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⁵ And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints. ⁶ For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? ⁷ God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him. ⁸ O LORD God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. ⁹ You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. ¹⁰ You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. ¹¹ The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them. ¹² The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name. ¹³ You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand. ¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance. ¹⁶ In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted. ¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted. ¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, [fn] And said: "I have given help to one who is mighty;I have exalted one chosen from the people. ²⁰ I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him, ²¹ With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him. ²² The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³ I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him. ²⁴ "But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted. ²⁵ Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers. ²⁶ He shall cry to Me, "You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' ²⁷ Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him. ²⁹ His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ "If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, ³¹ If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments, ³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. ³³ Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. ³⁵ Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: ³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me; ³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky."Selah

³⁸ But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. ³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. ⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. ⁴¹ All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors. ⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice. ⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle. ⁴⁴ You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. ⁴⁵ The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame.Selah ⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men? ⁴⁸ What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave?Selah ⁴⁹ Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth? ⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants-- How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, ⁵¹ With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. ⁵² Blessed be the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.