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1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of thy steadfast love, O LORD, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
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Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
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'I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah]
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
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For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7 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.
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a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
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O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, with thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
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Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance,
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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who exult in thy name all the day, and extol thy righteousness.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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For thou art the glory of their strength; by thy favor our horn is exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 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.
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Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one, and say: "I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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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: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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so that my hand shall ever abide with him, my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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He shall cry to me, 'Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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His line shall endure for ever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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Like the moon it shall be established for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies endure." [Selah]
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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But now thou hast cast off and rejected, thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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Thou hast breached all his walls; thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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All that pass by despoil him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes; thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and thou hast not made him stand in battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand, and cast his throne to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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Thou hast cut short the days of his youth; thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah]
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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How long, O LORD? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah]
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old, which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
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Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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with which thy enemies taunt, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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Blessed be the LORD for ever! Amen and Amen.
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