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psalms 89

1 - I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever.With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

2 - I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever.You established the heavens.Your faithfulness is in them."

3 - "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,I have sworn to David, my servant,

4 - 'I will establish your offspring forever,and build up your throne to all generations.'"Selah.

5 - The heavens will praise your wonders, The LORD;your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 - For who in the skies can be compared to The LORD?Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like The LORD,

7 - a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,to be feared above all those who are around him?

8 - The LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

9 - You rule the pride of the sea.When its waves rise up, you calm them.

10 - You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11 - The heavens are yours.The earth also is yours;the world and its fullness.You have founded them.

12 - The north and the south, you have created them.Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

13 - You have a mighty arm.Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

14 - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

15 - Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.They walk in the light of your presence, The LORD.

16 - In your name they rejoice all day.In your righteousness, they are exalted.

17 - For you are the glory of their strength.In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

18 - For our shield belongs to The LORD;our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 - Then you spoke in vision to your saints,and said, "I have given strength to the warrior.I have exalted a young man from the people.

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

21 - with whom my hand shall be established.My arm will also strengthen him.

22 - No enemy will tax him.No wicked man will oppress him.

23 - I will beat down his adversaries before him,and strike those who hate him.

24 - But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.In my name, his horn will be exalted.

25 - I will set his hand also on the sea,and his right hand on the rivers.

26 - He will call to me, 'You are my Father,my God, and the rock of my salvation!'

27 - I will also appoint him my firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 - I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more.My covenant will stand firm with him.

29 - I will also make his offspring endure forever,and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 - If his children forsake my law,and don't walk in my ordinances;

31 - if they break my statutes,and don't keep my commandments;

32 - then I will punish their sin with the rod,and their iniquity with stripes.

33 - But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

34 - I will not break my covenant,nor alter what my lips have uttered.

35 - Once I have sworn by my holiness,I will not lie to David.

36 - His offspring will endure forever,his throne like the sun before me.

37 - It will be established forever like the moon,the faithful witness in the sky."Selah.

38 - But you have rejected and spurned.You have been angry with your anointed.

39 - You have renounced the covenant of your servant.You have defiled his crown in the dust.

40 - You have broken down all his hedges.You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 - All who pass by the way rob him.He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 - You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

43 - Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword,and haven't supported him in battle.

44 - You have ended his splendor,and thrown his throne down to the ground.

45 - You have shortened the days of his youth.You have covered him with shame.Selah.

46 - How long, The LORD?Will you hide yourself forever?Will your wrath burn like fire?

47 - Remember how short my time is!For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

48 - What man is he who shall live and not see death,who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah.

49 - Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses,which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

50 - Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants,how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

51 - With which your enemies have mocked, The LORD,with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

52 - Blessed be the LORD forever more.Amen, and Amen.

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