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Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
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In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
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For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
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For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,
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With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.
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"But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
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Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers.
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He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
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Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
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My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
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His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
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"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
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If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,
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Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
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Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
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My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
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Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: