| 1 ¶ Maschil1 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 all2 generations.
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| 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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| 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto 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 unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto 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 of all them that are about him.
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| 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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| 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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| 10 Thou hast broken Rahab3 in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy4 strong arm.
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| 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness5 thereof, 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:6 strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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| 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation7 of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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| 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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| 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 favour our horn shall be exalted.
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| 18 For the LORD8 is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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| 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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| 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: mine 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 plague 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 unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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| 27 Also I will make him my firstborn, 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 break9 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 lovingkindness will10 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 is gone out of my lips.
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| 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that12 I will not lie unto 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 thine 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 spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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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 glory13 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: wherefore 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 lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto 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 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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| 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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