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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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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

{Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

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

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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

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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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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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

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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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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

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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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For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

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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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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

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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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O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

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

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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

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

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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

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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 heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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

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The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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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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Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

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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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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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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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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

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

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In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

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

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

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For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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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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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed 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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With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

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

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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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

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And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

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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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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

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

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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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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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

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Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

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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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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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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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His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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

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If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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

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If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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

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

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

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Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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

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

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Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

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

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

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

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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

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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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But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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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 made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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

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

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

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All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

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You have strengthened his enemies
and made them all rejoice.

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Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

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

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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.

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Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

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

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

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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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How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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

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Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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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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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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

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Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

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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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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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

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

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Praise the LORD forever!
Amen and amen!

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Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

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