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1 I will always sing about the Lord's love; I will tell of his loyalty from now on.
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I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 I will say, "Your love continues forever; your loyalty goes on and on like the sky."
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For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness. ”
3 You said, "I made an agreement with the man of my choice; I made a promise to my servant David.
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You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
4 I told him, 'I will make your family continue forever. Your kingdom will go on and on.'"Selah
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‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations. ’”Selah
5 Lord, the heavens praise you for your miracles and for your loyalty in the meeting of your holy ones.
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Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
6 Who in heaven is equal to the Lord? None of the angels is like 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 When the holy ones meet, it is God they fear. He is more frightening than all who surround him.
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a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
8 Lord God All-Powerful, who is like you? Lord, you are powerful and completely trustworthy.
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O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the mighty sea and calm the stormy waves.
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You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
10 You crushed the sea monster Rahab; by your power you scattered your enemies.
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You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 The skies and the earth belong to you. You made the world and everything in it.
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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.
12 You created the north and the south. your name.
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The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
13 Your arm has great power. Your hand is strong; your right hand is lifted up.
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You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair. Love and truth are in all you do.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.
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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
16 In your name they rejoice and continually praise your goodness.
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who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
17 You are their glorious strength, and in your kindness you honor our king.
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For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
18 Our king, our shield, belongs to the Lord, to the Holy One of Israel.
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For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Once, in a vision, you spoke to those who worship you. You said, "I have given strength to a warrior; I have raised up a young man from my people.
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Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found my servant David; I appointed him by pouring holy oil on him.
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I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
21 I will steady him with my hand and strengthen him with my arm.
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so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy will make him give forced payments, and wicked people will not defeat him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his enemies in front of him; I will defeat those who hate him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 My loyalty and love will be with him. Through me he will be strong.
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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 give him power over the sea and control over the rivers.
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will say to me, 'You are my father, my God, the Rock, my Savior.'
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He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. ’
27 I will make him my firstborn son, the greatest king on earth.
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And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My love will watch over him forever, and my agreement with him will never end.
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My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
29 I will make his family continue, and his kingdom will last as long as the skies.
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I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 "If his descendants reject my teachings and do not follow my laws,
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
31 if they ignore my demands and disobey my commands,
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their sins with a rod and their wrongs with a whip.
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
33 But I will not hold back my love from David, nor will I stop being loyal.
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said.
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I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 I have promised by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
36 His family will go on forever. His kingdom will last before me like the sun.
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His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 It will continue forever, like the moon, like a dependable witness in the sky."Selah
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Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies. ”Selah
38 But now you have refused and rejected your appointed king. You have been angry with him.
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But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39 You have abandoned the agreement with your servant and thrown his crown to the ground.
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You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have torn down all his city walls; you have turned his strong cities into ruins.
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You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 Everyone who passes by steals from him. His neighbors insult him.
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All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have given strength to his enemies and have made them all happy.
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You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have made his sword useless; you did not help him stand in battle.
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You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.
44 You have kept him from winning and have thrown his throne to the ground.
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You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut his life short and covered him with shame.Selah
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You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
46 Lord, how long will this go on? Will you ignore us forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
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How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my life is.
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Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 What person alive will not die? Who can escape 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 is your love from times past, which in your loyalty you promised to David?
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Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Lord, remember how they insulted your servant; remember how I have suffered the insults of the nations.
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Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
51 Lord, remember how your enemies insulted you and how they insulted your appointed king wherever he went.
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with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
52 Praise the Lord forever! Amen and amen.
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Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.