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[1]Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
[2]I will sing of the mercies of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
[3]For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
[4]I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:
[5]For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to a generations.' Selah
[6]So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
[7]For who in the skies can be compared unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, who among the sons of might can be likened unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇,
[8]A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?
[9]O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
[10]Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
[11]Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.
[12]Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
[13]The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
[14]Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.
[15]Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.
[16]Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, in the light of Thy countenance.
[17]In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.
[18]For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
[19]For of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
[20]Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
[21]I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him;
[22]With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
[23]The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
[24]And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
[25]But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
[26]I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
[27]He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
[28]I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
[29]For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.
[30]His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
[31]If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;
[32]If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;
[33]Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
[34]But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
[35]My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
[36]Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;
[37]His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.
[38]It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah
[39]But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
[40]Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
[41]Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
[42]All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
[43]Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
[44]Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
[45]Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
[46]The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
[47]How long, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
[48]O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
[49]What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah
[50]Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?
[51]Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
[52]Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
[53]Blessed be 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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