1 | I will
sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy
faithfulness to all generations. |
2
| For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
3 | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto
David my servant, |
4 | Thy
seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
Selah. |
5 | And the heavens
shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of
the saints. |
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? |
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. |
8 | O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee?
or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
9 | Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof
arise, thou stillest them. |
10
| Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
11 | The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for
the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
12 | The north and the south thou hast
created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
13 | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy
hand, and high is thy right hand. |
14 | Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face. |
15 | Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
17 | For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy
favour our horn shall be exalted. |
18 | For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king. |
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. |
20 |
I have found David my servant; with my
holy oil have I anointed him:
Acts 13:22
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21
| With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen
him. |
22 | The enemy shall
not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
23 | And I will beat down his foes before
his face, and plague them that hate him. |
24 | But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and
in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
25 | I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand
in the rivers. |
26 | He
shall cry unto me,
Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation.
Heb 1:5
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27 |
Also I
will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Heb 1:5
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28 | My mercy will I keep for him for
evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. |
29 | His seed also will I make to endure
for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments; |
31 | If they
break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes. |
33 | Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
34 | My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips. |
35 | Once
have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. |
36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and
his throne as the sun before me. |
37 | It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah. |
38 |
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed. |
39 | Thou hast
made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting
it to the ground. |
40 |
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to
ruin. |
41 | All that pass
by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. |
42 | Thou hast set up the right hand of his
adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his
sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
44 | Thou hast made his glory to cease, and
cast his throne down to the ground. |
45 | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah. |
46 |
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like
fire? |
47 | Remember how
short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? |
48 | What man is he that liveth, and shall
not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
49 | Lord, where are thy
former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? |
50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach
of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty
people; |
51 | Wherewith
thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the
footsteps of thine anointed. |
52
| Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |