| 1. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
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א. |
| 2. The kindnesses of the Lord I shall sing forever; to generation after generation I shall make known Your faithfulness, with my mouth. |
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ב. |
| 3. For I said, "Forever will it be built with kindness; as the heavens, with which You will establish Your faithfulness." |
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ג. |
| 4. I formed a covenant with My chosen one; I swore to David My servant. |
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ד. |
| 5. Until eternity, I shall establish your seed, and I shall build your throne for all generations forever. |
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ה. |
| 6. And the heavens acknowledge Your wonder, O Lord, also Your faithfulness in the congregation of holy ones. |
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ו. |
| 7. For who in the heavens is equal to the Lord? [Who] resembles the Lord among the sons of the mighty? |
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ז. |
| 8. God is revered in the great council of the holy ones and feared by all around Him. |
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ח. |
| 9. O Lord, God of Hosts, who is like You, O Yah, Who are mighty? And Your faithfulness surrounds You. |
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ט. |
| 10. You rule over the pride of the sea; when it raises its waves, You humble them. |
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י. |
| 11. You crushed Rahab like one slain; with the arm of Your might You scattered Your enemies. |
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יא. |
| 12. The heaven is Yours, even the earth is Yours; the inhabited earth and the fullness thereof-You founded them. |
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יב. |
| 13. North and south-You created them; Tabor and Hermon sing praises in Your name. |
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יג. |
| 14. You have an arm with might; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is high. |
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יד. |
| 15. Righteousness and judgment are the basis of Your throne; kindness and truth come before Your countenance. |
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טו. |
| 16. Fortunate is the people that know the blasting of the shofar; O Lord, may they walk in the light of Your countenance. |
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טז. |
| 17. With Your name they rejoice every day, and with Your righteousness they are exalted. |
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יז. |
| 18. For You are the glory of their might, and with Your favor our horns will be raised. |
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יח. |
| 19. For our shield is [devoted] to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
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יט. |
| 20. Then You spoke in a vision to Your pious ones, and You said, "I placed help on a mighty man; I lifted up a chosen one from the people. |
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כ. |
| 21. I found David My servant, I anointed him with My holy oil. |
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כא. |
| 22. With whom My hand will be established, even My arm will strengthen him. |
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כב. |
| 23. No enemy will exact from him, neither will an unjust person afflict him. |
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כג. |
| 24. And I shall crush his adversaries from before him, and I shall strike his enemies. |
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כד. |
| 25. My faithfulness and My kindness will be with him, and with My name his horn will be raised. |
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כה. |
| 26. I shall place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. |
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כו. |
| 27. He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' |
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כז. |
| 28. I, too, shall make him a firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. |
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כח. |
| 29. I will forever keep My kindness for him, and My covenant will remain true to him. |
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כט. |
| 30. And I shall make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of the heavens. |
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ל. |
| 31. If his sons forsake My Torah and do not walk in My judgments, |
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לא. |
| 32. If they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments, |
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לב. |
| 33. I shall punish their transgression with a rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
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לג. |
| 34. But I shall not cancel My kindness from him, and I shall not betray My faith. |
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לד. |
| 35. I shall not profane My covenant, neither shall I alter the utterance of My lips. |
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לה. |
| 36. One thing have I sworn by My holiness, that I will not fail David. |
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לו. |
| 37. His seed will be forever and his throne is like the sun before Me. |
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לז. |
| 38. Like the moon, which is established forever, and it is a witness in the sky, eternally true." |
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לח. |
| 39. But You abandoned and You rejected; You became wroth with Your anointed. |
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לט. |
| 40. You abrogated the covenant of Your servant; You profaned his crown to the ground. |
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מ. |
| 41. You breached all his fences; You made his fortifications a ruin. |
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מא. |
| 42. All wayfarers have plundered him; he was a disgrace to his neighbors. |
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מב. |
| 43. You raised the right hand of his adversaries; You caused all his enemies to rejoice. |
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מג. |
| 44. You even turned back the sharp edge of his sword, and You did not raise him up in battle. |
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מד. |
| 45. You have brought an end to his shining, and his throne You have cast down to earth. |
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מה. |
| 46. You have shortened the days of his youth; You have enwrapped him with shame forever. |
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מו. |
| 47. How long, O Lord? Will You hide forever? Will Your anger burn like fire? |
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מז. |
| 48. I am mindful what my old age is; for what futility have You created all the sons of man? |
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מח. |
| 49. Who is a man who will live and not see death, who will rescue his soul from the grasp of the grave forever? |
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מט. |
| 50. Where are Your former acts of kindness, O Lord, which You swore to David in your trust? |
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נ. |
| 51. Remember, O Lord, the disgrace of Your servants, which I bear in my bosom, [the disgrace] of all great nations. |
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נא. |
| 52. Which Your enemies disgraced, O Lord, which they disgraced the ends of Your anointed. |
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נב. |
| 53. Blessed is the Lord forever. Amen and Amen. |
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נג. |
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