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He chooses for us our birthright, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.Pause (Psalms 47, 4)
[For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has gone to Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in villainy, all day long (Psalms 52, 1)
Sin is in their mouths, sin on their lips, so let them be trapped in their pride for the curses and lies that they utter. (Psalms 59, 12)
So pride is a necklace to them, violence the garment they wear. (Psalms 73, 6)
You control the pride of the ocean, when its waves ride high you calm them. (Psalms 89, 9)
Shame on all who serve images, who pride themselves on their idols; bow down to him, all you gods! (Psalms 97, 7)
let me share the happiness of your chosen ones, let me share the joy of your people, the pride of your heritage. (Psalms 106, 5)
So he advanced to the ends of the earth, plundering nation after nation; the earth grew silent before him, and his ambitious heart swelled with pride. (1 Maccabees 1, 3)
Antiochus, having extracted eighteen hundred talents from the Temple, hurried back to Antioch; in his pride he would have undertaken to make the dry land navigable and the sea passable on foot, so high his arrogance soared. (2 Maccabees 5, 21)
But you, unholy wretch and wickedest of villains, what cause have you for pride, nourishing vain hopes and raising your hand against his servants? - (2 Maccabees 7, 34)
Flying into a passion, he resolved to make the Jews pay for the disgrace inflicted by those who had routed him, and with this in mind he ordered his charioteer to drive without stopping and get the journey over. But the sentence of Heaven was already hanging over him. In his pride, he had said, 'When I reach Jerusalem, I shall turn it into a mass grave for the Jews.' (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
Even so, he in no way diminished his arrogance; still bursting with pride, breathing fire in his wrath against the Jews, he was in the act of ordering an even keener pace when the chariot gave a sudden lurch and out he fell and, in this serious fall, was dragged along, every joint of his body wrenched out of place. (2 Maccabees 9, 7)
