The Psalter According to the Seventy
Psalm 88
Concerning Instruction; for Etham the Israelite.
Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever.
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Unto generation and generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
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For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever. In the heavens shall Thy truth be established.
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I have made a covenant with My chosen ones, I have sworn unto David My servant: I will establish thy seed until eternity, and build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
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The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of saints.
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For who in the clouds shall be compared unto the Lord? And who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?
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God Who is glorified in the council of the saints is great and terrible towards all that are round about Him.
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O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto Thee? Mighty art Thou, O Lord, and Thy truth is round about Thee.
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Thou art sovereign over the strength of the sea, and the tumult of her waves Thou makest calm.
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Thou hast brought the proud man low as the corpse of one slain, and with the arm of Thy power hast Thou scattered Thine enemies.
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Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the earth; the world and the fullness thereof hast Thou founded; the north and the sea hast Thou created.
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Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name. Thine is the arm that hath might.
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Let Thy hand be strengthened, let Thy right hand be lifted up on high; righteousness and judgement are the establishment of Thy throne.
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Mercy and truth shall go before Thy face. Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation.
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O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall they walk, and in Thy name shall they rejoice all the day long, and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
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For the boast of their strength art Thou, and in Thy good pleasure shall our horn be lifted high.
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For from the Lord is our defense, yea, from the Holy One of Israel, our King.
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At that time Thou spakest in a vision to Thy sons, and Thou didst say: I have bestowed help on one that is mighty, I have raised up one chosen out of My people.
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I have found David My servant, with My holy oil have I anointed him.
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For My hand shall be unto him an ally, and Mine arm shall strengthen him.
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No advantage shall his enemy have over him, nor shall the son of iniquity avail to hurt him any more.
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And I will hew down his enemies before his face, and them that hate him shall I put to flight.
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And My truth and My mercy shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be lifted high.
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And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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He shall call upon Me and shall say: My Father art Thou, my God, and the helper of my salvation.
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And as for Me, I will make him My firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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For ever shall I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall be faithful unto him.
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And I will establish his seed unto ages of ages, and his throne shall be as the days of heaven.
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If his sons forsake My law, and if they walk not in My judgements,
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If My statutes they profane, and keep not My commandments,
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I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their injustices with scourges.
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But My mercy will I not disperse away from them, nor will I wrong them in My truth.
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Nor will I profane My covenant, nor the things that proceed from My lips will I make void.
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Once have I sworn by My holiness that to David I will not lie; his seed for ever shall abide.
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And his throne shall be as the sun before Me, and as the moon that is established for ever, and is a faithful witness in the sky. (Diapsalm)
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But Thou hast cast off and brought to nought, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
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Thou hast destroyed the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast profaned his sanctuary unto the earth.
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his strongholds to be his terror.
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All have despoiled him that pass along the way, he is become a reproach unto his neighbours.
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of them that afflict him, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies.
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Thou hast turned away the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.
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Thou hast made an end of his purification, his throne unto the earth hast Thou cast down.
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Thou hast shortened the days of his time, Thou hast poured down shame upon him.
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How long, O Lord, dost Thou turn away unto the end? Shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
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Remember what my substance is. Nay, hast Thou created all the sons of man in vain?
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Who is the man that shall live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul out of the hand of hades?
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Where are Thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which Thou swarest unto David in Thy truth?
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Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, which I have endured in my bosom from many nations,
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Wherewith Thine enemies have reproached, O Lord, wherewith they have reproached the recompense of Thine anointed.
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Blessed is the Lord for ever. So be it. So be it.
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