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1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
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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, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
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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 for My chosen, I have sworn 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 `Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. 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 confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of 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 sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
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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 very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding 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 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee -- a 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 [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain 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 bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
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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 habitable 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 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
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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 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high 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 fixed place of Thy throne, 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 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
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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 they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are 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 the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn 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 of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of 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 hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one 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 I have 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 is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
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21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
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22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
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22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
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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 kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn 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 have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
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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 proclaimeth 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 I also first-born do appoint him, 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 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast 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 have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
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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 in My judgments do not walk;
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30 "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
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31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
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31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
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32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
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33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in 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 profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
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34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
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35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not 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 seed is to the age, And his throne [is] 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 As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. 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 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself 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 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth 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 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
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40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
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41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been 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 adversaries, Thou hast caused 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 Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him 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 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
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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 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [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 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as 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, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
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47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
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48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand 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 [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to 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, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of 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 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps 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 [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
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52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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