5For to which of the angels did He ever say,
         “YOU ARE MY SON,
         TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”?
         And again,
         “I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM
         AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”?

6And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says,
         “AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.”

7And of the angels He says,
         “WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS,
         AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE.”

8But of the Son He says,
         “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,
         AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.

9“YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS;
         THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU
         WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

10And,
         “YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,
         AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

11THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN;
         AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT,

12AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP;
         LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED.
         BUT YOU ARE THE SAME,
         AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END.”

13But to which of the angels has He ever said,
         “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
         UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES
         A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET”?

14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

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