1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

2 F or I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

3 “ I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:

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

5 A nd the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

6 F or who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord ? Who among the sons of 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 held in reverence by all those around Him.

8 O Lord God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Lord ? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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

10 Y ou have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

11 T he heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all 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; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

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

15 B lessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

16 I n Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

17 F or You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted.

18 F or our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 T hen You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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

21 W ith whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.

22 T he enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.

24 “ But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

25 A lso I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers.

26 H e 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, The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 M y mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

29 H is seed also I will 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,

31 I f they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

32 T hen I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

33 N evertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

34 M y covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

35 O nce I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David:

36 H is seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me;

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

38 B ut You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.

39 Y ou have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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

41 A ll who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.

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

43 Y ou have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.

44 Y ou have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

45 T he days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah

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

47 R emember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?

48 W hat man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah

49 L ord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?

50 R emember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants— How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

51 W ith which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

52 B lessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.