Psalms 89:20-52
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20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
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22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
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32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
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36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
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38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
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40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
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45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
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47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
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48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
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50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
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51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
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52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.