1 I will sing of the loving-kindness of the Lord forever. I will make known with my mouth how faithful You are to all people.

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 said, “Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will make known how faithful You are in the heavens.”

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 Y ou said, “I have made an agreement with My chosen one. I have promised to David, Your servant.

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

4 I will make your seed last forever. I will build up your throne for all the children-to-come.”

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

5 O Lord, the heavens will praise Your great works and how faithful You are in the meeting of the holy ones.

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

6 F or who in the heavens is like the Lord? Who among the sons of the powerful is like the Lord?

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

7 G od is honored with fear in the meeting of the holy ones. He is honored with fear more than all who are around Him.

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

8 L ord God of all, powerful Lord, who is like You? All around You we see how faithful You are.

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

9 Y ou rule over the rising sea. When its waves rise, You quiet them.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

10 Y ou have crushed Rahab like one who is killed. You have destroyed those who hate You with Your powerful arm.

Thou 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 Yours; and the earth is Yours. You have made the world and all that is in it.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

12 Y ou have made from nothing the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon call out for joy at Your name.

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

13 Y ou have a strong arm. Your hand is powerful. Your right hand is honored.

Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 Y our throne stands on what is right and fair. Loving-kindness and truth go before You.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

15 H ow happy are the people who know the sound of joy! They walk in the light of Your face, O Lord.

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

16 T hey are full of joy in Your name all day long. And by being right with You, they are honored.

In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 F or You are the shining-greatness of their strength. And our horn is lifted high by Your favor.

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

18 F or our safe-covering belongs to the Lord. And our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 O nce You spoke in a special dream to Your faithful ones, saying: “I have given help to a powerful one. I have honored a chosen one from among the people.

Then 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, Your servant. I have poured My holy oil upon him.

I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

21 M y hand will stay with him. And My arm will give him strength.

With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

22 T hose who hate him will not fool him. No sinful man will bring trouble to him.

The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 B ut he will see Me crush those who fight against him. I will kill those who hate him.

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

24 I will be faithful and My loving-kindness will be with him. And in My name he will become great.

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

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

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

26 H e will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock that saves me.’

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

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

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

28 I will keep My loving-kindness for him forever. And My agreement with him will be made strong.

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

29 I will make his seed last forever. And his throne will last as long as heaven.

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

30 “ If his sons leave My Law and do not do what I say,

If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

31 a nd if they break My Laws and do not obey My Word,

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

32 t hen I will punish their sin with the stick, and their wrong-doing with the whip.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

33 B ut I will not take my loving-kindness from him. I will always be faithful to him.

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

34 I will not break My agreement, or change what was spoken by My lips.

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

35 O nce I have promised by My holy name, I will not lie to David.

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

36 H is seed will last forever. And his throne will last before Me like the sun.

His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

37 I t will last forever like the moon, which may always be seen in the sky.”

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

38 B ut You have thrown off and turned away from Your chosen one. You have been full of anger against him.

But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 Y ou have hated the agreement with Your servant. You have made his crown dirty in the dust.

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

40 Y ou have broken down all his walls. You have destroyed his strong places.

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

41 A ll who pass on the road rob him. He has become a shame to his neighbors.

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

42 Y ou have honored the right hand of those who fight against him. You have made all who hate him glad.

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

43 Y ou have turned away the sharp part of his sword. And You have not made him stand in a fight.

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

44 Y ou have put an end to what shows of his greatness, and have thrown his throne to the ground.

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 Y ou have made him old before his time, and have covered him with shame.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

46 H ow long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger burn like fire?

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

47 R emember how fast my life is passing. You have made all men for nothing.

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

48 W hat man can live and not see death? Can he save himself from the power of the grave?

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49 O Lord, where is the loving-kindness You used to have, that You promised in faith to David?

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

50 O Lord, remember the shame of those who work for You. Remember how I carry near my heart the shame of all the nations.

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

51 T hose who hate You have put us to shame, O Lord. They have put to shame the footsteps of Your chosen one.

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

52 P raise the Lord forever! Let it be so.

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.