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118 lines
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# Chapter 89
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1 I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
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I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations
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with my mouth.
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2 For I will declare,
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“Faithful love is built up forever;
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you establish your faithfulness in the heavens.”
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3 The Lord said,
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“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
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I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
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4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever
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and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
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5 Lord, the heavens praise your wonders—
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your faithfulness also—
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in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
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Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
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7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
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more awe-inspiring than all who surround him.
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8 Lord God of Armies,
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who is strong like you, Lord?
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Your faithfulness surrounds you.
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9 You rule the raging sea;
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when its waves surge, you still them.
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10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
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you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.
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11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.
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The world and everything in it—you founded them.
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12 North and south—you created them.
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Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.
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13 You have a mighty arm;
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your hand is powerful;
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your right hand is lifted high.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
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of your throne;
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faithful love and truth go before you.
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15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
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Lord, they walk in the light from your face.
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16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
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and they are exalted by your righteousness.
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17 For you are their magnificent strength;
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by your favor our horn is exalted.
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18 Surely our shield belongs to the Lord,
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our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones
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and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;
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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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I have anointed him with my sacred oil.
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21 My hand will always be with him,
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and my arm will strengthen him.
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22 The enemy will not oppress him;
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the wicked will not afflict him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him
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and strike those who hate him.
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24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
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and through my name
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his horn will be exalted.
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25 I will extend his power to the sea
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and his right hand to the rivers.
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26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,
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my God, the rock of my salvation.’
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27 I will also make him my firstborn,
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greatest of the kings of the earth.
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28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,
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and my covenant with him will endure.
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29 I will establish his line forever,
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his throne as long as heaven lasts.
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30 If his sons abandon my instruction
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and do not live by my ordinances,
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31 if they dishonor my statutes
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and do not keep my commands,
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32 then I will call their rebellion
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to account with the rod,
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their iniquity with blows.
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33 But I will not withdraw
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my faithful love from him
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or betray my faithfulness.
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34 I will not violate my covenant
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or change what my lips have said.
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35 Once and for all
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I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
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I will not lie to David.
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36 His offspring will continue forever,
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his throne like the sun before me,
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37 like the moon, established forever,
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a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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38 But you have spurned and rejected him;
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you have become enraged with your anointed.
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39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
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you have completely dishonored his crown.
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40 You have broken down all his walls;
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you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
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41 All who pass by plunder him;
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he has become an object of ridicule
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to his neighbors.
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42 You have lifted high 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 his sharp sword
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and have not let him stand in battle.
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44 You have made his splendor cease
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and have overturned his throne.
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45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
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you have covered him with shame. Selah
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46 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
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Will your anger keep burning like fire?
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47 Remember how short my life is.
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Have you created everyone for nothing?
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48 What courageous person can live and never see death?
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Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah
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49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love
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that you swore to David in your faithfulness?
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50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—
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in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
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51 how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
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how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
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52 Blessed be the Lord forever.
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Amen and amen. |