## Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever 

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I will sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever; From generation to generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. 

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For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." 

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"I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, 

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I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne from generation to generation." Selah. 

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The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 

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For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Yahweh, 

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A God greatly dreaded in the council of the holy ones, And fearsome above all those who are around Him? 

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O Yahweh God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Yah? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 

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You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. 

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You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm. 

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The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and its fullness, You have founded them. 

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The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon sing with joy at Your name. 

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You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong, Your right hand is exalted. 

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. 

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How blessed are the people who know the loud shout of joy! O Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your face. 

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In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. 

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For You are the beauty of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted. 

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For our shield belongs to Yahweh, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. 

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Formerly You spoke in vision to Your holy ones, And said, "I have bestowed help to a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 

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I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, 

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With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. 

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The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of unrighteousness afflict him. 

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But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. 

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My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. 

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I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. 

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He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' 

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I also shall make him _My_ firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. 

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My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. 

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So I will set up his seed _to endure_ forever And his throne as the days of heaven. 

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"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, 

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If they profane My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 

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Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with striking. 

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But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. 

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My covenant I will not profane, Nor will I alter what comes forth from My lips. 

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Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. 

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His seed shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. 

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It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah. 

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But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. 

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You have spurned the covenant of Your slave; You have profaned his crown to the ground. 

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You have broken down all his walls; You have beset his strongholds with ruin. 

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All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 

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You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies be glad. 

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You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him arise in battle. 

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You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground. 

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You have shortened the days of his youth; You have wrapped him up with shame. Selah. 

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How long, O Yahweh? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? 

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Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! 

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What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah. 

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Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? 

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Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your slaves; How I bear in my bosom _the reproach of_ all the many peoples, 

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With which Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. 

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Blessed be Yahweh forever! Amen and Amen.