to smoke-filled southern juke joints and urban honky-tonks, dance halls, and Jazz Age night spots; and finally to the contemporary concert dance stage.

Africans in America have always danced, even before they set foot on the shores of the Western Hemisphere. During the years of the European slave trade, over 40 million shackled Africans were herded into the cramped damp holds of ships and spirited across the Atlantic. On the way, they were forced to "dance" on deck. In his 18th-century book, AN ACCOUNT OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA, Alexander Falconbridge, the surgeon on a number of slave ships, described the brutal practice known as "dancing the slaves" and the merciless cat-o'-nine-tails floggings awaiting those who moved too slowly.

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FLAG COLORS AND MEANINGS part#1

Yellow: Faith and Glory of God (Romans 4:20),
Anointing (Exodus 25:6)

Orange: Fire of God (Ezekiel 1:4; 27; 8:2),
Delieverance (Daniel 3:19-29),
Warrior (Psalm 97:3),
Passionate Praise (Esphesians 3:19)

Fuchsia: Joy (Isaiah 55:1; Nehemiah 8:10),
Right Relationship(Psalm 16:11; 32:11),
Communion (Song of Solomon 5:1)

PRAISE DANCER'S ATTIRE/GARMENT WHILE MINISTERING

Modest to deflect attention from dancer's body.This keeps in line with Christian moral views as well as focusing the audience member's attention on the message of the dance.

PERSONAL RESEARCH ON PRAISE DANCE...

Dancing was used in ancient times tp express joy and thankfulness to the Lord.The tradition carried on for many years,until it was forced out the Christian church by Reformation. In the 20th Century, praise dance began to re-enter praise and worship services. Praise dance can be diverse, including traditional or modern ballet,lyrical,hip-hop,African moves,drama,mime,tap and many more; It is performed to Praise Dance Music. Dances can be spontaneous or choreographed,involving an individual or a group of dancers.

Praise And Worship

Q:What is Praise?
A: Express warm approval or admiration of: "we can't praise God enough". The expression of approval or admiration for someone or something: " the audience was full of praise".

*BEST ANSWER: Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with the lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals. (Psalm 150:1-6)

Q: What is Worship?
A: The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity,show reverence and adoration for(a deity); honor with religious rites.

*BEST ANSWER:But the hour is coming, and is now here,when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
(John 4:23)

Dance Timeline 1619-1889

1619 : In August 1619, the first Africans to set foot on American soil step off a Dutch ship onto the shores of Jamestown, Virginia. A year later, the MAYFLOWER brings the first English Pilgrims to Cape Cod. Many of the first Africans in America are not slaves but indentured servants, like many of the first Europeans.

1667-82: Race slavery becomes law. Over a period of 400 years, the African slave trade that began with the Portuguese in 1441 captures 40 million Africans; 20 million arrive in the Americas. While the captives bring with them little material evidence of their culture, their music and dance have a lasting impact on that of the New World.

1791: Using the dimensions of the slaver the HMS BROOKES, a sketch of how slaves are shackled and crammed into the hulls of ships, like spoons, is developed. In 1788, Alexander Falconbridge's book AN ACCOUNT OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA describes "dancing the slaves" -- a brutal practice of forced exercise prompted by the fact that healthy slaves fetch high prices on the auction block.

1796 : In DANSE, Moreau de St.-Mery describes African dance in the Caribbean and the fascination mingled with repulsion with which whites greet the "Calenda," "Bamboula," "Chica," and other secular and sacred dances.

1807: Congressional legislation puts an end to the legal slave trade, but illegal traffic continues until the Civil War.

1821-23: The African Grove Company, a New York City-based troupe of actors and actresses organized by James Hewlett and featuring Ira Aldridge, before he becomes a legendary Shakespearean actor, dissolves after repeated harassment by groups of "white rowdies."
1828:

White performer Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice adds a new twist to the tradition of mimicking African Americans, and his "Jim Crow" dance earns him the title "father of blackface minstrelsy." Minstrel shows produce two major stereotypes that haunt black performers for years -- the clown and the dandy.

1840:
Aspiring black performers must follow "Daddy" Rice's lead and don blackface. African American William Henry Lane, also known as "Juba," claims the title "the greatest dancer of his time." Many believe Lane is the dancer Charles Dickens praises when describing a visit to the Five Points area of New York City in his book AMERICAN NOTES.

1863: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 and declares that slaves in states or areas of states in rebellion shall be "forever free."

1889: "The Creole Show," an all-black production organized by white producer Sam T. Jack, opens in Boston and moves to New York with a chorus line of 16 singing and dancing girls. The "Cakewalk" finale starts a dance craze. Though the show shuns blackface, scores of others continue the tradition.


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What Does God's Word Say About Praise & Worship, March 26 2013

64 Bible Verses about Praise And Worship

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 412 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...

Psalm 100:2 ESV / 258 helpful votes

Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

John 4:23 ESV / 241 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 207 helpful votes

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 179 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 162 helpful votes

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Psalm 95:1-6 ESV / 157 helpful votes

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. ...

Psalm 117:1-2 ESV / 154 helpful votes

Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 100:4 ESV / 124 helpful votes

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 92 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Psalm 96:1-9 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. ...

Psalm 30:11 ESV / 86 helpful votes

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 149:3 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

Psalm 146:1-2 ESV / 77 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

John 4:24 ESV / 74 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Psalm 150:4 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

Psalm 150:3 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

Psalm 22:3 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Psalm 62:1-12 ESV / 63 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. ...

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 57 helpful votes

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Psalm 42:1-11 ESV / 56 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation ...

1 Chronicles 16:29 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;

Hebrews 10:19-20 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Jeremiah 31:4 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

Job 21:11 ESV / 46 helpful votes

They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.

Psalm 33:2-3 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

1 Corinthians 13:7-8 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Psalm 8:2 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

2 John 1:9 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Hebrews 10:1-39 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; ...

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

John 4:14 ESV / 26 helpful votes

But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Isaiah 38:10-20 ESV / 26 helpful votes

I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years. I said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end. Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! ...

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

John 12:20-33 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ...

John 1:1-51 ESV / 22 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

1 Chronicles 13:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes

And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

Genesis 22:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”

Psalm 103:1-4 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Psalm 24:1-10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. ...

Ephesians 4:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

John 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 4:24-28 ESV / 17 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

Psalm 101:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 16 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Acts 16:25-26 ESV / 15 helpful votes

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 147:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Chronicles 20:1-37 ESV / 13 helpful votes

After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, Engedi). Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, ...

1 Peter 4:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Luke 1:1-80 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ...

Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. ...

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Isaiah 6:1-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” ...

Mark 16:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Jeremiah 31:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. ...

Romans 3:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

Isaiah 11:1-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. ...

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

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