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