| 1 | A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD'S great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. | |
| 2 | I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. | |
| 3 | You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, | |
| 4 | 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah | |
| 5 | The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. | |
| 6 | For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? | |
| 7 | In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. | |
| 8 | O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you. | |
| 9 | You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them. | |
| 10 | You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. | |
| 11 | The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. | |
| 12 | You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. | |
| 13 | Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. | |
| 14 | Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. | |
| 15 | Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD. | |
| 16 | They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness. | |
| 17 | For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. | |
| 18 | Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. | |
| 19 | Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people. | |
| 20 | I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. | |
| 21 | My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. | |
| 22 | No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. | |
| 23 | I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. | |
| 24 | My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. | |
| 25 | I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. | |
| 26 | He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.' | |
| 27 | I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. | |
| 28 | I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. | |
| 29 | I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. | |
| 30 | "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, | |
| 31 | if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, | |
| 32 | I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; | |
| 33 | but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. | |
| 34 | I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. | |
| 35 | Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness--and I will not lie to David-- | |
| 36 | that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; | |
| 37 | it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah | |
| 38 | But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. | |
| 39 | You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. | |
| 40 | You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. | |
| 41 | All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. | |
| 42 | You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. | |
| 43 | You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle. | |
| 44 | You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. | |
| 45 | You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah | |
| 46 | How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? | |
| 47 | Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! | |
| 48 | What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah | |
| 49 | O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? | |
| 50 | Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, | |
| 51 | the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. | |
| 52 | Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. | |