1   Of vnderstanding ^note to Ethan the Ezrahite.

2   The mercies of our Lord I wil sing for euer.

2   In generation ^note and generation I wil shewe forth thy truth, in my mouth.

3   Because thou saidst: Mercie shal be built vp for euer ^note in the heauens: thy truth shal be prepared in them.

4   I haue ordained a testament with mine elect, I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant:

5    ^notefor ever wil I prepare thy seede.

5   And I wil build thy seat vnto generation and generation.

6   The heauens shal confesse thy meruelous workes ô Lord: yea and thy truth in the church of saintes.

7   For who in the cloudes shal be equal to our Lord: shal be like to God among ^note the sonnes of God?

8   God, who is glorified in the counsel of saintes: great and terrible ouer al that are round about him.

9   O Lord God of hoastes who is like to thee? thou art mightie ô Lord, and thy truth round about thee.

10   Thou rulest ouer the powre of the sea: and the mouing of the waues therof thou doest mitigate.

11   Thou ^note humbledst the proud one, as one wounded: in the arme of thy strength thou hast dispersed thine enimies.

12   The heauens are thine, and the earth is thine, the round earth, and the fulnes therof thou hast founded:

13   the north, and the sea thou hast created.

13    ^noteThabor and Hermon shal reioice in thy name:

14   thy arme is with might.

14   Let ^note thy hand be confirmed, and thy ^note righthand exalted:

15   iustice and iudgement is the preparation of thy seat.

15   Mercie and truth shal goe before thy face:

16    ^noteblessed is the people that knoweth iubilation.

16   Lord they shal walke in the light of thy countinance,

17   and in thy name they shal reioyce al the day: and in thy iustice they shal be exalted.

18   Because thou art the glorie of their streingth: and in thy good pleasure shal our ^note horne be exalted.

19   Because our protection is of our Lord: and of the holie one of Israel our king.

20   Then didst thou speake in vision to thy saintes, and saidst ^note I haue put helpe on the mightie one: and haue exalted an elect one of my people.

21   I haue found Dauid my seruant: with myne holie oyle haue I anointed him.

22   For mine hand shal helpe him: and myne arme shal strengthen him.

23   The enimie shal nothing preuale in him: and the sonne of iniquitie shal not adde to hurt him.

24   And I wil cut downe his enimies before his face: and them that hate him I wil put to flight.

25   And my truth, and my mercie with him: and in my name shal his horne be exalted.

26   And I wil put his hand in the sea: and his righthand in the riuers.

27   He shal inuocate me: Thou art my Father: my God, and the protector of my saluation.

28   And I wil put him the firstbegotten, high aboue the kings of the earth.

29   I Wil kepe my mercie vnto him for euer: and my testament faithful to him.

30   I wil put his seed for euer and euer: and his throne as the daies of heauen.

31   But if his children shal forsake my lawe: and wil not walke in my Iudgementes:

32   If they shal profane my iustices: and not kepe my commandmentes:

33   I wil visite their iniquities with a rod: and their sinnes with stripes:

34   But09Q0264 my mercie I wil not take away from him: neither wil I hurt in my truth:

35   Neither wil I profane my testament: and the words that procede from my mouth I wil not make frustrate.

36   Once I haue sworne in my holie, ^note if I lie to Dauid:

37   his seede shal continewe for euer.

38   And ^note is throne as the Sunne in my sight, and as the Moone perfect for euer: and a faithful witnesse in heauen. ^note

39   09Q0265But ^note thou hast repelled and dispised: thou ^note hast differred thy Christ.

40   Thou hast ouerthrowne the testament of thy seruant: thou hast profaned his sanctuarie on the earth.

41   Thou hast destroyed al the hedges therof: thou hast made the firmament therof feare.

42   Al that passe by the way haue spoiled him: he is become a reproch to his neighbours.

43   Thou hast exalted the righthand of them that oppresse him: thou hast made al his enimies ioyful.

44   Thou hast turned away the helpe of his sword: and hast not holpen him in battel.

45   Thou hast destroied him from ^note emundation: and his seat thou hast broken downe to the ground.

46   Thou hast lessened the daies of his time: thou hast ouerwhelmed him with confusion.

47    ^noteHow long ô Lord doest thou turne away for euer: shal thy wrath burne as a fire?

48   Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made al the children of men in vaine?

49   Who is the man that shal liue, and shal not see death: shal deliuer his soule from the hand of hel?

50   Where are thyne old mercies ô Lord, as thou swarest to Dauid in thy truth?

51   Be mindeful ô Lord of the aeproch of thy seruantes (which I haue held in my bosome) of manie nations.

52   Which thine enimies haue reproched ô Lord, which they haue reproched ^note the commutation of thy Christ.

53   Blessed be our Lord for euer: ^note Be it, be it.

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