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Gird up your loins; fresh courage take. Our God will never us forsake; And soon we'll have this tale to tell-All is well! All is well! We'll find the place which God for us prepared, Far away, in the West, Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid; There the saints, will be blessed. We'll make the air, with music ring, Shout praises to our ...
Loins may refer generally to the lower area of the body, [13] much like the term "below the belt" derives from a belt worn at the waist. [ 14 ] When the long tunic of the Ancient era was the typical garment, the phrase "gird one's loins" described the process of raising and securing the lower portion of the tunic between one's legs to increase ...
The Japanese idiom "fundoshi o shimete kakaru" ('tighten your loincloth') means the same as the English phrase "roll up your sleeves" or even more accurately "gird up your loins"—in other words, get ready for some hard work. [1]
Fashion designers have fancied them up for catwalks and store shelves. ... Gird your loins! Jockstraps are still holding up after 150 years. LEANNE ITALIE. March 7, 2024 at 10:17 AM.
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Then the tone changes, Fredman vill mig omgjorda ("shall gird myself up") in yet another biblical echo – God commands Job "Gird up now thy loins" – drinks, and is refreshed. [ 26 ] [ 32 ] The scholar of Swedish literature Helene Blomqvist comments that Epistle 23 recalls the psalms that complain of suffering, especially those about the ...
Gird me, O Lord, with the girdle of purity, and quench in me the fire of concupiscence that the grace of temperance and chastity may abide in me. [4] By the 8th century AD, the girdle became established as a liturgical vestment "in the strict sense of the word." [7] In 800 AD, the girdle began to be worn by Christian deacons in the Eastern ...
Gird your loins and join the battle 'Gainst fear, hate and poverty, Each endeavouring, all achieving, Live in peace where man is free. III God of nations, let Thy blessings Fall upon this land of ours; Rain and sunshine ever sending, Fill her fields with crops and flowers; We her children do implore Thee, Give us strength, faith, loyalty,