Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<A maskil by Etan, the Ezrachite.>> I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
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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,
2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
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For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
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I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
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`Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
5 The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
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and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
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For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
7 A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
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God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 LORD, God Tzva'ot, who is a mighty one, like you? The LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
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O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9 You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
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Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10 You have broken Rachav in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 The heavens are yours, the eretz also is yours; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.
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Thine [are] the heavens -- the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south, you have created them. Tavor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
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North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13 You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
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Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high Thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before your face.
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Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
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O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16 In your name do they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
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In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17 For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
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For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD; Our king to the Holy One of Yisra'el.
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For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, And said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
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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,
20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
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I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
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With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
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An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
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And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
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And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25 I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
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And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
26 He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
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He proclaimeth me: `Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the eretz.
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I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my lovingkindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
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To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29 I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
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And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;
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If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
31 If they break my statutes, And don't keep my mitzvot;
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If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32 Then I will punish their sin with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
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I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33 But I will not completely take my lovingkindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
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And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.
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I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
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Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36 His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.
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His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky." Selah.
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As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
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And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
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Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, And haven't supported him in battle.
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Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44 You have ended his splendor, And thrown his throne down to the ground.
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Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
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Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
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Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
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Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of She'ol? Selah.
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Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
49 Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
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Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
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Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
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Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD forevermore. Amein, and Amein.
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Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
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