1Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

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Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 12:2, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 22:2, Luke 18:7

2The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

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Psalms 31:2, Psalms 31:2, Lamentations 3:8, Lamentations 3:8, Psalms 79:11

3For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

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Psalms 107:18, Psalms 107:18, Lamentations 3:15, Lamentations 3:19, Isaiah 53:3

4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

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Psalms 28:1, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 31:12, Psalms 143:7, 2 Corinthians 1:9

5Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

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Isaiah 53:8, Isaiah 53:8, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 31:22, Genesis 19:29

6The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.

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Psalms 69:15, Psalms 69:15, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 86:13, John 12:46

7For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?

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Psalms 42:7, Psalms 42:7, Job 6:4, Romans 2:5, Romans 2:9

8God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.

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Psalms 31:11, Psalms 31:11, John 15:23, John 15:24, Isaiah 49:7

9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

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Job 11:13, Job 11:13, Psalms 38:10, Psalms 86:3, Psalms 38:10

10Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

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Psalms 6:5, Psalms 6:5, Isaiah 26:19, Psalms 30:9, Isaiah 26:19

11Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

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Job 26:6, Job 21:30, Matthew 7:13, Romans 9:22, Psalms 73:18

12Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:

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Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Psalms 31:12, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Matthew 8:12

13The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:

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Psalms 5:3, Psalms 5:3, Mark 1:35, Psalms 30:2, Mark 1:35

14Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:

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Job 13:24, Job 13:24, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 43:2

15Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

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Job 6:4, Job 6:4, Luke 22:44, Luke 22:44, Isaiah 53:10

16Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:

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Psalms 90:11, Psalms 102:10, Revelation 6:17, Romans 8:32, Psalms 90:7

17And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

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Psalms 22:16, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2

18For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.

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Psalms 88:8, Psalms 88:8, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 38:11, Job 19:12

19For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.

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20Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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21I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

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22For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.

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23The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.

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24And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.

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25And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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26And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.

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27He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

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28And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

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29I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

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30And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.

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31And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

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32If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:

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33I will visit their iniquities with a rod and their sins with stripes.

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34But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

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35Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

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36Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

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37His seed shall endure for ever.

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38And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

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39But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with my anointed.

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40Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

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41Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.

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42All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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43Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

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44Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

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45Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

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46Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.

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47How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

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48Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

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49Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

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50Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

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51Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:

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52Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.

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53Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.

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