1 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

2 I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

3 “ I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

4 ‘ I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

5 T he heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 F or who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

7 a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

8 Y ahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

9 Y ou rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

10 Y ou have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11 T he heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

12 T he north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

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

14 R ighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

15 B lessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

16 I n your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

17 F or you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

18 F or our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 T hen you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

21 w ith whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

22 N o enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

23 I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

24 B ut my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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

26 H e will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

29 I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

30 I f his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

31 i f they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

32 t hen I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

33 B ut I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

35 O nce have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

36 H is offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

37 I t will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

38 B ut you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

39 Y ou have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

40 Y ou have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 A ll who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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

43 Y es, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

44 Y ou have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

45 Y ou have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

46 H ow long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

47 R emember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

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

49 L ord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

50 R emember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

51 W ith which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

52 B lessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.