1 ¶ I will sing of the mercies of the LORD 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 in the heavens; in them thou shalt establish thy truth.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn unto David my slave, saying,

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

5 ¶ And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also in the congregation of the saints.

6 F or who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

7 G od is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.

8 O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.

9 T hou dost rule the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou dost still them.

10 T hou hast broken Egypt in pieces as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

11 T he heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and its fullness, thou didst found.

12 T hou hast created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon shall sing in thy name.

13 T he mighty arm is thine; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 T hy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.

15 ¶ Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

16 I n thy name shall they rejoice each day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

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

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

19 ¶ Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

20 I have found David my slave; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness,

21 w ith whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 T he enemy shall not overcome him, nor the son of iniquity break him down.

23 B ut I will break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him.

24 B ut my truth and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I n the same manner I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.

26 H e shall call me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my saving health.

27 A lso I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 I will also make his seed to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

30 I f his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

31 i f they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

32 t hen I will visit their rebellion with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

33 N evertheless I will not take my mercy from him, neither will I falsify my truth.

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

35 O nce have I sworn by my holiness that 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 a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

38 ¶ But thou hast cast off and abhorred thine anointed; thou hast been wroth with him.

39 T hou hast made void the covenant of thy slave; thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 T hou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

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

42 T hou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 T hou hast also blunted the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 T hou hast made his clarity 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 LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 R emember how short my time is; why hast thou made all men subject to vanity?

48 W hat man is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.

49 L ord, where are thy former mercies, which thou didst sware unto David in thy truth?

50 R emember, Lord, the reproach of thy slaves; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of many peoples,

51 b ecause thine enemies have dishonoured, O LORD; they have dishonoured the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 B lessed be the LORD for ever. Amen and Amen.