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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Once 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.' |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? |
| 49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? |
| 50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, |
| 51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. |
| 52[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
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