89A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H1755 2For I have said, "Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens."H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H8064 3"I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H5650 4'Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" SelahH2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H5542 5And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H6918 6For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H3068 7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H5439 8O LORD God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H5439 9You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H7623 10You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.H1792H7294H1792H2491H6340H341H5797H2220 11The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.H8064H776H8398H4393H3245 12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H8034 13You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H3225 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H6440 15Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H6440 16In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.H8034H1523H3117H6666H7311 17For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H7311 18For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.H3068H4043H6918H3478H4428 19Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H5971 20I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H4886 21With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.H3027H3559H2220H553 22The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.H341H5378H1121H5766H6031 23I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H8130 24"But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.H530H2617H8034H7161H7311 25Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers.H7760H3027H3220H3225H5104 26He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'H7121H1H410H6697H3444 27Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H776 28My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.H2617H8104H5769H1285H539 29His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H8064 30"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,H1121H5800H8451H3212H4941 31If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,H2490H2708H8104H4687 32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.H6485H6588H7626H5771H5061 33Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.H2617H6331H530H8266 34My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.H1285H2490H8138H4161H8193 35Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David:H259H7650H6944H3576H1732 36His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me;H2233H5769H3678H8121 37It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky." SelahH3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H5542 38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.H2186H3988H5674H4899 39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H776 40You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.H6555H1448H7760H4013H4288 41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H7934 42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H8055 43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H4421 44You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H776 45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. SelahH3117H5934H7114H5844H955H5542 46How long, LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H784 47Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H7723 48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? SelahH1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H5542 49Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H530 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H5971 51With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H4899 52Blessed be the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.H1288H3068H5769H543H543
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