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1 {An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
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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 said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
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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 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto 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 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. 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 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
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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 heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
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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 to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about 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 Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
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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 *Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest 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 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
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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 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast 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 The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy 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 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
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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 judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
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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 Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
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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 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
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16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
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17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be 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 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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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 Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of 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; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
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21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
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21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
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22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
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22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
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24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn 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 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in 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* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and 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 And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest 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 My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
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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 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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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 law, and walk not in mine 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 profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
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31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
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33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie 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 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
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35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto 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 seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as 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 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. 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 thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine 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 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
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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 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
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41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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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 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to 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 Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the 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 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
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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 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast 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, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn 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, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
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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 liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul 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 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy 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 reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty 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 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine 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 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
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52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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