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I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskila of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

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Psalm 89^a

A maskilb of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
through all generations.

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For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

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I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

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You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:

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You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,

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‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

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‘I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”c

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Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

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The heavens praise your wonders, Lord,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

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For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beingsb is like the Lord,

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For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?

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a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?

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In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.

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O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?

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Who is like you, Lord God Almighty?
You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

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You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.

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You rule over the surging sea;
when its waves mount up, you still them.

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You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

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The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

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The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;
you founded the world and all that is in it.

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The north and the south, you have created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

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You created the north and the south;
Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

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You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.

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Your arm is endowed with power;
your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
love and faithfulness go before you.

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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,

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Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.

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who exult in your name all the day
and in your righteousness are exalted.

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They rejoice in your name all day long;
they celebrate your righteousness.

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For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.

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For you are their glory and strength,
and by your favor you exalt our horn.d

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For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Indeed, our shielde belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,c and said:
“I have granted help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.

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

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I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

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so that my hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.

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My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.

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The enemy shall not outwit him;
the wicked shall not humble him.

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The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.

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I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.

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I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.

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My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his hornf will be exalted.

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I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.

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I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.

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He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

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He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.’

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

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And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

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My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my covenant will stand firmd for him.

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I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.

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I will establish his offspring forever
and his throne as the days of the heavens.

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I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.

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If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,e

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“If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,

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if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,

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if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,

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then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,

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I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;

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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.

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but I will not take my love from him,
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

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I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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I will not violate my covenant
or alter what my lips have uttered.

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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.

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Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness —
and I will not lie to David —

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His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.

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that his line will continue forever
and his throne endure before me like the sun;

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Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.”

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But now you have cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.

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But you have rejected, you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.

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You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.

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You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.

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You have breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

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You have broken through all his walls
and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

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All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

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All who pass by have plundered him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

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You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.

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You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.

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You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.

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Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in battle.

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You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.

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You have put an end to his splendor
and cast his throne to the ground.

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You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame. Selah

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You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

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How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?

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How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?

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Remember how short my time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

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Remember how fleeting is my life.
For what futility you have created all humanity!

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What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Who can live and not see death,
or who can escape the power of the grave?

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Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

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Lord, where is your former great love,
which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

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Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my heart the insultsf of all the many nations,

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Remember, Lord, how your servant hasg been mocked,
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

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the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

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Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

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Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

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Psalms 89

Psalms 89