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[1] 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, The world shall be built up with mercy; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
[3] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
[4] Thy offspring will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
[5] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
[6] For who in heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the angels can be likened to the LORD?
[7] God stands forth in the assembly of the saints, great and revered above all that are about him.
[8] O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty like thee? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.
[9] Thou rulest the splendor of the sea; thou stillest the waves thereof.
[10] Thou hast humbled the proud as those that are 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 glorify thy name.
[13] Thine is the arm, and thine is the might; thy hand is strong and thy right hand shall be exalted.
[14] Thy throne is built on righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.
[15] Blessed is the people that understand thy glory; 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 our strength; and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
[18] For the LORD is our hope; and the Holy One of Israel is our King.
[19] Then he spoke in visions to his righteous one, and he said, I have given help to a man; 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] My hand has helped him; mine arm also has strengthened him.
[22] The enemy shall not prevail upon him, nor the sons of the wicked afflict him.
[23] And I will destroy 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 to me, Thou art my father, my God, and my mighty Saviour.
[27] Also I will make him my first-born, and will exalt him over 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 offspring 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] Neither will I reject my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
[35] Once have I sworn by my holiness to David, and I will not lie.
[36] His offspring 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.
[38] But thou hast forsaken us and despised us, thou hast made thine anointed one to turn his face.
[39] Thou hast rejected the covenant of thy servant; thou hast cast his crown to the ground.
[40] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
[41] All that pass by have trampled upon him; he has become 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 turned the edge of his sword, and hast not sustained him 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.
[46] How long, LORD, wilt thou be angry? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
[47] Remember me from the time I was created; for thou hast not created all men in vain.
[48] Who is the man who lives and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol?
[49] LORD, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
[50] Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; for I have borne throughout my life the mockery of the Gentiles;
[51] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached me, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
[52] Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and Amen.
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