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Psalm 89, KING JAMES VERSION
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I will sing of the
mercies of the LORD 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 shalt 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 LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation
of the saints.
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For who in the
heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can
be likened unto the LORD?
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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.
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O LORD God of hosts,
who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about
thee?
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Thou rulest the
raging 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 thy strong arm.
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The heavens are
thine, the earth also is thine: as for 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 shall 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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Justice and judgment
are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
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Blessed is the
people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of
thy countenance.
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In thy name shall
they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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For thou art the
glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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For the LORD is our
defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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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.
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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 upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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And I will beat down
his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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But my faithfulness
and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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I will set his hand
also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
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He shall cry unto
me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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Also I will make him
my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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My mercy 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 my judgments; |
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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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Nevertheless 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 that 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 a faithful witness in heaven.
Selah.
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But thou hast cast
off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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Thou hast made void
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 strong holds to ruin.
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All that pass by the
way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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Thou hast set up the
right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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Thou hast also
turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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Thou hast made his
glory 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, LORD? wilt
thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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Remember how short
my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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What man is he that
liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of
the grave? Selah.
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Lord, where are thy
former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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Remember, Lord, the
reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the
mighty people;
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Wherewith thine
enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the
footsteps of thine anointed.
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Blessed be the LORD
for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
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