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id="v23089002" class="ver">2</span>I will sing of your mercy forever, <span class="tetr">Lord</span><a id="ren23089002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">proclaim your faithfulness through all ages.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn23089003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089003-1">*</a>For I said, “My mercy is established forever;</p> <p class="sl1">my faithfulness will stand as long as the heavens.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089004" class="ver">4</span>I have made a covenant with my chosen one;</p> <p class="sl1">I have sworn to David my servant:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089005" class="ver">5</span>I will make your dynasty stand forever</p> <p class="sl1">and establish your throne through all ages.”<a id="ren23089005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089005-b">b</a></p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> </div> <p class="chsubsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23089006" class="ver">6</span>The heavens praise your marvels, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">your loyalty in the assembly of the holy ones.<a id="ren23089006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089006-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089007" class="ver">7</span>Who in the skies ranks with the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>?</p> <p class="sl1">Who is like the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> among the sons of the gods?<a id="rfn23089007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089007-1">*</a><a id="ren23089007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089008" class="ver">8</span>A God dreaded in the council of the holy ones,</p> <p class="sl1">greater and more awesome than all those around him!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089009" class="ver">9</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, God of hosts, who is like you?</p> <p class="sl1">Mighty <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your faithfulness surrounds you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089010" class="ver">10</span>You rule the raging sea;<a id="ren23089010-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089010-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">you still its swelling waves.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089011" class="ver">11</span>You crush Rahab<a id="rfn23089011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089011-1">*</a> with a mortal blow;</p> <p class="sl1">with your strong arm you scatter your foes.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089012" class="ver">12</span>Yours are the heavens, yours the earth;</p> <p class="sl1">you founded the world and everything in it.<a id="ren23089012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089012-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn23089013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089013-1">*</a>Zaphon and Amanus you created;</p> <p class="sl1">Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089014" class="ver">14</span>You have a mighty arm.</p> <p class="sl1">Your hand is strong; your right hand is ever exalted.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089015" class="ver">15</span>Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne;</p> <p class="sl1">mercy and faithfulness march before you.<a id="ren23089015-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089015-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089016" class="ver">16</span>Blessed the people who know the war cry,</p> <p class="sl1">who walk in the radiance of your face, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089017" class="ver">17</span>In your name they sing joyfully all the day;</p> <p class="sl1">they rejoice in your righteousness.<a id="ren23089017-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089017-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089018" class="ver">18</span>You are their majestic strength;</p> <p class="sl1">by your favor our horn<a id="rfn23089018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089018-1">*</a> is exalted.<a id="ren23089018-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089018-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089019" class="ver">19</span>Truly the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is our shield,</p> <p class="sl1">the Holy One of Israel, our king!<a id="ren23089019-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089019-j">j</a></p> </div> <p class="chsubsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23089020" class="ver">20</span>Then you spoke in vision;<a id="ren23089020-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089020-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1">to your faithful ones you said:</p> <p class="sl">“I have set a leader over the warriors;</p> <p class="sl1">I have raised up a chosen one from the people.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089021" class="ver">21</span>I have chosen David, my servant;</p> <p class="sl1">with my holy oil I have anointed him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089022" class="ver">22</span>My hand will be with him;<a id="ren23089022-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089022-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl1">my arm will make him strong.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089023" class="ver">23</span>No enemy shall outwit him,</p> <p class="sl1">nor shall the wicked defeat him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089024" class="ver">24</span>I will crush his foes before him,</p> <p class="sl1">strike down those who hate him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089025" class="ver">25</span>My faithfulness and mercy will be with him;</p> <p class="sl1">through my name his horn will be exalted.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089026" class="ver">26</span><a id="rfn23089026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089026-1">*</a>I will set his hand upon the sea,</p> <p class="sl1">his right hand upon the rivers.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089027" class="ver">27</span>He shall cry to me, ‘You are my father,<a id="ren23089027-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089027-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl1">my God, the Rock of my salvation!’</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089028" class="ver">28</span>I myself make him the firstborn,</p> <p class="sl1">Most High<a id="rfn23089028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089028-1">*</a> over the kings of the earth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089029" class="ver">29</span>Forever I will maintain my mercy for him;<a id="ren23089029-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089029-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl1">my covenant with him stands firm.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089030" class="ver">30</span>I will establish his dynasty forever,</p> <p class="sl1">his throne as the days of the heavens.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089031" class="ver">31</span>If his descendants forsake my teaching,<a id="ren23089031-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089031-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl1">do not follow my decrees,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089032" class="ver">32</span>If they fail to observe my statutes,</p> <p class="sl1">do not keep my commandments,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089033" class="ver">33</span>I will punish their crime with a rod</p> <p class="sl1">and their guilt with blows.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089034" class="ver">34</span>But I will not take my mercy from him,</p> <p class="sl1">nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.<a id="ren23089034-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089034-p">p</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089035" class="ver">35</span>I will not violate my covenant;</p> <p class="sl1">the promise of my lips I will not alter.<a id="ren23089035-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089035-q">q</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089036" class="ver">36</span>By my holiness I swore once for all:<a id="ren23089036-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089036-r">r</a></p> <p class="sl1">I will never be false to David.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089037" class="ver">37</span><a id="rfn23089037-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089037-1">*</a>His dynasty will continue forever,<a id="ren23089037-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089037-s">s</a></p> <p class="sl1">his throne, like the sun before me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089038" class="ver">38</span>Like the moon it will stand eternal,</p> <p class="sl1">forever firm like the sky!”</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> </div> <p class="chsect">B</p> <p class="chsubsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23089039" class="ver">39</span>But now you have rejected and spurned,<a id="ren23089039-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089039-t">t</a></p> <p class="sl1">been enraged at your anointed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089040" class="ver">40</span>You renounced the covenant with your servant,</p> <p class="sl1">defiled his crown in the dust.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089041" class="ver">41</span>You broke down all city walls,<a id="ren23089041-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089041-u">u</a></p> <p class="sl1">left his strongholds in ruins.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089042" class="ver">42</span>All who pass through seize plunder;</p> <p class="sl1">his neighbors deride him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089043" class="ver">43</span>You have exalted the right hand of his foes,</p> <p class="sl1">have gladdened all his enemies.<a id="ren23089043-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089043-v">v</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089044" class="ver">44</span>You turned back his sharp sword,</p> <p class="sl1">did not support him in battle.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089045" class="ver">45</span>You brought to an end his splendor,</p> <p class="sl1">hurled his throne to the ground.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089046" class="ver">46</span>You cut short the days of his youth,</p> <p class="sl1">covered him with shame.</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="slf">V</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089047" class="ver">47</span>How long, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>? Will you hide forever?</p> <p class="sl1">Must your wrath smolder like fire?<a id="ren23089047-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089047-w">w</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089048" class="ver">48</span>Remember how brief life is,</p> <p class="sl1">how frail the sons of man you have created!<a id="ren23089048-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089048-x">x</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089049" class="ver">49</span>What is man, that he should live and not see death?</p> <p class="sl1">Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?<a id="ren23089049-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089049-y">y</a></p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="slf">VI</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089050" class="ver">50</span>Where are your former mercies, Lord,</p> <p class="sl1">that you swore to David in your faithfulness?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089051" class="ver">51</span>Remember, Lord, the insults to your servants,</p> <p class="sl1">how I have borne in my bosom the slander of the nations.<a id="ren23089051-z" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23089051-z">z</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089052" class="ver">52</span>Your enemies, <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, insult;</p> <p class="sl1">they insult each step of your anointed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23089053" class="ver">53</span><a id="rfn23089053-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23089053-1">*</a>Blessed be the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> forever! 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