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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

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A psalma of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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Your unfailing love will last forever.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

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I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

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The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant.
I have sworn this oath to him:

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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

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‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’”
Interlude

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And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

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All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD;
myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.

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For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

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For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD?
What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?

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God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

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The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

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Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies!
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?
You are entirely faithful.

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*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.

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You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

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Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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You crushed the great sea monster.b
You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.

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The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours — you created it all.

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The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

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You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

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Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

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Powerful is your arm!
Strong is your hand!
Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.

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Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.

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Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

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Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

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In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.
They exult in your righteousness.

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For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

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You are their glorious strength.
It pleases you to make us strong.

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For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

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Yes, our protection comes from the LORD,
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.

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Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.
You said, “I have raised up a warrior.
I have selected him from the common people to be king.

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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

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I have found my servant David.
I have anointed him with my holy oil.

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With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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I will steady him with my hand;
with my powerful arm I will make him strong.

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No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

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His enemies will not defeat him,
nor will the wicked overpower him.

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But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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I will beat down his adversaries before him
and destroy those who hate him.

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And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

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My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,
and by my authority he will grow in power.

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And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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I will extend his rule over the sea,
his dominion over the rivers.

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*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;

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And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

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And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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I will make him my firstborn son,
the mightiest king on earth.

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My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

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I will love him and be kind to him forever;
my covenant with him will never end.

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And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

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If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

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But if his descendants forsake my instructions
and fail to obey my regulations,

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If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

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if they do not obey my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,

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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

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then I will punish their sin with the rod,
and their disobedience with beating.

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Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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But I will never stop loving him
nor fail to keep my promise to him.

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My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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No, I will not break my covenant;
I will not take back a single word I said.

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Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

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I have sworn an oath to David,
and in my holiness I cannot lie:

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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

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His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.

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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

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It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!”
Interlude

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But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

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But now you have rejected him and cast him off.
You are angry with your anointed king.

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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

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You have renounced your covenant with him;
you have thrown his crown in the dust.

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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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You have broken down the walls protecting him
and ruined every fort defending him.

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All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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Everyone who comes along has robbed him,
and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

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You have strengthened his enemies
and made them all rejoice.

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Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

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You have made his sword useless
and refused to help him in battle.

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Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

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You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.

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The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

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You have made him old before his time
and publicly disgraced him.
Interlude

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How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

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O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?

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Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

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Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!

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What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

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No one can live forever; all will die.
No one can escape the power of the grave.c
Interlude

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Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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Lord, where is your unfailing love?
You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples --

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Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

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Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;
they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

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Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.

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Praise the LORD forever!
Amen and amen!

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