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Psalms 88
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2I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.
2I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
3For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.
3For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
4I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.
4I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
5I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.
5Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
6The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.
6And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
7For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
7For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
8God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.
8God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
9O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
10Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves .
10Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
11Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies .
11Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
12The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fulness of it.
12The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
13Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
14Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.
14Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
16Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
16Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
17And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
18For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
18For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
19for [our] help is of the Lord ; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.
19For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
20Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one ; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
20Then 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.
21I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.
21I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
22For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
22With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
23The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
23The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
24And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.
24And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
25But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
26And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
27He shall call upon me, [saying], Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
27He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
28And I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
28Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
29I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.
29My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
30And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
31If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
32if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;
32If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
33I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.
33Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
34But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.
34Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
35Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
35My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
36Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.
36Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
37His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
37His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
38and as the moon [that is] established for ever , and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.
38It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
39But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou hast rejected thine anointed.
39But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
40Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.
40Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
41Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.
41Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
42All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
43Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
44Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.
44Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
45Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.
45Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
46Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him . Pause.
46The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
47How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?
47How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
48Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?
48Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
49What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
49What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
50Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?
50Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
51Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;
51Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
52wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompence of thine anointed.
52Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
53Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.
53Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.