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1 I will sing about the Lord's faithful love forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
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1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
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2 For I will declare, "Faithful love is built up forever; You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."
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2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
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3 [The Lord said,] "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
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3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
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4 'I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah
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4 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' " "Selah"
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5 Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders- Your faithfulness also- in the assembly of the holy ones.
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5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
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6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
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7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.
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7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
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8 Lord God of Hosts, who is strong like You, Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds You.
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8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
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9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them.
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9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
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10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.
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10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
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11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it-You founded them.
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11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
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12 North and south-You created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
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12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
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13 You have a mighty arm; Your hand is powerful; Your right hand is lifted high.
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13 Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; faithful love and truth go before You.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
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15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; Lord, they walk in the light of Your presence.
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15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
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16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and they are exalted by Your righteousness.
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16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
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17 For You are their magnificent strength; by Your favor our horn is exalted.
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17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
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18 Surely our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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19 Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.
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20 I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with My sacred oil.
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20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
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21 My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him.
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21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
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22 The enemy will not afflict him; no wicked man will oppress him.
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22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
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24 My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
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24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
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25 I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.
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25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
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26 He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.'
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26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
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27 I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.
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27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
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28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure.
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28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
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29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.
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29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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30 If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,
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30 "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
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31 if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commandments,
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31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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32 then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows.
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32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
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33 But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness.
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33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
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34 I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.
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34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
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35 Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.
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35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David--
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36 His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me,
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36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
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37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." Selah
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37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." "Selah"
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38 But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed.
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38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
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39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have completely dishonored his crown.
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39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
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40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
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40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
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41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a joke to his neighbors.
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41 All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
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42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
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43 You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.
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43 You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
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44 You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.
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44 You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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45 You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
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45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. "Selah"
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46 How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
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46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
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47 Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?
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47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
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48 What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah
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48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? "Selah"
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49 Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
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49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
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50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants- in my heart I carry [abuse] from all the peoples-
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50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
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51 how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord, how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.
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51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
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52 May the Lord be praised forever. Amen and amen. BOOK IV (Psalms 90-106)
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52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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