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Your unfailing love will last forever.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant.
I have sworn this oath to him:
I have sworn this oath to him:
You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
I have sworn to David my servant:
‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’”
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they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’”
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‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD;
myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD?
What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?
What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?
The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?
and awesome above all who are around him?
O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies!
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?
You are entirely faithful.
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?
You are entirely faithful.
O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.
when its waves rise, you still them.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours — you created it all.
everything in the world is yours — you created it all.
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
The north and the south, you have created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
Powerful is your arm!
Strong is your hand!
Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
Strong is your hand!
Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.
They exult in your righteousness.
They exult in your righteousness.
who exult in your name all the day
and in your righteousness are exalted.
and in your righteousness are exalted.
You are their glorious strength.
It pleases you to make us strong.
It pleases you to make us strong.
For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
by your favor our horn is exalted.
Yes, our protection comes from the LORD,
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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.
You said, “I have raised up a warrior.
I have selected him from the common people to be king.
I have found my servant David.
I have anointed him with my holy oil.
I have anointed him with my holy oil.
I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him,
with my holy oil I have anointed him,
I will steady him with my hand;
with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
so that my hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
my arm also shall strengthen him.
His enemies will not defeat him,
nor will the wicked overpower him.
nor will the wicked overpower him.
The enemy shall not outwit him;
the wicked shall not humble him.
the wicked shall not humble him.
I will beat down his adversaries before him
and destroy those who hate him.
and destroy those who hate him.
I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
and strike down those who hate him.
My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,
and by my authority he will grow in power.
and by my authority he will grow in power.
My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
I will extend his rule over the sea,
his dominion over the rivers.
his dominion over the rivers.
I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
and his right hand on the rivers.
And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
I will make him my firstborn son,
the mightiest king on earth.
the mightiest king on earth.
And I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will love him and be kind to him forever;
my covenant with him will never end.
my covenant with him will never end.
I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
I will establish his offspring forever
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
and his throne as the days of the heavens.
But if his descendants forsake my instructions
and fail to obey my regulations,
and fail to obey my regulations,
if they do not obey my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
and fail to keep my commands,
if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
and do not keep my commandments,
then I will punish their sin with the rod,
and their disobedience with beating.
and their disobedience with beating.
then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
and their iniquity with stripes,
But I will never stop loving him
nor fail to keep my promise to him.
nor fail to keep my promise to him.
but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
or be false to my faithfulness.
No, I will not break my covenant;
I will not take back a single word I said.
I will not take back a single word I said.
I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
I have sworn an oath to David,
and in my holiness I cannot lie:
and in my holiness I cannot lie:
Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
I will not lie to David.
His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.
his kingdom will endure as the sun.
His offspring shall endure forever,
his throne as long as the sun before me.
his throne as long as the sun before me.
It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!”
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my faithful witness in the sky!”
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Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
But now you have rejected him and cast him off.
You are angry with your anointed king.
You are angry with your anointed king.
But now you have cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.
you are full of wrath against your anointed.
You have renounced your covenant with him;
you have thrown his crown in the dust.
you have thrown his crown in the dust.
You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.
you have defiled his crown in the dust.
You have broken down the walls protecting him
and ruined every fort defending him.
and ruined every fort defending him.
You have breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
Everyone who comes along has robbed him,
and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
You have strengthened his enemies
and made them all rejoice.
and made them all rejoice.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have made his sword useless
and refused to help him in battle.
and refused to help him in battle.
You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
and you have not made him stand in battle.
You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.
and overturned his throne.
You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
and cast his throne to the ground.
You have made him old before his time
and publicly disgraced him.
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and publicly disgraced him.
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You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame. Selah
you have covered him with shame. Selah
O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?
How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!
how empty and futile this human existence!
Remember how short my time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Lord, where is your unfailing love?
You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;
they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.