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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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