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Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
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I will sing of the lovingkindness of YAHUVEH for ever: With my mouth will
I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt
thou establish in the very heavens. |
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I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant: |
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah |
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O YAHUVEH; Thy faithfulness
also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
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For who in the skies can be compared unto YAHUVEH? Who among the sons of
the mighty is like unto YAHUVEH, |
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A YAHUVEH very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared
above all them that are round about him? |
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O YAHUVEH YAHUVEH of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Yah?
And thy faithfulness is round about thee. |
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Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou
stillest them. |
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast
scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. |
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the
fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
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The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
rejoice in thy name. |
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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 thy throne:
Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face. |
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O YAHUVEH,
in the light of thy countenance. |
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In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are
they exalted. |
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For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn
shall be exalted. |
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For our shield belongeth unto YAHUVEH; And our king to the Holy One of
Israel. |
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Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, 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 David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: |
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With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen
him. |
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The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict
him. |
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And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that
hate him. |
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But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my
name shall his horn be exalted. |
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I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. |
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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My YAHUVEH, and the rock of my
salvation. |
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I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of
the earth. |
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My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant
shall stand fast with him. |
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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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If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; |
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If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; |
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity
with stripes. |
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But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my
faithfulness to fail. |
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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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Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: |
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His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. |
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It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful
witness in the sky. Selah |
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But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed. |
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Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his
crown by casting it to the ground. |
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds
to ruin. |
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All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his
neighbors. |
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all
his enemies to rejoice. |
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Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to
stand in the battle. |
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Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the
ground. |
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with
shame. Selah |
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How long, O YAHUVEH? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long
shall thy wrath burn like fire? |
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Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all
the children of men! |
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What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his
soul from the power of Sheol? Selah |
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Master, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto
David in thy faithfulness? |
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Remember, Master, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my
bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples, |
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Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O YAHUVEH, Wherewith they have
reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
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Blessed be YAHUVEH for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |