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| 1 [[An Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite.]] The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth. |
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| 2 For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein. |
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| 3 I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant: |
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| 4 Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [Selah.] |
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| 5 So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh,–Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones. |
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| 6 For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty? |
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| 7 A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him. |
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| 8 O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee: |
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| 9 Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still: |
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| 10 Thou, hast crushed–as one slain–Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes. |
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| 11 Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them; |
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| 12 The north and the south, Thou, didst create them,–Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy: |
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| 13 Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand; |
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| 14 Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, go before thy face. |
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| 15 How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along; |
The people that know the joyful sound – The word used here for "joyful sound" is Strong's H8643.This is the same word used in Lev. 25:9 to announce the Year of Jubilee on the Day of Atonement. |
| 16 In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted. |
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| 17 For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted. |
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| 18 For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King. |
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| 19 Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst–I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people; |
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| 20 I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him; |
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| 21 With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him; |
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| 22 No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him; |
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| 23 And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite; |
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| 24 And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn; |
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| 25 And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand; |
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| 26 He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation! |
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| 27 Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth! |
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| 28 Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him; |
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| 29 Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens. |
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| 30 If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk; |
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| 31 If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep: |
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| 32 Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity: |
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| 33 But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness; |
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| 34 I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter: |
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| 35 One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie; |
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| 36 His seed, age-abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me; |
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| 37 Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. [Selah.] |
Established forever – The kingdom of Christ will indeed last forever.
As the moon – The New Covenant. As the Law Covenant was pictured by the moon, so also is the New Law Covenant.
Faithful witness in heaven – Jesus is the faithful witness (Rev. 3:14). |
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| 38 Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One! |
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| 39 Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown; |
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| 40 Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins; |
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| 41 All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours; |
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| 42 Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies; |
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| 43 Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle; |
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| 44 Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne–to the ground, hast thou hurled; |
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| 45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youths,–Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah.] |
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| 46 How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire? |
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| 47 Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam? |
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| 48 Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. [Selah.] |
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| 49 Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness! |
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| 50 Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples: |
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| 51 In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One! |
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| 52 Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen! |
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