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Selah"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long'shall thy wrath burn like fire?"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. 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