1 To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. | |
2 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; | |
2 For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.” | |
3 “I have made a covenant with My chosen;
I have sworn to David My servant, | |
4 I will establish your seed forever
And build up your throne to all generations.”a Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah. | |
5 The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. | |
6 For who in the skies is comparable to the LORD?
Who among theb Or sons of godssons of the mighty is like the LORD, | |
7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him? | |
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mightyc Heb YahLORD?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You. | |
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them. | |
10 You Yourself crushedd I.e. EgyptRahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies withe Lit the arm of Your mightYour mighty arm. | |
11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world andf Lit its fullnessall it contains, You have founded them. | |
12 The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. | |
13 You haveg Lit an arm with strengtha strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted. | |
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness andh Or faithfulnesstruth go before You. | |
15 How blessed are the people who know thei Or blast of the trumpet, shout of joyjoyful sound!
O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. | |
16 In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted. | |
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favorj Another reading is You exalt our hornour horn is exalted. | |
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,
k Or Even to the Holy One of Israel our KingAnd our king to the Holy One of Israel. | |
19 l Or At that timeOnce You spoke in vision to Your godlym Some mss read oneones,
And said, “I haven Lit placed help upongiven help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people. | |
20 “I have found David My servant;
With My holy oil I have anointed him, | |
21 With whom My hand will be established;
My arm also will strengthen him. | |
22 “The enemy will noto Or exact usury from himdeceive him,
Nor thep Or wicked manson of wickedness afflict him. | |
23 “But I shall crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him. | |
24 “My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his horn will be exalted. | |
25 “I shall also set his hand 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.’ | |
27 “I also shall make him My 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. | |
29 “So I will establish hisq Lit seeddescendants forever
And his throne as the days of heaven. | |
30 “If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments, | |
31 If theyr Lit profaneviolate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments, | |
32 Then I will 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. | |
34 “My covenant I will nots Lit profaneviolate,
Nor will I altert Lit that which goes forththe utterance of My lips. | |
35 “u Or One thingOnce I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David. | |
36 “Hisv Lit seeddescendants 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.”w Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah. | |
38 But You have cast off and rejected,
You have been full of wrathx Lit withagainst Your anointed. | |
39 You have spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crowny Lit to the groundin the dust. | |
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin. | |
41 All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a reproach to his neighbors. | |
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice. | |
43 You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have not made him stand in battle. | |
44 You have made hisz Lit clearness, lustersplendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground. | |
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah. | |
46 How long, O LORD?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire? | |
47 Rememberaa Lit of what duration I amwhat my span of life is;
For what vanityab Or have You...men?You have created all the sons of men! | |
48 What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his soul from theac Lit handpower ofad I.e. the nether worldSheol? Selah. | |
49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? | |
50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
ae Lit My bearing in my bosomHow I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, | |
51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. | |
52 Blessed be the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen. | |
