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Chapter 89
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I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with
my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
2
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
3
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn
unto David my servant, |
4
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy
throne to all generations. Selah. |
5
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. |
6
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For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?
who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto
the LORD? |
7
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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. |
8
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O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto
thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
9
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof
arise, thou stillest them. |
10
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
11
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as
for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded
them. |
12
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The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor
and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
13
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Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high
is thy right hand. |
14
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne:
mercy and truth shall go before thy face. |
15
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they
shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
16
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In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
17
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For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy
favour our horn shall be exalted. |
18
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For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel
is our king. |
19
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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. |
20
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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have
I anointed him: |
21
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With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also
shall strengthen him. |
22
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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of
wickedness afflict him. |
23
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And I will beat down his foes before his face, and
plague them that hate him. |
24
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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:
and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
25
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I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right
hand in the rivers. |
26
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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and
the rock of my salvation. |
27
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Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the
kings of the earth. |
28
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant
shall stand fast with him. |
29
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his
throne as the days of heaven. |
30
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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments; |
31
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If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
32
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes. |
33
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Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take
from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
34
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that
is gone out of my lips. |
35
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Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie
unto David. |
36
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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the
sun before me. |
37
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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as
a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
38
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But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been
wroth with thine anointed. |
39
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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou
hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. |
40
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought
his strong holds to ruin. |
41
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All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach
to his neighbours. |
42
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Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
43
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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast
not made him to stand in the battle. |
44
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Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne
down to the ground. |
45
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast
covered him with shame. Selah. |
46
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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall
thy wrath burn like fire? |
47
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Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou
made all men in vain? |
48
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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?
shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?
Selah. |
49
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Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which
thou swarest unto David in thy truth? |
50
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I
do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; |
51
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Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith
they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
52
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Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
