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A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite .
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I will sing of thy steadfast love ,
O LORD ,
for ever ;
with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations .
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For thy steadfast love was established for ever ,
thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens .
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Thou hast said , "
I have made a covenant with my chosen one ,
I have sworn to David my servant :
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your descendants for ever ,
and build your throne for all generations .'" [
Selah ]
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Let the heavens praise thy wonders ,
O LORD ,
thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones !
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For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD ?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD ,
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a God feared in the council of the holy ones ,
great and terrible above all that are round about him ?
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O LORD God of hosts ,
who is mighty as thou art ,
O LORD ,
with thy faithfulness round about thee ?
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Thou dost rule the raging of the sea ;
when its waves rise ,
thou stillest them .
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Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass ,
thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm .
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The heavens are thine ,
the earth also is thine ;
the world and all that is in it ,
thou hast founded them .
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The north and the south ,
thou hast created them ;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name .
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Thou hast a mighty arm ;
strong is thy hand ,
high thy right hand .
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne ;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee .
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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout ,
who walk ,
O LORD ,
in the light of thy countenance ,
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who exult in thy name all the day ,
and extol thy righteousness .
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For thou art the glory of their strength ;
by thy favor our horn is exalted .
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For our shield belongs to the LORD ,
our king to the Holy One of Israel .
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Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one ,
and say : "
I have set the crown upon one who is mighty ,
I have exalted one chosen from the people .
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I have found David ,
my servant ;
with my holy oil I have anointed him ;
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so that my hand shall ever abide with him ,
my arm also shall strengthen him .
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The enemy shall not outwit him ,
the wicked shall not humble him .
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him .
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My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him ,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted .
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers .
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He shall cry to me , `
ou art my Father ,
my God ,
and the Rock of my salvation .'
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And I will make him the first-born ,
the highest of the kings of the earth .
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My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever ,
and my covenant will stand firm for him .
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I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens .
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances ,
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments ,
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges ;
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love ,
or be false to my faithfulness .
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I will not violate my covenant ,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips .
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness ;
I will not lie to David .
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His line shall endure for ever ,
his throne as long as the sun before me .
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Like the moon it shall be established for ever ;
it shall stand firm while the skies endure ." [
Selah ]
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But now thou hast cast off and rejected ,
thou art full of wrath against thy anointed .
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Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant ;
thou hast defiled his crown in the dust .
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Thou hast breached all his walls ;
thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins .
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All that pass by despoil him ;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors .
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes ;
thou hast made all his enemies rejoice .
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Yea ,
thou hast turned back the edge of his sword ,
and thou hast not made him stand in battle .
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Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand ,
and cast his throne to the ground .
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Thou hast cut short the days of his youth ;
thou hast covered him with shame . [
Selah ]
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How long ,
O LORD ?
Wilt thou hide thyself for ever ?
How long will thy wrath burn like fire ?
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Remember ,
O Lord ,
what the measure of life is ,
for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men !
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What man can live and never see death ?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol ? [
Selah ]
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Lord ,
where is thy steadfast love of old ,
which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David ?
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Remember ,
O Lord ,
how thy servant is scorned ;
how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples ,
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with which thy enemies taunt ,
O LORD ,
with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed . [ (
Psalms strkjv @
89:53 )
Blessed be the LORD for ever !
Amen and Amen . ]