1 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 shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

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

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

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

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

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

9 T hou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

10 T hou 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 thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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

13 T hou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 R ighteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

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

16 I n thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

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

18 F or our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 T hen 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:

21 W ith whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 T he enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 H is 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 mine ordinances;

31 I f they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

32 T hen will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

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

34 M y 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: I will not lie unto David:

36 H is seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

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

38 B ut thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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

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

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

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

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

44 T hou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 T he days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

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

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

48 W hat 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 thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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

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

52 B lessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.