Psalms:89

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* &lt ;&lt ;Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite .&gt ;&gt ; I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever ; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations . * For I have said , Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens ; in them thou shalt establish thy truth . * I have made a covenant with my chosen ; I have sworn unto David my servant , [saying ], * Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations . Selah . * And the heavens shall praise thy wonder , O LORD , thy truth also in the congregation of the saints . * For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD ? [who ] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD ? * God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all [those that are ] about him . * O LORD God of the hosts , who [is ] like unto thee ? Strong JAH , compassed about with thy truth . * Thou dost rule the raging of the sea : when its waves arise , thou dost still them . * Thou hast broken Egypt in pieces as one that is slain ; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm . * The heavens [are ] thine , the earth also [is ] thine : the world and its fullness , thou didst found . * Thou hast created the north and the south ; Tabor and Hermon shall sing in thy name . * The mighty arm is thine ; strong is thy hand , [and ] high is thy right hand . * Thy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment ; mercy and truth go before thy face . * Happy [are ] the people that know [how to ] enter into joy ; they shall walk , O LORD , in the light of thy countenance . * In thy name shall they rejoice each day ; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted . * For thou [art ] the glory of their strength , and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted . * For the LORD [is ] our shield , and the Holy One of Israel [is ] our king . * Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say , I have laid help upon [one that is ] mighty ; I have exalted [one ] chosen out of my people . * I have found David my servant ; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness , * with whom my hand shall be established ; mine arm also shall strengthen him . * The enemy shall not overcome him , nor the son of iniquity break him down . * But I will break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him . * But my truth and my mercy [shall be ] with him , and in my name shall his horn be exalted . * In the same manner I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers . * He shall call me , Thou [art ] my father , my God , and the rock of my saving health . * Also I will make him [my ] firstborn , high above the kings of the earth . * I will keep my mercy for him for ever , and my covenant shall stand fast with him . * I will also make his seed [to endure ] for ever , and his throne as the days of the heavens . * If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments , * if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments , * then I will visit their rebellion with the rod and their iniquity with stripes . * Nevertheless I will not take my mercy from him , neither will I falsify my truth . * I will not profane my covenant , nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips . * Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David . * His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me . * It shall be established for ever as the moon and [as ] a faithful witness in heaven . Selah . * But thou hast cast off and abhorred thine anointed ; thou hast been wroth with [him ]. * Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant ; thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it ] to the ground . * Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin . * All that pass by the way spoil him ; he is a reproach to his neighbours . * Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries ; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice . * Thou hast also blunted the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle . * Thou hast made his clarity to cease and cast his throne down to the ground . * The days of his youth hast thou shortened ; thou hast covered him with shame . Selah . * How long , O LORD ? wilt thou hide thyself for ever ? shall thy wrath burn like fire ? * Remember how short my time is ; why hast thou made all men [subject ] to vanity ? * What man [is he that ] lives and shall not see death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol ? Selah . * Lord , where [are ] thy former mercies , [which ] thou didst sware unto David in thy truth ? * Remember , Lord , the reproach of thy servants ; [how ] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of ] many peoples , * because thine enemies have dishonoured , O LORD ; they have dishonoured the footsteps of thine anointed . * Blessed [be ] the LORD for ever . Amen and Amen . Part Four :

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