Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will asing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever;
From generation to generation I will bmake known Your cfaithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I have said, “aLovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your bfaithfulness.”
3 “I have cut a covenant with aMy chosen;
I have bsworn to David My servant,
4 I will establish your aseed forever
And build up your bthrone from generation to generation.” Selah.
5 The aheavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;
Your faithfulness also bin the assembly of the choly ones.
6 For awho in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?
Who among the bsons of the mighty is like Yahweh,
7 A God agreatly dreaded in the council of the bholy ones,
And cfearsome above all those who are around Him?
8 O Yahweh God of hosts, awho is like You, O mighty Yah?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You astill them.
10 You Yourself crushed aRahab like one who is slain;
You bscattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.
11 The aheavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The bworld and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The anorth and the south, You have created them;
bTabor and cHermon dsing with joy at Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is strong, Your aright hand is exalted.
14 aRighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
bLovingkindness and truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the aloud shout of joy!
O Yahweh, they walk in the blight of Your face.
16 In aYour name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the beauty of atheir strength,
And by Your favor our bhorn is exalted.
18 For our ashield belongs to Yahweh,
And our king to the bHoly One of Israel.
19 Formerly You spoke in vision to Your holy ones,
And said, “I have bestowed help to a amighty one;
I have exalted one bchosen from the people.
20 I have afound David My servant;
With My holy boil I have anointed him,
21 With whom aMy hand will be established;
My arm also will bstrengthen him.
22 The enemy will not deceive him,
Nor the ason of unrighteousness afflict him.
23 But I shall acrush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 My afaithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his bhorn will be exalted.
25 I shall also set his hand aon the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are amy Father,
My God, and the brock of my salvation.’
27 I also shall make him My afirstborn,
The bhighest of the kings of the earth.
28 My alovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My bcovenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 So I will set up his aseed to endure forever
And his bthrone cas the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons aforsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they profane My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the arod
And their iniquity with striking.
33 But I will not break off aMy lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My acovenant I will not profane,
Nor will I balter what comes forth from My lips.
35 Once I have asworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His aseed shall endure forever
And his bthrone cas the sun before Me.
37 It shall be established forever alike the moon,
And the bwitness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.
38 But You have acast off and brejected,
You have been full of wrath against Your canointed.
39 You have aspurned the covenant of Your slave;
You have bprofaned chis crown to the ground.
40 You have abroken down all his walls;
You have bbeset his strongholds with ruin.
41 aAll who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a breproach to his neighbors.
42 You have aexalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have bmade all his enemies be glad.
43 You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have anot made him arise in battle.
44 You have made his asplendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have ashortened the days of his youth;
You have bwrapped him up with shame. Selah.
46 aHow long, O Yahweh?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your bwrath burn like fire?
47 aRemember what my span of life is;
For what bvanity You have created all the sons of men!
48 What man can live and not asee death?
Can he bprovide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah.
49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You aswore to David in Your faithfulness?
50 Remember, O Lord, the areproach of Your slaves;
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 With which aYour enemies have reproached, O Yahweh,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of bYour anointed.
52 aBlessed be Yahweh forever!
Amen and Amen.