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Psalms 88

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

88:1

[A Psalm] of instruction for Ætham the Israelite.

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88:2

I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.

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88:3

For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

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88:4

I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

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88:5

I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.

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88:6

The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy truth in the assembly of the saints.

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88:7

For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?

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88:8

God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.

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88:9

O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

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88:10

Thou rulest the power of the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves.

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88:11

Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies.

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88:12

The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fulness of it.

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88:13

Thou hast created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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88:14

Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.

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88:15

Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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88:16

Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

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88:17

And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

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88:18

For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,

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88:19

for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king.

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88:20

Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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88:21

I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy.

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88:22

For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

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88:23

The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

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88:24

And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him.

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88:25

But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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88:26

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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88:27

He shall call upon me, [saying], Thou art my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.

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88:28

And I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

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88:29

I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him.

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88:30

And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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88:31

If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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88:32

if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments;

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88:33

I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges.

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88:34

But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth.

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88:35

Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.

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88:36

Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.

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88:37

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

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88:38

and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.

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88:39

But thou hast cast off and set at nought, thou hast rejected thine anointed.

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88:40

Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground.

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88:41

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.

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88:42

All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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88:43

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

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88:44

Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.

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88:45

Thou hast deprived him of glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.

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88:46

Thou hast shortened the days of his throne: thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.

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88:47

How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, for ever? shall thine anger flame out as fire?

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88:48

Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

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88:49

What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.

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88:50

Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord, which thou swarest to David in thy truth?

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88:51

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations;

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88:52

wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompence of thine anointed.

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88:53

Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.

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