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1I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
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1I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
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2For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
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2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
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3“I have made a covenant with My chosen,I have sworn to My servant David:
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3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
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4‘Your seed I will establish forever,And build up your throne to all generations.’ ”Selah
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4‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”
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5And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
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5The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
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6For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
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7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
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7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
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8O Lord God of hosts,Who is mighty like You, O Lord?Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
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8Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
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9You rule the raging of the sea;When its waves rise, You still them.
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9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
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10You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
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10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
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11The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
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11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
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12The north and the south, You have created them;Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
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12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
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13You have a mighty arm;Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
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13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
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14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;Mercy and truth go before Your face.
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14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
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15Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
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15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
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16In Your name they rejoice all day long,And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
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16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.
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17For You are the glory of their strength,And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
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17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
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18For our shield belongs to the Lord,And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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18Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
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20I have found My servant David;With My holy oil I have anointed him,
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20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
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21With whom My hand shall be established;Also My arm shall strengthen him.
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21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
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22The enemy shall not outwit him,Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.
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23I will beat down his foes before his face,And plague those who hate him.
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23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
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24“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
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24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
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25Also I will set his hand over the sea,And his right hand over the rivers.
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25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
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26He shall cry to Me, ‘You aremy Father,My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
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26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
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27Also I will make him My firstborn,The highest of the kings of the earth.
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27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
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28My mercy I will keep for him forever,And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
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28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
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29His seed also I will make to endure forever,And his throne as the days of heaven.
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29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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30“If his sons forsake My lawAnd do not walk in My judgments,
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30“If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
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31If they break My statutesAnd do not keep My commandments,
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31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,And their iniquity with stripes.
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32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
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33Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
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33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
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34My covenant I will not break,Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
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34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
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35Once I have sworn by My holiness;I will not lie to David:
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35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—
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36His seed shall endure forever,And his throne as the sun before Me;
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36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
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37It shall be established forever like the moon,Even like the faithful witness in the sky.”Selah
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37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
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38But You have cast off and abhorred,You have been furious with Your anointed.
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38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
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39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
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40You have broken down all his hedges;You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
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40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
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41All who pass by the way plunder him;He is a reproach to his neighbors.
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41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
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42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
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43You have also turned back the edge of his sword,And have not sustained him in the battle.
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43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
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44You have made his glory cease,And cast his throne down to the ground.
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44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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45The days of his youth You have shortened;You have covered him with shame.Selah
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45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
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46How long, Lord?Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your wrath burn like fire?
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46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
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47Remember how short my time is;For what futility have You created all the children of men?
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47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
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48What man can live and not see death?Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave?Selah
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48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
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49Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,Which You swore to David in Your truth?
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49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
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50Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
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50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
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51With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
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51the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
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52Blessed be the Lord forevermore!Amen and Amen.
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52Praise be to the Lord forever!