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Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

A [a]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.

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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

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For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

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For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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“I have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have sworn to My servant David:

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I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

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‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah

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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

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And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

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And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

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For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?

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For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

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God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

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O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

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*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.

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You have broken [b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

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Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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

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Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast 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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The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

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You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

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Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.

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Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

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Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

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Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

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In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

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In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our [c]horn is 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 our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

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Then You spoke in a vision to Your [d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,

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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;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.

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With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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The enemy shall not [e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

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I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

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But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

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And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

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Also I will set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.

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

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He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

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*He* shall call 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,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

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And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

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My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

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

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And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

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If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

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If they [f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,

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If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

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

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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 I will not [g]utterly take from him,
Nor [h]allow My faithfulness to fail.

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Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

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My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:

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

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His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before Me;

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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 forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

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But You have cast off and abhorred,[i]
You have been furious with Your [j]anointed.

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But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

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You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
You have [k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

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You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his [l]strongholds to ruin.

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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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All who pass by the way plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.

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All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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

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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

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You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.

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Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

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You have made his [m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.

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Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

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

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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?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

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How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

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Remember how short my time is;
For what futility have You created all the children of men?

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Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

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What man can live and not [n]see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of [o]the grave? Selah

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What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he 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 truth?

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Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants —
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples --

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With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [p]anointed.

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Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.

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Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.

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Psalms 89

Psalms 89