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# Chapter 89
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1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
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with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
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2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
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in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
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3 You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
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I have sworn to David my servant:
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4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever,
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and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
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5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
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your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
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6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
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Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
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7 a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
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and awesome above all who are around him?
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8 O Lord God of hosts,
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who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
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with your faithfulness all around 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 crushed Rahab like a carcass;
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you 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 that is in it, 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 joyously praise your name.
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13 You have a mighty arm;
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strong is your hand, high your right hand.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
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steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
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15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
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who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
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16 who exult in your name all the day
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and in your righteousness are exalted.
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17 For you are the glory of their strength;
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by your favor our horn is exalted.
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18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
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our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said:
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“I have granted 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 David, my servant;
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with my holy oil I have anointed him,
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21 so that my hand shall be established with him;
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my arm also shall strengthen him.
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22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
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the wicked shall not humble him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him
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and strike down those who hate him.
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24 My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
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and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 I will set his hand on the sea
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and his right hand on 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 And I will make him the firstborn,
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the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
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and my covenant will stand firm for him.
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29 I will establish his offspring forever
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and his throne as the days of the heavens.
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30 If his children forsake my law
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and do not walk according to my rules,
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31 if they violate 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 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
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or be false to my faithfulness.
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34 I will not violate my covenant
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or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
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35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
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I will not lie to David.
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36 His offspring shall endure forever,
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his throne as long as the sun before me.
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37 Like the moon it shall be established forever,
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a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
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38 But now you have cast off and rejected;
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you are full of wrath against your anointed.
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39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
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you have defiled his crown in the dust.
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40 You have breached all his walls;
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you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
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41 All who pass by plunder him;
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he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
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42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
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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 you have not made him stand in battle.
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44 You have made his splendor to cease
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and cast his throne to the ground.
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45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
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you have covered him with shame. Selah
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46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
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How long will your wrath burn like fire?
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47 Remember how short my time is!
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For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
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48 What man can live and never see death?
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Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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49 Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
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which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
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50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
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and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
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51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
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with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
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52 Blessed be the Lord forever!
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Amen and Amen. |