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1 A maskil of Eitan the Ezrachi: I will sing about ADONAI's acts of grace forever, with my mouth proclaim your faithfulness to all generations;
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I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 because I said, "Grace is built to last forever; in the heavens themselves you established your faithfulness."
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 You said, "I made a covenant with the one I chose, I swore to my servant David,
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 'I will establish your dynasty forever, build up your throne through all generations.'" (Selah)
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, ADONAI, your faithfulness in the assembly of the angels.
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the skies can be compared with ADONAI? Which of these gods can rival ADONAI,
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For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 a God dreaded in the great assembly of the holy ones and feared by all around him?
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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 ADONAI Elohei-Tzva'ot! Who is as mighty as you, Yah? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
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O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 You control the raging of the sea; when its waves rear up, you calm them.
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 You crushed Rahav like a carcass; with your strong arm you scattered your foes.
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; you founded the world and everything in it.
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 You created north and south; Tavor and Hermon take joy in your name.
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The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Your arm is mighty, your hand is strong, your right hand is lifted high.
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Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; grace and truth attend you.
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 How happy are the people who know the joyful shout! They walk in the light of your presence, ADONAI.
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 They rejoice in your name all day and are lifted up by your righteousness,
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In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 for you yourself are the strength in which they glory. Our power grows by pleasing you,
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For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 for our shield comes from ADONAI -our king is from the Holy One of Isra'el.
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For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 There was a time when you spoke in a vision; you declared to your loyal [prophets], "I have given help to a warrior, I have raised up someone chosen from the people.
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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant and anointed him with my holy oil.
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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 My hand will always be with him, and my arm will give him strength.
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With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will outwit him, no wicked man overcome him.
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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 My faithfulness and grace will be with him; through my name his power will grow.
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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will put his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
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I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He will call to me, 'You are my father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.'
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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 I will give him the position of firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my grace for him forever, and in my covenant be faithful with him.
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as the heavens last.
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 "If his descendants abandon my Torah and fail to live by my rulings,
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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 if they profane my regulations and don't obey my mitzvot,
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If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 I will punish their disobedience with the rod and their guilt with lashes.
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 But I won't withdraw my grace from him or be false to my faithfulness.
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Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 I will not profane my covenant or change what my lips have spoken.
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 I have sworn by my holiness once and for all; I will not lie to David
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Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 his dynasty will last forever, his throne like the sun before me.
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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It will be established forever, like the moon, which remains a faithful witness in the sky." (Selah)
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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But you spurned your anointed one, rejected and vented your rage on him.
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But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 You renounced the covenant with your servant and defiled his crown in the dust.
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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You broke through all his defenses and left his strongholds in ruins.
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he is an object of scorn to his neighbors.
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All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 You raised up the right hand of his foes and made all his enemies rejoice.
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Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You drive back his drawn sword and fail to support him in battle.
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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 You brought an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground.
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Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. (Selah)
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, ADONAI? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your fury burn like fire?
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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how little time I have! Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?
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Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 Who can live and not see death? Who can save himself from the power of the grave? (Selah)
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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Where, Adonai, are the acts of grace you once did, those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?
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Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Adonai, the taunts hurled at your servants, which I carry in my heart [from] so many peoples!
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Your enemies, ADONAI, have flung their taunts, flung them in the footsteps of your anointed one.
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Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be ADONAI forever. Amen. Amen.
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Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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