“1 <<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. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made
a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy
seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.”
“5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be
compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be
likened unto the LORD? 7 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.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about thee? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when
the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 10 Thou hast broken Rahab
in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with
thy strong arm. 11 The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine:
[as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall
rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand,
[and] high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment [are] the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.”
“15 Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they
rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17
For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn
shall be exalted. 18 For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of
Israel [is] our king.”
“19 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. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I
anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also
shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son
of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his
face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy
[shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25 I will
set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He
shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation. 27 Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings
of the earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make [to
endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his
children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break
my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their
transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor
suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor
alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my
holiness that I will not lie unto David. 36 His seed shall endure for
ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established
for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.”
“38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou
hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground. 40 Thou hast
broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou
hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge
of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 Thou hast
made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 The
days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame.
Selah. 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy
wrath burn like fire? 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast
thou made all men in vain? 48 What man [is he that] liveth, and shall
not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?
Selah. 49 Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou
swarest unto David in thy truth? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy
servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty
people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith
they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 52 Blessed [be]
the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.” (Psalm 89:1-52 AV)
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