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Jehovah's Covenant with David, and Israel's Afflictions.
Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
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1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:
With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever;
Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
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3 I have made a covenant with my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my servant:
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4 Thy seed will I establish for ever,
And build up thy throne to all generations {Selah
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5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;
Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?
Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah.
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7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all them that are round about him?
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8 O Jehovah God of hosts,
Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah?
And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
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9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea:
When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
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11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
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12 The north and the south, thou hast created them:
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
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13 Thou hast a mighty arm;
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:
Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
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15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
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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 do they rejoice all the day;
And in thy righteousness are they exalted.
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17 For thou art the glory of their strength;
And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
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18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,
And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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20 I have found David my servant;
With my holy oil have I anointed him:
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21 With whom my hand shall be established;
Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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22 The enemy shall not exact from him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him,
And smite them that hate him.
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24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;
And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 I will set his hand also on the sea,
And his right hand on the rivers.
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26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.
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27 I also will make him my firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;
And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.
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30 If his children forsake my law,
And walk not in mine ordinances;
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31 If they break my statutes,
And keep not my commandments;
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32 Then will I visit their transgression with a rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
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33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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34 My covenant will I not break,
Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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35 Once have I sworn by my holiness:
I will not lie unto David:
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36 His seed shall endure for ever,
And his throne as the sun before me.
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37 It shall be established for ever as the moon,
And as the faithful witness in the sky. {Selah
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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 But thou hast cast off and rejected,
Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:
Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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41 All that pass by the way rob him:
He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
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42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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43 Yes, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,
And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
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45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
Thou hast covered him with shame. {Selah
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46 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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47 Oh remember how short my time is:
For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
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48 What man is he that shall live and not see death,
That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {Selah
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49 Jehovah, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,
Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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50 Remember, Jehovah, the reproach of thy servants;
How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,
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51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,
Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.
Amen, and Amen. |
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