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PSALMS
- 7For who in the skies can be compared unto the Lord,
- Who among the sons of might can be likened unto the Lord,
- 8A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones,
- And feared of all them that are about Him?
- 9O Lord God of hosts,
- Who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O Lord?
- And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
- 10Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea;
- When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
- 11Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain;
- Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.
- 12Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth;
- The world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
- 13The north and the south, Thou hast created them;
- Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
- 14Thine is an arm with might;
- Strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.
- 15Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne;
- Mercy and truth go before Thee.
- 16Happy is the people that know the joyful shout;
- They walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance.
- 17In Thy name do they rejoice all the day;
- And through Thy righteousness are they exalted.
- 18For Thou art the glory of their strength;
- And in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
- 19For of the Lord is our shield;
- And the Holy One of Israel is our king.
- 20Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones,
- 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;
- With My holy oil have I anointed him;
- 22With whom My hand shall be established;
- Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
- 23The enemy shall not exact from him;
- Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
- 24And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him,
- And smite them that hate him.
- 25But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him;
- And through My name shall his horn be exalted.
- 26I will set his hand also on the sea,
- And his right hand on the rivers.
- 27He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father,
- My God, and the rock of my salvation.
- 28I also will appoint him first-born,
- The highest of the kings of the earth.
- 29For ever will I keep for him My mercy,
- And My covenant shall stand fast with him.
- 30His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
- And his throne as the days of heaven.
- 31If his children forsake My law,
- And walk not in Mine ordinances;
- 32If they profane My statutes,
- And keep not My commandments;
- 33Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
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