1 ¶ I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

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 have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens; in them thou shalt establish thy truth.

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 my chosen; I have sworn unto David my slave, saying,

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 to all generations. Selah.

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

5 ¶ And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also 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 heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

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 assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are 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 O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 T hy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy 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 ¶ Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, 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 shall they rejoice each day; and in thy righteousness shall they be 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 the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

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

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.

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 slave; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness,

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.

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

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

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 break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him.

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

24 B ut my truth and my mercy shall be with him, and in 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 I n the same manner I will set his hand also 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 me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my saving health.

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

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

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

28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, 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 I will also make his seed to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

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 do not walk in my judgments,

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

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

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

32 t hen I will visit their rebellion 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 I will not take my mercy from him, neither will I falsify my truth.

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

34 I will not profane my covenant, 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 that 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 as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

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

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

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 slave; thou hast profaned his crown by casting it 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 strong holds 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 spoil him; he is 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 set up the right hand of his adversaries; 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 T hou hast also blunted the edge of his sword and hast not made him to 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 clarity 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, O LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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

47 R emember how short my time is; why hast thou made all men subject to 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 is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand 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 L ord, where are thy former mercies, which thou didst sware unto David in thy truth?

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

50 R emember, Lord, the reproach of thy slaves; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of many 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 b ecause thine enemies have dishonoured, O LORD; they have dishonoured 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 the LORD for ever. Amen and Amen.

Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.