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That the kingdom
mamlakah (mam-law-kaw')
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) -- kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
might be base
shaphal (shaw-fawl')
depressed, literally or figuratively -- base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
that it might not lift itself up
nasa' (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
but that by keeping
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
of his covenant
briyth (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
it might stand
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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