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Psalm 89
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| 89:1
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
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| 89:2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt
thou establish in the very heavens. |
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| 89:3
I have made a covenant
with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, |
(89:3-4, 34-37)
"I have sworn unto David my
servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations." But the Davidic line of Kings ended with Zedekiah; there were
none during the Babylonian captivity, and there are none today.
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| 89:4
Thy seed will I
establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
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| 89:5
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in
the congregation of the saints.
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| 89:6
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of
the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? |
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| 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had
in reverence of all them that are about him. |
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| 89:8
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about thee? |
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| 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou
stillest them. |
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| 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
"Thou hast broken Rahab [the sea
monster] in pieces."
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| 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the
fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
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| 89:12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall
rejoice in thy name. |
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| 89:13
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. |
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| 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth
shall go before thy face. |
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| 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD,
in the light of thy countenance. |
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| 89:16
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall
they be exalted. |
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| 89:17
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall
be exalted. |
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| 89:18
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. |
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| 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help
upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
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| 89:20
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: |
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| 89:21
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen
him. |
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| 89:22
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
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| 89:23
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate
him. |
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| 89:24
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall
his horn be exalted. |
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| 89:25
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
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| 89:26
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation. |
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| 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. |
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| 89:28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand
fast with him. |
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| 89:29
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days
of heaven. |
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| 89:30
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; |
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| 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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"If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes."
If you don't follow God's commandments, he will beat you with a rod.
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| 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity
with stripes.
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| 89:33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor
suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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| 89:34
My covenant will I not
break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
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| 89:35
Once have I sworn by my
holiness that I will not lie unto David. |
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| 89:36
His seed shall endure
for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. |
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| 89:37
It shall be established
for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
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| 89:38
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed. |
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| 89:39
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his
crown by casting it to the ground. |
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| 89:40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds
to ruin. |
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| 89:41
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. |
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| 89:42
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his
enemies to rejoice. |
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| 89:43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to
stand in the battle. |
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| 89:44
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. |
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| 89:45
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with
shame. Selah. |
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| 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like
fire? |
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| 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? |
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| 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his
soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
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| 89:49
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David
in thy truth? |
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| 89:50
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom
the reproach of all the mighty people; |
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| 89:51
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have
reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
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Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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