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# Chapter 89
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1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
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With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
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2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
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Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
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3 “I have made a covenant with My chosen,
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I have sworn to My servant David:
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4 ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
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And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah
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5 And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
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Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
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6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
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Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
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7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
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And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
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8 O Lord God of hosts,
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Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
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Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
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9 You rule the raging of the sea;
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When its waves rise, You still them.
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10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
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You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
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11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
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The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
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12 The north and the south, You have created them;
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Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
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13 You have a mighty arm;
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Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
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Mercy and truth go before Your face.
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15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
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They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
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16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
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And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
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17 For You are the glory of their strength,
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And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
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18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
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And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,
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And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
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I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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20 I have found My servant David;
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With My holy oil I have anointed him,
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21 With whom My hand shall be established;
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Also My arm shall strengthen him.
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22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
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Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
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And plague those who hate him.
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24 “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
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And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
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25 Also I will set his hand over the sea,
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And his right hand over the rivers.
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26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
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My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
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27 Also I will make him My firstborn,
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The highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 My mercy I will keep for him forever,
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And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
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29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
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And his throne as the days of heaven.
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30 “If his sons forsake My law
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And do not walk in My judgments,
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31 If they break My statutes
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And do not keep My commandments,
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32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
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And their iniquity with stripes.
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33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,
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Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
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34 My covenant I will not break,
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Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
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35 Once I have sworn by My holiness;
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I will not lie to David:
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36 His seed shall endure forever,
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And his throne as the sun before Me;
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37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
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Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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38 But You have cast off and abhorred,
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You have been furious with Your anointed.
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39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
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You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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40 You have broken down all his hedges;
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You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41 All who pass by the way plunder him;
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He is a reproach to his neighbors.
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42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
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You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
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And have not sustained him in the battle.
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44 You have made his glory cease,
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And cast his throne down to the ground.
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45 The days of his youth You have shortened;
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You have covered him with shame. Selah
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46 How long, Lord?
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Will You hide Yourself forever?
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Will Your wrath burn like fire?
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47 Remember how short my time is;
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For what futility have You created all the children of men?
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48 What man can live and not see death?
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Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah
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49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
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Which You swore to David in Your truth?
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50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
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How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
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51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
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With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
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52 Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
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Amen and Amen. |