| Chapter 89 |
1 | Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 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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2 | For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
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3 | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
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4 | Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
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5 | And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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6 | For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
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7 | God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.
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8 | O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?
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9 | Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
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10 | Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
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11 | The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.
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12 | The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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13 | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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14 | Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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15 | Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
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16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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17 | For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
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18 | For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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19 | Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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20 | I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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21 | With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
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22 | The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23 | And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
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24 | But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 | I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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26 | He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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27 | Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
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28 | My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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29 | His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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31 | If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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33 | Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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34 | My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
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35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
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36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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37 | It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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38 | But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.
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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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40 | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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41 | All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
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42 | Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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44 | Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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45 | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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46 | How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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47 | Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
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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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49 | Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
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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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51 | With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed
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52 | Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.
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