KJV King James Version
But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Psalm 92:10
But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
WEB World English Bible
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
ASV American Standard Version
But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.
Surrounding context — Psalm 92
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Psalm 89:17For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.Psalm 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, [is] God;Psalm 75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.1 Samuel 2:10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.Psalm 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.Psalm 89:24But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.Numbers 24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.Psalm 132:17There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.Psalm 148:14He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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