1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

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, “ Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your 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 My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

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

4 I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to all generations.” Selah.

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

5 T he heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

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 skies is comparable to the Lord ? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord,

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

7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around 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 hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord ? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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

9 Y ou rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.

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

10 Y ou Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

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

11 T he heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have 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, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

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

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

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

14 R ighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

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

15 H ow blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your 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 Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

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

17 F or You are the glory of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is 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 our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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

19 O nce You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from 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 I have anointed him,

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

21 W ith whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him.

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

22 “ The enemy will not deceive 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 “ But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

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

24 “ My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will 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 shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers.

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

26 “ He will cry to Me, ‘You are 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 “ I also shall make him My 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 “ My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

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

29 “ So I will establish his descendants forever 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 “ If 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 violate 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 punish 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 “ But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

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

34 “ My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

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

35 “ Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David.

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

36 “ His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me.

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

37 “ It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.

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

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

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

39 Y ou have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust.

You have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 Y ou have broken down all his walls; You have 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 who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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

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

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

43 Y ou also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle.

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

44 Y ou have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground.

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

45 Y ou have shortened the days of his youth; You have 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 ? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?

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

47 R emember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

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 can live and not see death? Can 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 are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

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

50 R emember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the 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 W ith which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your 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 forever! Amen and Amen.

Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.