| Chapter 89 |
1 | Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
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2 | For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
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3 | I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
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4 | I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
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5 | In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
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6 | For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
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7 | God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
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8 | O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
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9 | You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
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10 | Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
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11 | Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
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12 | You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
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13 | Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
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14 | The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
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15 | Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
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16 | In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
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17 | For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
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18 | For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
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19 | Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
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20 | I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
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21 | My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.
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22 | The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
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23 | I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.
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24 | But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.
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25 | I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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26 | He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
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27 | And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
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28 | I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
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29 | His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
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30 | If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
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31 | If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
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32 | Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
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33 | But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
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34 | I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
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35 | I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
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36 | His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
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37 | It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
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38 | But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
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39 | You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
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40 | All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.
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41 | All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.
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42 | You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.
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43 | His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
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44 | You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.
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45 | You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)
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46 | How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
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47 | See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
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48 | What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
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49 | Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?
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50 | Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;
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51 | The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
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52 | Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
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