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Psalms 89
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1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
1I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
7For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
8O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10[As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11Who knows the power of thy wrath?
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
16And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.