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 loving-kindness of the Lord forever. I will make known with my mouth how faithful You are to all people.

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 said, “Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will make known how faithful You are in the heavens.”

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

You said, “I have made an agreement with My chosen one. I have promised to David, Your servant.

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

I will make your seed last forever. I will build up your throne for all the children-to-come.”

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

O Lord, the heavens will praise Your great works and how faithful You are in the meeting 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 heavens is like the Lord? Who among the sons of the powerful is like the Lord?

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?

God is honored with fear in the meeting of the holy ones. He is honored with fear more than all who are around Him.

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

Lord God of all, powerful Lord, who is like You? All around You we see how faithful You are.

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

You rule over the rising sea. When its waves rise, You quiet them.

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

You have crushed Rahab like one who is killed. You have destroyed those who hate You with Your powerful arm.

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 Yours; and the earth is Yours. You have made the world and all that is in it.

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

You have made from nothing the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon call out for joy at Your name.

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

You have a strong arm. Your hand is powerful. Your right hand is honored.

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

Your throne stands on what is right and fair. Loving-kindness and truth go before You.

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!

How happy are the people who know the sound of joy! They walk in the light of Your face, O Lord.

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

They are full of joy in Your name all day long. And by being right with You, they are honored.

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 You are the shining-greatness of their strength. And our horn is lifted high by Your favor.

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

For our safe-covering belongs to the Lord. And our king belongs 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.

Once You spoke in a special dream to Your faithful ones, saying: “I have given help to a powerful one. I have honored a chosen one from among the people.

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

I have found David, Your servant. I have poured My holy oil upon him.

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

My hand will stay with him. And My arm will give him strength.

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

Those who hate him will not fool him. No sinful man will bring trouble to him.

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

But he will see Me crush those who fight against him. I will kill those who 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.

I will be faithful and My loving-kindness will be with him. And in My name he will become great.

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

I will set his hand on the sea also, 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 will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock that saves me.’

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

I will make him My first-born also, 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.

I will keep My loving-kindness for him forever. And My agreement with him will be made strong.

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

I will make his seed last forever. And his throne will last as long as heaven.

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

“If his sons leave My Law and do not do what I say,

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

and if they break My Laws and do not obey My Word,

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

then I will punish their sin with the stick, and their wrong-doing with the whip.

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

But I will not take my loving-kindness from him. I will always be faithful to him.

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

I will not break My agreement, or change what was spoken by My lips.

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

Once I have promised by My holy name, I will not lie to David.

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

His seed will last forever. And his throne will last before Me like the sun.

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

It will last forever like the moon, which may always be seen in the sky.”

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

But You have thrown off and turned away from Your chosen one. You have been full of anger against him.

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.

You have hated the agreement with Your servant. You have made his crown dirty in the dust.

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

You have broken down all his walls. You have destroyed his strong places.

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

All who pass on the road rob him. He has become a shame to his neighbors.

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

You have honored the right hand of those who fight against him. You have made all who hate him glad.

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

You have turned away the sharp part of his sword. And You have not made him stand in a fight.

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

You have put an end to what shows of his greatness, and have thrown his throne to the ground.

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

You have made him old before his time, and have covered him with shame.

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

How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger 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!

Remember how fast my life is passing. You have made all men for nothing.

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 can live and not see death? Can he save himself from the power of the grave?

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

O Lord, where is the loving-kindness You used to have, that You promised in faith to David?

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,

O Lord, remember the shame of those who work for You. Remember how I carry near my heart the shame of all the nations.

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

Those who hate You have put us to shame, O Lord. They have put to shame the footsteps of Your chosen one.

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

Praise the Lord forever! Let it be so.