Chapter 89
1 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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2 For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
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3 I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
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4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
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5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
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6 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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7 1God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
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8 Jehovah,1God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
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9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
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10 Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
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11 Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
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12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
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13 Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
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14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
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15 Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
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16 In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
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17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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18 For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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19 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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20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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21 With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
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22 No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
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23 But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
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24 And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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26 He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my1 God, and the rock of my salvation;
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27 And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
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29 And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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30 If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
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31 If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
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32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
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34 My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
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36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
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37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.
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38 But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
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39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
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40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41 All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
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43 Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
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44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
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45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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46 How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
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47 Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
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48 What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
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49 Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples —
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51 Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
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