Berean Study Bible | International Standard 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. | 1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth. |
2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” | 2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness. |
3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: | 3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant. |
4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah | 4"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude |
5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones. | 5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness 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 compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? |
7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. | 7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him. |
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You. | 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. |
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. | 9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. |
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. | 10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. |
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. | 11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them. |
12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. | 12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. |
13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted. | 13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. |
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You. | 14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you. |
15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. | 15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. |
16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult. | 16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. |
17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted. | 17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. |
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. | 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and 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. | 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. |
20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. | 20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil, |
21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him. | 21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. |
22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. | 22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him. |
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. | 23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. |
24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted. | 24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. |
25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers. | 25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. |
26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ | 26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. | 27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest 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 show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. |
29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. | 29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. |
30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, | 30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances, |
31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, | 31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, |
32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. | 32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. |
33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. | 33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful. |
34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. | 34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. |
35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— | 35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David. |
36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, | 36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me. |
37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah | 37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude |
38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one. | 38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one. |
39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. | 39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground. |
40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. | 40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. |
41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. | 41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to 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 adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice. |
43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle. | 43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. |
44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. | 44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. |
45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah | 45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude |
46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire? | 46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire? |
47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! | 47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! |
48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah | 48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude |
49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David? | 49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? |
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people— | 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people, |
51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one! | 51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed. |
52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen. | 52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! |
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