God's Covenant with David |
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I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
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with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
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thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
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I have made a covenant with my chosen,
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I have sworn unto David my servant, |
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Thy seed will I establish for ever,
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:
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thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. |
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For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?
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Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? |
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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
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and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. |
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O LORD God of hosts,
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who is a strong LORD like unto thee? |
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or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea:
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when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. |
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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
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thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
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The heavens are thine,
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the earth also is thine: |
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as for the world and the fulness thereof, |
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thou hast founded them. |
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The north and the south thou hast created them:
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Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
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Thou hast a mighty arm:
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strong is thy hand, |
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and high is thy right hand. |
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne:
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mercy and truth shall go before thy face. |
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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
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they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
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In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
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and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
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For thou art the glory of their strength:
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and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. |
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For the LORD is our defense;
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and the Holy One of Israel is our King. |
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Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst,
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I have laid help upon one that is mighty; |
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I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
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I have found David my servant; 1 Sam. 13.14 · Acts 13.22
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with whom my hand shall be established:
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mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
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The enemy shall not exact upon him;
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nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
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And I will beat down his foes before his face,
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and plague them that hate him. |
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But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:
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and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
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I will set his hand also in the sea,
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and his right hand in the rivers. |
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He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father,
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my God, and the rock of my salvation. |
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Also I will make him my firstborn,
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higher than the kings of the earth. Rev. 1.5 |
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My mercy will I keep for him for evermore,
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and my covenant shall stand fast with him. |
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His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
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and his throne as the days of heaven. |
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If his children forsake my law,
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and walk not in my judgments; |
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if they break my statutes,
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and keep not my commandments; |
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then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
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and their iniquity with stripes. |
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Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him,
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nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
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My covenant will I not break,
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nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
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Once have I sworn by my holiness
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that I will not lie unto David. |
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His seed shall endure for ever,
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and his throne as the sun before me. |
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It shall be established for ever as the moon,
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and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
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But thou hast cast off and abhorred,
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thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. |
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Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant:
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thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. |
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
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thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. |
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All that pass by the way spoil him:
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he is a reproach to his neighbors. |
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Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
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thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
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Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword,
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and hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
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Thou hast made his glory to cease,
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and cast his throne down to the ground. |
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The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
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thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. |
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How long, LORD?
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Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? |
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Shall thy wrath burn like fire? |
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Remember how short my time is:
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wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? |
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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?
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Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
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Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses,
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which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? |
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Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;
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how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; |
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wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD;
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wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
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Blessed be the LORD for evermore.
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