1 I will sing of the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

2 F or I have said, Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant,

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

4 Y our Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah!

Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah

5 L et heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels).

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 F or who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty can be likened to the Lord,

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

7 A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him?

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You.

O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Y ou rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

10 Y ou have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies.

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

11 T he heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

12 T he north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name.

The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Y ou have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high.

Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 R ighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

15 B lessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

16 I n Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.

In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 F or You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted and we walk with uplifted faces!

For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 F or our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 O nce You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said, I have endowed one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from among the people.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20 I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him,

I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

21 W ith whom My hand shall be established and ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him.

With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 T he enemy shall not exact from him or do him violence or outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict and humble him.

The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him.

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

24 M y faithfulness and My mercy and loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted.

But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand in control also on the Sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

26 H e shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.

27 A lso I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 M y mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him.

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 H is Offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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

30 I f his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances,

If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

31 I f they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments,

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

32 T hen will I punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

33 N evertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

34 M y covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35 O nce have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David:

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

36 H is Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

37 I t shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah!

It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

38 B ut You have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 Y ou have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 Y ou have broken down all his hedges and his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 A ll who pass along the road spoil and rob him; he has become the scorn and reproach of his neighbors.

All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Y ou have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 M oreover, You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him to stand in battle.

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Y ou have made his glory and splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne.

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 T he days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah!

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

46 H ow long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire?

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 O remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men!

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

48 W hat man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah!

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49 L ord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses, which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

50 R emember, Lord, and earnestly imprint the reproach of Your servants, scorned and insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many and mighty peoples,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

51 W ith which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 B lessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.