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1 | I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth
will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
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2 | For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy
faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
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3 | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David
my servant, |
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4 | Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to
all generations. Selah. |
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5 | And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. |
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6 | For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? |
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7 | God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and
to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. |
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8 | O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or
to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
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9 | Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof
arise, thou stillest them. |
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10 | Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou
hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
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11 | The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the
world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
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12 | The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and
Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
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13 | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy
right hand. |
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14 | Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy
and truth shall go before thy face. |
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15 | Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
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16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted. |
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17 | For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour
our horn shall be exalted. |
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18 | For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king. |
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19 | Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I
have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one
chosen out of the people. |
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20 | I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I
anointed him: |
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21 | With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him. |
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22 | The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him. |
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23 | And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them
that hate him. |
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24 | But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
name shall his horn be exalted. |
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25 | I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers. |
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26 | He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock
of my salvation. |
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27 | Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of
the earth. |
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28 | My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant
shall stand fast with him. |
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29 | His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne
as the days of heaven. |
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30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; |
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31 | If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
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32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their
iniquity with stripes. |
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33 | Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from
him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
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34 | My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips. |
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35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto
David. |
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36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun
before me. |
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37 | It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a
faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
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38 | But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed. |
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39 | Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast
profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. |
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40 | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his
strong holds to ruin. |
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41 | All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours. |
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42 | Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast
made all his enemies to rejoice. |
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43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made
him to stand in the battle. |
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44 | Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to
the ground. |
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45 | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered
him with shame. Selah. |
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46 | How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy
wrath burn like fire? |
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47 | Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all
men in vain? |
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48 | What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
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49 | Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou
swarest unto David in thy truth? |
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50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in
my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; |
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51 | Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith
they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
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52 | Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
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