1   I will ^note sing the mercies of the Lorde for euer: with my mouth will I declare thy trueth from generation to generation.

2   For I ^note said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou ^note stablish in þe; very heauens.

3    ^noteI haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant,

4   Thy seede will I stablish for euer, & set vp thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

5   O Lord, euen the ^note heauens shall prayse thy wonderous worke: yea, thy trueth in the ^note Congregation of the Saints.

6   For who is equall to the Lorde in the heauen? and who is like the Lord among the ^note sonnes of the gods?

7   God is very terrible in the assemblie of the ^note Saints, and to be reuerenced aboue all, that are about him.

8   O Lorde God of hostes, who is like vnto thee, which art a mightie Lord, and thy trueth is about thee?

9    ^noteThou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.

10   Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.

11   The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.

12   Thou hast created the North and the South: ^note Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name.

13   Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, and high is thy right hand.

14    ^noteRighteousnesse and equitie are the stablishment of thy throne: mercy and trueth goe before thy face.

15   Blessed is the people, that can ^note reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy ^note countenance, O Lord.

16   They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.

17   For thou art the ^note glory of their strength, and by thy fauour our hornes shall be exalted. The trueth of Gods promise.

18   For our ^note shield apperteineth to the Lorde, and our King to the holy one of Israel.

19   Thou spakest then in a vision vnto ^note thine Holy one, and saydest, I haue layde helpe vpon one that is ^note mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

20   I haue found Dauid my seruant: with mine holy oyle haue I anoynted him.

21   Therefore mine hande shall be established with him, and mine arme shall strengthen him.

22   The enemie shall not oppresse him, neither shall the wicked hurt him.

23   But I will ^note destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

24   My trueth also and my ^note mercie shall be with him, and in my Name shall his ^note horne be exalted.

25   I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the ^note floods.

26   He shall cry vnto mee, Thou art my ^note Father, my God and the rocke of my saluation.

27   Also I wil make him my first borne, higher then the Kings of the earth.

28   My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.

29   His seede also will I make to endure ^note for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen.

30   But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:

31    ^noteIf they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:

32   Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with strokes.

33    ^noteYet my louing kindnesse will I not take from him, neither will I falsifie my trueth.

34   My couenant wil I not breake, nor ^note alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35   I haue sworne once by mine holines, ^note that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,

36   His seede shall endure for euer, and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.

37   He shalbe established for euermore as the moone, and as a faythfull ^note witnes in the heauen. Selah.

38   But thou hast reiected and abhorred, thou hast bene angry with thine Anoynted.

39   Thou hast ^note broken the couenant of thy seruant, and profaned his ^note crowne, casting it on the ground.

40   Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.

41   All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.

42   Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies, and made all his aduersaries to reioyce.

43   Thou hast also turned the edge of his sworde, and hast not made him to stand in the battell.

44   Thou hast caused his dignitie to decay, and cast his throne to the ground.

45   The dayes of his ^note youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. Selah.

46    ^noteLord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?

The shortnesse of mans life.

47   Remember ^note of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?

48   What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

49   Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

50   Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my ^note bosome of all the mightie people.

51   For ^note thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lorde, because they haue reproched the ^note footesteps of thine Anointed.

52   Praised be the Lord for euermore. So be it, euen so be it.

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