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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, The world shall be built up with mercy; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
[3]I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
[4]Thy offspring will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
[5]And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
[6]For who in heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the angels can be likened to the LORD?
[7]God stands forth in the assembly of the saints, great and revered above all that are about him.
[8]O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty like thee? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
[9]Thou rulest the splendor of the sea; thou stillest the waves thereof.
[10]Thou hast humbled the proud as those that are 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 glorify thy name.
[13]Thine is the arm, and thine is the might; thy hand is strong and thy right hand shall be exalted.
[14]Thy throne is built on righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.
[15]Blessed is the people that understand thy glory; 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 our strength; and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
[18]For the LORD is our hope; and the Holy One of Israel is our King.
[19]Then he spoke in visions to his righteous one, and he said, I have given help to a man; 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]My hand has helped him; mine arm also has strengthened him.
[22]The enemy shall not prevail upon him, nor the sons of the wicked afflict him.
[23]And I will destroy 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 to me, Thou art my father, my God, and my mighty Saviour.
[27]Also I will make him my first-born, and will exalt him over 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 offspring 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]Neither will I reject my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
[35]Once have I sworn by my holiness to David, and I will not lie.
[36]His offspring 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.
[38]But thou hast forsaken us and despised us, thou hast made thine anointed one to turn his face.
[39]Thou hast rejected the covenant of thy servant; thou hast cast his crown to the ground.
[40]Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
[41]All that pass by have trampled upon him; he has become 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 turned the edge of his sword, and hast not sustained him 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.
[46]How long, LORD, wilt thou be angry? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
[47]Remember me from the time I was created; for thou hast not created all men in vain.
[48]Who is the man who lives and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol?
[49]LORD, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
[50]Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; for I have borne throughout my life the mockery of the Gentiles;
[51]Wherewith thine enemies have reproached me, 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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