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I declare that your steadfast love is established for ever;
    your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

You said, ‘I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to my servant David:

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I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.(A)
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,

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16 they exult in your name all day long,
    and extol[a] your righteousness.
17 For you are the glory of their strength;
    by your favour our horn is exalted.

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  1. Psalm 89:16 Cn: Heb are exalted in

16 They rejoice in your name(A) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,(B)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.[a](C)

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  1. Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.

18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
    ‘I have set the crown[a] on one who is mighty,
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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  1. Psalm 89:19 Cn: Heb help

18 Indeed, our shield[a](A) belongs to the Lord,
    our king(B) to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.

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  1. Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign