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I Will Sing of His Love Forever

¹ A 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.² For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”³ You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

⁵ The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.^{6 (a)}For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?⁷ In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.⁹ You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.¹⁰ You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.¹¹ The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The world and its fullness You founded.¹² North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.¹³ Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

¹⁵ Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.¹⁶ They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.¹⁸ Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ You 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.²⁰ I have found David My servant; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.²¹ My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.²² No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.²³ I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.²⁴ My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.²⁶ He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.’²⁷ I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.²⁸ I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.²⁹ I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.³⁰ If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,³¹ if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,³² I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.³³ But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.³⁴ I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.³⁵ Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—³⁶ his offspring will endure forever, and his throne will be like the sun before Me,³⁷ like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.⁴¹ All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.⁴³ You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah⁴⁶ How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?⁴⁷ Remember how short is my lifespan. For what futility You have created all men!⁴⁸ What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah⁴⁹ Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You swore steadfastly to David?⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—⁵¹ how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!⁵² Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.