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Psalms 89:1
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{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
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Psalms 89:2
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For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
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Psalms 89:3
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I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
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Psalms 89:4
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Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
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Psalms 89:5
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And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
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Psalms 89:6
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For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
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Psalms 89:7
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łGod is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
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Psalms 89:8
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Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
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Psalms 89:9
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*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.
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Psalms 89:10
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Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
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Psalms 89:11
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Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.
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Psalms 89:12
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The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
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Psalms 89:13
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Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
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Psalms 89:14
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Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
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Psalms 89:15
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Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
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Psalms 89:16
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In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
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Psalms 89:17
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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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Psalms 89:18
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For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
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Psalms 89:19
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Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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Psalms 89:20
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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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Psalms 89:21
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With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
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Psalms 89:22
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No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
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Psalms 89:23
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But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
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Psalms 89:24
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And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
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Psalms 89:25
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And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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Psalms 89:26
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*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my łGod, and the rock of my salvation;
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Psalms 89:27
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And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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Psalms 89:28
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My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
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Psalms 89:29
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And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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Psalms 89:30
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If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
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Psalms 89:31
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If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
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Psalms 89:32
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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Psalms 89:33
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Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
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Psalms 89:34
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My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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Psalms 89:35
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Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
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Psalms 89:36
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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
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Psalms 89:37
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It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.
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Psalms 89:38
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But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
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Psalms 89:39
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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
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Psalms 89:40
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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Psalms 89:41
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All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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Psalms 89:42
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
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Psalms 89:43
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Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
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Psalms 89:44
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Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
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Psalms 89:45
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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Psalms 89:46
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How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
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Psalms 89:47
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Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
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Psalms 89:48
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What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
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Psalms 89:49
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Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
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Psalms 89:50
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples --
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Psalms 89:51
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Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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Psalms 89:52
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Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.
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