Psalms

¹ I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever;

with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

² For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever;

in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

³ You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one,

I have sworn to David My servant:

⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever

and build up your throne for all generations.’”

Selah

⁵ The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—

Your faithfulness as well—

in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶ For who in the skies can compare with the LORD?

Who among the heavenly beings ^[b] is like the LORD?

⁷ In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared,

and awesome above all who surround Him.

⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You?

O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

⁹ You rule the raging sea;

when its waves mount up, You still them.

¹⁰ You crushed Rahab like a carcass;

You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹ The heavens are Yours, and also the earth.

The earth and its fullness You founded.

¹² North and south You created;

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹³ Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand.

Your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

¹⁵ Blessed are those who know the joyful sound,

who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

¹⁶ They rejoice in Your name all day long,

and in Your righteousness they exult.

¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength,

and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸ Surely our shield belongs to the LORD,

and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision;

to Your godly ones You said,

“I have bestowed help on a warrior;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰ I have found My servant David;

with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

²¹ My hand will sustain him;

surely My arm will strengthen him.

²² No enemy will exact tribute;

no wicked man will oppress him.

²³ I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

²⁴ My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him,

and through My name his horn will be exalted.

²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,

and his right hand upon the rivers.

²⁶ He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷ I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him,

and My covenant with him will stand fast.

²⁹ I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰ If his sons forsake My law

and do not walk in My judgments,

³¹ if they violate My statutes

and fail to keep My commandments,

³² I will attend to their transgression with the rod,

and to their iniquity with stripes.

³³ But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him,

nor ever betray My faithfulness.

³⁴ I will not violate My covenant

or alter the utterance of My lips.

³⁵ Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—

I will not lie to David—

³⁶ his offspring shall endure forever,

and his throne before Me like the sun,

³⁷ like the moon, established forever,

a faithful witness in the sky.”

Selah

³⁸ Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him;

You are enraged by Your anointed one.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with Your servant

and sullied his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls;

You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

⁴¹ All who pass by plunder him;

he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ You have bent the edge of his sword

and have not sustained him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have cut short the days of his youth;

You have covered him with shame.

Selah

⁴⁶ How long, O LORD?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember the briefness of my lifespan!

For what futility You have created all men!

⁴⁸ What man can live and never see death?

Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?

Selah

⁴⁹ Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old,

which You faithfully swore to David?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants,

which I bear in my heart from so many people—

⁵¹ how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD,

and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

⁵² Blessed be the LORD forever!

Amen and amen.