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| 1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth. | 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. |
| 2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness. | 2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. |
| 3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise 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 dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude | 4I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" |
| 5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness 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 compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? | 6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? |
| 7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him. | 7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. |
| 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. | 8Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. | 9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them. |
| 10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. | 10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. |
| 11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them. | 11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. |
| 12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. | 12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. |
| 13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. | 13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. |
| 14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you. | 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. |
| 15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. | 15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. |
| 16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. | 16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. |
| 17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. | 17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. |
| 18Indeed, 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 spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one 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; I have anointed him with my sacred oil, | 20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. |
| 21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. | 21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him. | 22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him. |
| 23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. | 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. |
| 24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. | 24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. |
| 25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. | 25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. |
| 26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' | 26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.' |
| 27"Indeed, I myself made him the 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 show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. | 28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. |
| 29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. | 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. |
| 30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances, | 30"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, |
| 31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, | 31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, |
| 32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. | 32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; |
| 33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful. | 33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. |
| 34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. | 34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. |
| 35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David. | 35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-- |
| 36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me. | 36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; |
| 37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude | 37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." |
| 38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one. | 38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. |
| 39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground. | 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. |
| 40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. | 40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. |
| 41All who pass by on their way 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 adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice. | 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. |
| 43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. | 43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle. |
| 44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. | 44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. |
| 45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude | 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. |
| 46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire? | 46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! | 47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! |
| 48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude | 48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? |
| 49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? | 49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? |
| 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people, | 50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, |
| 51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed. | 51the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. |
| 52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! | 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
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