10 For your (A)steadfast love is great to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.

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10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.(A)

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For your steadfast love is great (A)above the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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For great is your love,(A) higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness(B) reaches to the skies.(C)

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11 For (A)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his (B)steadfast love toward (C)those who fear him;

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11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love(A) for those who fear him;(B)

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Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.

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Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness(A) to the skies.(B)

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(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
(B)In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
(C)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

“This is like (D)the days of Noah[a] to me:
    as I swore that the waters of Noah
    should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
    and will not rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may depart
    and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
    and (E)my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah

“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)
In a surge of anger(E)
    I hid(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(G)
    I will have compassion(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(I)

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(J)
So now I have sworn(K) not to be angry(L) with you,
    never to rebuke(M) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(N)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(O) for you will not be shaken(P)
    nor my covenant(Q) of peace(R) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(S) on you.

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19 Your (A)righteousness, O God,
    reaches the high heavens.
You who have done (B)great things,
    O God, (C)who is like you?

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19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,(A)
    you who have done great things.(B)
    Who is like you, God?(C)

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10 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    (B)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.

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10 Love and faithfulness(A) meet together;
    righteousness(B) and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness(C) looks down from heaven.

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17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (A)the heirs of the promise (B)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (C)he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which (D)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope (E)set before us.

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17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging(A) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,(B) he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(C) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(D) set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil[a] of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 (B)I will sing of (C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your (D)faithfulness to all generations.
For I said, (E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens (F)you will establish your (G)faithfulness.”

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  1. Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 89[a]

A maskil[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing(A) of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known(B)
    through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(C)

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  1. Psalm 89:1 In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.
  2. Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

“Behold, (A)I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 (B)I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, (C)“This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set (D)my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 (E)I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember (F)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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“I now establish my covenant with you(A) and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant(B) with you:(C) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(D)

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(E) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(F) 13 I have set my rainbow(G) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow(H) appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant(I) between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.(J) 16 Whenever the rainbow(K) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(L) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(M) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

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