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I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
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You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:
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"I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.' " (Selah)
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Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
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For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
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a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all that are around him?
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O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
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You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
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You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it—you have founded them.
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The north and the south —you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
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You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
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Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;
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they exult in your name all day long, and extol your righteousness.
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For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
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For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: "I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
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my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
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He shall cry to me, "You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'
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I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him, and my covenant with him will stand firm.
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I will establish his line forever, and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.
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I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
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Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
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His line shall continue forever, and his throne endure before me like the sun.
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It shall be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies." (Selah)
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But now you have spurned and rejected him; you are full of wrath against your anointed.