| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. | 1A 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. |
| 2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” | 2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. |
| 3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: | 3You said, "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 for all generations.’ ” Selah | 4I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" |
| 5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones. | 5The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? | 6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? |
| 7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. | 7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. |
| 8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You. | 8Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. | 9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them. |
| 10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. | 10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. |
| 11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. | 11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. |
| 12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. | 12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. |
| 13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted. | 13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. |
| 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You. | 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. |
| 15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. | 15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. |
| 16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult. | 16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. |
| 17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted. | 17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. |
| 18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. | 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. | 19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people. |
| 20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. | 20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. |
| 21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him. | 21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. | 22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him. |
| 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. | 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. |
| 24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted. | 24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. |
| 25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers. | 25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. |
| 26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ | 26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.' |
| 27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. | 27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. |
| 28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. | 28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. |
| 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. | 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. |
| 30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, | 30"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, |
| 31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, | 31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, |
| 32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. | 32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; |
| 33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. | 33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. |
| 34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. | 34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. |
| 35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— | 35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- |
| 36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, | 36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; |
| 37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah | 37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." |
| 38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one. | 38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. |
| 39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. | 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. |
| 40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. | 40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. |
| 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. | 41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. |
| 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. | 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. |
| 43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle. | 43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle. |
| 44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. | 44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. |
| 45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah | 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. |
| 46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? | 46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! | 47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! |
| 48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah | 48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? |
| 49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David? | 49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? |
| 50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people— | 50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, |
| 51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one! | 51the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. |
| 52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen. | 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
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