Psalm LXXXIX.
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To sing the mercies of the Lord,
My mouth shall never cease:
From age to age I will declare
His truth and faithfulness.
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His mercy like a building strong,
Forever shall endure:
His faithfulness like heaven it self,
Shall stand for ever sure.
3
For with my chosen, faith the Lord,
A covenant I have made:
And to my servant I have sworn,
To David I have said.
4
Thy seed I will establish so,
It shall to ages last:
And make thy throne and government
To stand for ever fast.
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For this thy wondrous mercy, Lord,
The heavens shall praise thy name:
And all Assemblies of thy saints,
Thy faithfulness proclaim.
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For who of all in heaven above,
Can with the Lord compare?
Or who can likened be to him,
Of all that mighty are?
7
The Lord is greatly to be fear'd,
By saints together met:
And by all those that him attend,
In highest honour set.
8
O Lord, for strength and faithfulness,
Is any like to thee?
Thou rulest all the raging waves,
And billows of the sea.
9
Rahab thou hast in pieces broke,
Thy hand did strike them dead:
And by thy strong and mighty arm,
Thy foes were scattered.
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The heavens, and earth, and all therein,
Thy hand alone did frame:
Tabor and Hermon, north and south,
Proclaim thy glorious name.
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Strong is thy arm, and high thy hand,
Most righteous is thy throne:
Before thy face doth truth proceed
With mercy met in one.
12
O blest are they that know thy name,
And favour still enjoy:
For in thy name they shall rejoice
And triumph all the day.
13
For thou, O Lord, wilt be their strength,
And them to honour bring:
Thou art our shield, the holy one
Of Israel our king.
14
In visions thou didst speak and say
Unto thy holy one:
I have a choice and mighty man
Exalted to the throne.
15
My servant David I have found,
And him anointed have:
With whom my hand shall ever be,
To make him stout and brave.
16
The enemy shall not prevail,
Nor wicked him subdue:
But I will plague and beat them down,
That him with hate pursue.
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Mercy and truth shall be with him,
And he so great shall be,
That from the river he shall stretch
His kingdom to the sea.
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He shall me God and father call,
And me his saviour count:
And he shall be my first born son,
And highest kings surmount.
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My mercy I will keep for him,
My covenant shall stand fast:
His seed upon his throne shall sit
As long as heaven shall last.
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If they my judgments shall forsake,
And shall not walk therein:
But shall my laws and statutes break,
And turn to ways of sin.
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Then I for sin will visit them,
And with my rod correct:
But never will my promise break,
Nor make of none effect.
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To David by my holiness,
I made an Oath most sure;
His seed upon his throne should sit,
While Sun and Moon endure.
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But now on thine anointed king,
Thou seemest, Lord, to frown;
And quite against thy covenant,
To cast his honour down.
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His bulwarks thou hast broken down,
And all his castles fall,
A prey to him that passeth by,
And scorn to neighbours all.
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Thou hast advanc'd his enemies,
And made his foes so shout,
But turned back his sword in fight,
And put him to the rout.
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His glory thou hast made to cease,
And cast him to the ground:
His youthful days are quite cut off,
And shame doth him surround.
27
How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thy self?
Shall wrath for ever burn?
Remember Lord, how vain we are,
How soon to dust we turn.
28
What man is there in all the earth,
That death shall never see?
And from the power of the grave,
What hand can set him free?
29
Where is thine oath to David then?
How are those mercies sure,
That on his throne his son should sit,
And ever should endure?
30
Consider, Lord, thine enemies,
How they reproach and mock:
And how thy servants every day
Are made their laughing stock.
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They mock at us, because we hope
Thy Christ will come and reign:
His footsteps are so slow, say they,
Your hope is all but vain.
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But we who on thy promises,
Most firmly do rely:
Will bless thy name, and evermore,
Amen, Amen will cry.
