Psalms:89

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* - I will sing of thy mercies , O Lord , for ever : I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations . * For thou hast said , Mercy shall be built up for ever : thy truth shall be established in the heavens . * I made a covenant with my chosen ones , I sware unto David my servant . * I will (note :)Gr . prepare (:note ) establish thy seed for ever , and build up thy throne to all generations . Pause . * The heavens shall declare thy wonders , O Lord ; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints . * For who in the (note :)Gr . clouds (:note ) heavens shall be compared to the Lord ? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God ? * God is glorified in the council of the saints ; great and terrible toward all that are round about him . * O Lord God of hosts , who is like to thee ? thou art mighty , O Lord , and thy truth is round about thee . * Thou rulest the power of the sea ; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves . * Thou has brought down the proud as one that is slain ; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered thine enemies . * The heavens are thine , and the earth is thine : thou hast founded the world , and the fullness of it . * Thou hast created the north and the (note :)Gr . sea (:note ) west : Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name . * Thine is the mighty arm : let thy hand be strengthened , let thy right hand be exalted . * Justice and judgement are the establishment of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face . * Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound : they shall walk , O Lord , in the light of thy countenance . * And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted . * For thou art the boast of their strength ; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted , * for our help is of the Lord ; and of the Holy One of Israel , our king . * Then thou spokest in vision to thy children , and saidst , I have laid help on a mighty one ; I have exalted one chosen out of my people . * * For my hand shall support him ; and mine arm shall strengthen him . * The enemy shall have no advantage against him ; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again . * And I will hew down his foes before him , and put to flight those that hate him . * But my truth and my mercy shall be with him ; and in my name shall his horn be exalted . * And I will set his hand in the sea , and his right hand in the rivers . * He shall call upon me , saying , Thou art my Father , my God , and the helper of my salvation . * And I will make him my first-born , higher than the kings of the earth . * I will keep my mercy for him for ever , and my covenant shall be firm with him . * And I will establish his seed for ever and ever , and his throne as the days of heaven . * If his children should forsake my law , and walk not in my judgements ; * if they should profane my ordinances , and not keep my commandments ; * I will visit their transgressions with a rod , and their sins with scourges . * But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him , nor wrong my truth . * Neither will I by any means profane my covenant ; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips . * Once have I sworn by my holiness , that I will not lie to David . * His see shall endure for ever , and his throne as the sun before me ; * and as the moon that is established for ever , and as the faithful witness in heaven . Pause . * But thou hast cast off and set at nought , thou has rejected thine anointed . * Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant ; thou has profaned his sanctuary , casting it to the ground . * Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; thou hast made his strong holds a terror . * All that go by the way have spoiled him : he is become a reproach to his neighbours . * Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies ; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice . * Thou hast turned back the help of his sword , and hast not helped him in the battle . * Thou hast deprived him of (note :)Gr . purification (:note ) glory : thou hast broken down his throne to the ground . * Thou hast shortened the days of his (note :)Alex . time (:note ) throne : thou hast poured shame upon him . Pause . * How long , O Lord , wilt thou turn away , for ever ? shall thine anger flame out as fire ? * Remember what my being is : for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain ? * What man is there who shall live , and not see death ? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades ? Pause . * Where are thine ancient mercies , O Lord , which thou swarest to David in thy truth ? * Remember , O Lord , the reproach of thy servants , which I have borne in my bosom , even the reproach of many nations ; * wherewith thine enemies have reviled , O Lord : wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed . * Blessed be the Lord for ever . So be it , so be it .

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