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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 well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD's faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. |
| 2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness. | 2For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness." |
| 3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant. | 3The LORD said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath 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 give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.'" (Selah) |
| 5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. | 5O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. |
| 6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? | 6For who in the skies can compare to 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. | 7a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? |
| 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. | 8O LORD, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. | 9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them. |
| 10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. | 10You crushed the Proud One and killed it; 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 belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains. |
| 12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. | 12You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. |
| 13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. | 13Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious. |
| 14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you. | 14Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. |
| 15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. | 15How blessed are the people who worship you! O LORD, they experience your favor. |
| 16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. | 16They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice. |
| 17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. | 17For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious. |
| 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. | 18For 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. | 19Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people. |
| 20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil, | 20I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. |
| 21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. | 21My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him. | 22No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him. |
| 23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. | 23I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him. |
| 24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. | 24He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories. |
| 25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. | 25I will place 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, and the protector who delivers me.' |
| 27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. | 27I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth's kings. |
| 28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. | 28I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. |
| 29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. | 29I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. |
| 30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances, | 30If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, |
| 31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, | 31if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, |
| 32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. | 32I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. |
| 33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful. | 33But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise. |
| 34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. | 34I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised. |
| 35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David. | 35Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David. |
| 36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me. | 36His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun, |
| 37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude | 37it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies." (Selah) |
| 38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one. | 38But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king. |
| 39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground. | 39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. |
| 40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. | 40You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins. |
| 41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. | 41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors. |
| 42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice. | 42You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, and all his enemies to rejoice. |
| 43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. | 43You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle. |
| 44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. | 44You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked 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 his youth, and have covered him with shame. (Selah) |
| 46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire? | 46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? |
| 47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! | 47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal? |
| 48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude | 48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah) |
| 49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? | 49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? |
| 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people, | 50Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people! |
| 51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed. | 51Your enemies, O LORD, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. |
| 52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! | 52The LORD deserves praise forevermore! We agree! We agree! |
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