Chapter 89

  I will sing of the lovingkindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.  

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

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  'I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,  

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  'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'' Selah.  

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  The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.  

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  For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,  

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  A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?  

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  Yahweh, God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.  

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

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

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

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

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

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  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before your face.  

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  Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.  

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

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

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  For our shield belongs to Yahweh; Our king to the Holy One of Israel.  

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  Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, 'I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.  

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

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  With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.  

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

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  I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.  

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  But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.  

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  I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.  

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

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

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  I will keep my lovingkindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.  

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  I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.  

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  If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;  

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  If they break my statutes, And don't keep my commandments;  

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  Then I will punish their sin with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.  

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  But I will not completely take my lovingkindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.  

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  I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.  

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

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  His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.  

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  It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky.' Selah.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  You have ended his splendor, And thrown his throne down to the ground.  

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

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  How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?  

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

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

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  Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?  

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

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  With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.  

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  Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV Psalm 90 A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.  

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