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1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89:2)
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2 For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
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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 For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah
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5 So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6 For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,
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7 A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?
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8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
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9 Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
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10 Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.
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11 Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
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12 The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
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13 Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.
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15 Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
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16 In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.
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17 For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
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18 For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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19 Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, 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 from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23 And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
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24 But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
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26 He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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27 I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 For ever will I keep for him My mercy, 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 Mine ordinances;
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31 If they profane 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 strokes.
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33 But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
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34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
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35 Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false 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 be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah
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38 But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
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39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
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40 Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41 All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
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42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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43 Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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44 Thou hast made his brightness 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, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
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47 O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
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48 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah
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49 Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?
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50 Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
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51 Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
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52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV
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