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1 - An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

2 - For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'

3 - I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:

4 - `Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

5 - and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also <FI>is<Fi> in an assembly of holy ones.

6 - For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

7 - God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.

8 - O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who <FI>is<Fi> like Thee--a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness <FI>is<Fi> round about Thee.

9 - Thou <FI>art<Fi> ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

10 - Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.

11 - Thine <FI>are<Fi> the heavens--the earth also <FI>is<Fi> Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

12 - North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.

13 - Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand--high Thy right hand.

14 - Righteousness and judgment <FI>Are<Fi> the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.

15 - O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

16 - In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

17 - For the beauty of their strength <FI>art<Fi> Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

18 - For of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

19 - Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

20 - I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

21 - With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.

22 - An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

23 - And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

24 - And My faithfulness and kindness <FI>are<Fi> with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.

25 - And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

26 - He proclaimeth me: `Thou <FI>art<Fi> my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27 - I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

28 - To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant <FI>is<Fi> stedfast with him.

29 - And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

30 - If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;

31 - If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,

32 - I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

33 - And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.

34 - I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.

35 - Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

36 - His seed is to the age, And his throne <FI>is<Fi> as the sun before Me,

37 - As the moon it is established--to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.

38 - And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

39 - Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

40 - Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

41 - Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

42 - Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

43 - Also--Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

44 - Hast caused <FI>him<Fi> to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

45 - Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over <FI>with<Fi> shame. Selah.

46 - Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

47 - Remember, I pray Thee, what <FI>is<Fi> life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

48 - Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

49 - Where <FI>are<Fi> Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,

50 - Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

51 - Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.

52 - Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!