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| 1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. |
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| Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, |
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| 2 For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.' |
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| 3 I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: |
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| 4 'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah. |
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| 5 and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones. |
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| 6 For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty |
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| 7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him. |
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| 8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee a strong Jah And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee. |
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| 9 Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. |
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| 10 Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. |
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| 11 Thine [are] the heavens the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them. |
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| 12 North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. |
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| 13 Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand high Thy right hand. |
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| 14 Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face. |
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| 15 O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually. |
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 they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted, |
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| 17 For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted, |
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| 18 For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king. |
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| 19 Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people, |
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| 20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him. |
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| 21 With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him. |
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| 22 An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not. |
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| 23 And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague, |
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| 24 And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted. |
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| 25 And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. |
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| 26 He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
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| 27 I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth. |
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| 28 To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him. |
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| 29 And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. |
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| 30 If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk; |
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| 31 If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep, |
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| 32 I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, |
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| 33 And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness. |
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| 34 I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not. |
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| 35 Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David, |
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| 36 His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me, |
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| 37 As the moon it is established to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. 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). |
| 38 And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed, |
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| 39 Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown, |
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| 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin. |
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| 41 Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours, |
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| 42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. |
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| 43 Also Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle, |
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| 44 Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down. |
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| 45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah. |
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| 46 Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire |
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| 47 Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men |
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| 48 Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. |
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| 49 Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness, |
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| 50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, |
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| 51 Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed. |
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| 52 Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen! |
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