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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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For I have said Mercy shall be built up for ever thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens
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I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant
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Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations Selah
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O LORD thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints
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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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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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O LORD God of hosts who is a strong LORD like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm
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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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The north and the south thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name
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Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound they shall walk O LORD in the light of thy countenance
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In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be 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 the LORD is our defence and the Holy One of Israel is our king
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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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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 mine arm also shall strengthen him
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The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him
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And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him
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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn be exalted
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I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers
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He shall cry 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 higher than the kings of the earth
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven
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If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments
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If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments
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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 will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail
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My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips
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Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David
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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 for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven Selah
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But thou hast cast off and abhorred thou hast been wroth with thine anointed
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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin
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All that pass by the way spoil him he is a reproach to his neighbours
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Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice
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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle
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Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground
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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 wilt thou hide thyself for ever shall thy wrath burn like fire
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Remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men in vain
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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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Lord where are thy former lovingkindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth
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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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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