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