1 I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

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.

2 F or I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

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

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

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

4 T hy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

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

5 A nd the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

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

6 F or who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty can be likened to the Lord,

7 G od is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

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?

8 J ehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

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

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

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

10 T hou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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

11 T hine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

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

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

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

13 T hine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high.

14 R ighteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

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

15 B lessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Blessed (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!

16 I n thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.

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

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

18 F or Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

For our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 T hen thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Once 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.

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 mine arm shall strengthen him.

With whom My hand shall be established and ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him.

22 N o enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

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

23 B ut I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

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

24 A nd my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

25 A nd I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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

26 H e shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;

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

27 A nd as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 M y loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

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

29 A nd I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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

30 I f his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances,

31 I f they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments,

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

Then will I punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

33 N evertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

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

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

My covenant will I not break or profane, 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:

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

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

His Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

37 I t shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah!

38 B ut thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:

But You have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

39 T hou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

You have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have 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.

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

41 A ll that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

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

42 T hou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

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

43 Y ea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

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

44 T hou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;

You have made his glory and splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne.

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

The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah!

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

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

47 R emember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

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!

48 W hat man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

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

49 W here, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

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

50 R emember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants—that I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples—

Remember, 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,

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

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

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

Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.