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13 Your kingdom will last forever,
    and your dominion will endure throughout all generations.[a]
[b]The Lord is faithful in all his promises
    and kind[c] in all his deeds.
14 The Lord supports all those who are falling
    and raises up all who are bowed down.[d]
15 The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
    and you give them their food at the right time.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:13 Text cited in Dan 3:100; 4:31, and applied to Christ the King. See Ps 102:13; Tob 13:6ff; Dan 7:14; 1 Tim 1:17; Rev 11:15.
  2. Psalm 145:13 The psalmist calls for praise of God because of the Lord’s faithfulness to the covenant. The first two lines (v. 13c) are not in the Hebrew; they are in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint.
  3. Psalm 145:13 Kind: see note on Ps 6:5.
  4. Psalm 145:14 See Pss 94:18; 146:8.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,(A)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy(B) in all he promises(C)
    and faithful in all he does.[a]
14 The Lord upholds(D) all who fall
    and lifts up all(E) who are bowed down.(F)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(G) at the proper time.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.