10 (A)For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
And Your truth unto 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 mercy is great above the [a]heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

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  1. Psalm 108:4 skies

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

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11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward 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 mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches 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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“For(A) a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies (B)I will gather you.
With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
(C)But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.

“For this is like the waters of (D)Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with (E)you, nor rebuke you.
10 For (F)the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
(G)But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

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“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 Also (A)Your righteousness, O God, is [a]very high,
You who have done great things;
(B)O God, who is like You?

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  1. Psalm 71:19 great, lit. to the height of heaven

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 Mercy and truth have met together;
(A)Righteousness and peace have kissed.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

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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 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (A)the heirs of promise (B)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (C)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (D)set before us.

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  1. Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
  2. Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
  3. Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
  4. Hebrews 6:18 M omits might

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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Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

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

89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
(B)Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

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  1. Psalm 89:1 Heb. Maschil

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

“And as for Me, (A)behold, I establish (B)My covenant with you and with your [a]descendants after you, 10 (C)and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus (D)I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said: (E)“This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set (F)My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and (G)I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember (H)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed

“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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