| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 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, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." | 2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness. |
| 3"I have made a covenant with My chosen; 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. |
| 4I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to 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 will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also 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 is comparable to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the LORD, | 6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? |
| 7A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around 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 also surrounds You. | 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. | 9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. |
| 10You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; 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, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. | 11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them. |
| 12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. | 12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. |
| 13You have a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, 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; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. | 14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you. |
| 15How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. | 15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. |
| 16In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. | 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. |
| 18For 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 20"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, | 20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil, |
| 21With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. | 21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22"The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. | 22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him. |
| 23"But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. | 23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. |
| 24"My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in 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. |
| 25"I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. | 25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. |
| 26"He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' | 26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
| 27"I also shall make him 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. |
| 28"My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. | 28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. |
| 29"So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. | 29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. |
| 30"If 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 do not keep My commandments, | 31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, |
| 32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes. | 32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. |
| 33"But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. | 33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful. |
| 34"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. | 34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. |
| 35"Once 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. |
| 36"His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. | 36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me. |
| 37"It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah. | 37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude |
| 38But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. | 38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one. |
| 39You have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned 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 brought his strongholds to ruin. | 40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. |
| 41All who pass along the way 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 adversaries; 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 also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle. | 43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. |
| 44You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground. | 44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. |
| 45You have shortened 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 burn like fire? | 46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire? |
| 47Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! | 47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! |
| 48What man can live and not 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 are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? | 49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? |
| 50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, | 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people, |
| 51With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. | 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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