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"But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers.

His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me;

You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.

You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame.Selah

What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave?Selah

He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.

"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.

The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.