Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.
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I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
2 For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.
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I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.
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You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
4 I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.
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‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”
5 The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.
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The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
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For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
7 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
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In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
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Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
9 Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.
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You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
10 Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies.
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You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
11 The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.
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The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
12 Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
13 Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.
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Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
14 Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
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Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16 And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
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For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
18 for our help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
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Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by my holy mercy.
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I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
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My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
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The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.
23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
26 He shall call upon me, saying, Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
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He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
27 And I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
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And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall be firm with him.
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I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
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if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
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I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
33 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
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but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
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I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
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Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—
36 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
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that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
37 and as the moon that is established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.
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it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou has rejected thine anointed.
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But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou has profaned his sanctuary, casting it to the ground.
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You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.
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You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
41 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.
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Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
44 Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.
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You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.
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You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
46 How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?
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How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
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Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
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Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
49 Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?
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Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations;
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Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed.
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the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
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Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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