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Psalm 89Perplexity about God's Promises
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1. I will sing about the
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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
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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.
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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
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Lord?
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Who among the heavenly beings is like the
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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.
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Lord God of Armies,
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who is strong like you,
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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
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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,
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Lord,
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how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
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52. Blessed be the
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Lord forever.
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Amen and amen.
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