| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. | 1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. |
| 2For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” | 2For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." |
| 3You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: | 3"I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, |
| 4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah | 4I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to all generations." Selah. |
| 5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! | 5The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, | 6For who in the skies is comparable to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the LORD, |
| 7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? | 7A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him? |
| 8O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you? | 8O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. |
| 9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. | 9You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. |
| 10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. | 10You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. |
| 11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. | 11The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. |
| 12The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. | 12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. |
| 13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand. | 13You have a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted. |
| 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. | 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. |
| 15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face, | 15How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. |
| 16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. | 16In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. |
| 17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. | 17For You are the glory of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted. |
| 18For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. | 18For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. | 19Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. |
| 20I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, | 20"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, |
| 21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. | 21With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. |
| 22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. | 22"The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
| 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. | 23"But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. |
| 24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. | 24"My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. |
| 25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. | 25"I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. |
| 26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ | 26"He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
| 27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. | 27"I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. |
| 28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. | 28"My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. |
| 29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. | 29"So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. |
| 30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, | 30"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, |
| 31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, | 31If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments, |
| 32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, | 32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes. |
| 33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness. | 33"But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. |
| 34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. | 34"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. |
| 35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. | 35"Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. |
| 36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. | 36"His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. |
| 37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah | 37"It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah. |
| 38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. | 38But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. |
| 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. | 39You have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust. |
| 40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. | 40You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. | 41All who pass along the 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 made all his enemies rejoice. |
| 43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle. | 43You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle. |
| 44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. | 44You have made his splendor to cease 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 shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. |
| 46How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? | 46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! | 47Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! |
| 48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah | 48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. |
| 49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David? | 49Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? |
| 50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, | 50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, |
| 51with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. | 51With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. |
| 52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. | 52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
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