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^1 (b)I will sing of ^(c)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your ^(d)faithfulness to all generations.
² For I said, ^(e)"Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens ^(f)you will establish your ^(g)faithfulness."
³ You have said, "I have made ^(h)a covenant with my ⁽ⁱ⁾chosen one;
    I have ^(j)sworn to David my servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your ^(k)offspring forever,
    and build your ^(l)throne for all generations.'" Selah

⁵ Let ^(m)the heavens praise your ⁽ⁿ⁾wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(o)the holy ones!
⁶ For ^(p)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(q)Who among the heavenly beings^[b] is like the Lord,
⁷ a God greatly ^(r)to be feared in the council of ^(s)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(t)who are around him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(u)who is mighty as you are, O ^(v)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹ You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(w)still them.
¹⁰ You ^(x)crushed ^(y)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(z)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
^11 (aa)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(ab)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(ac)founded them.
^12 (ad)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(ae)Tabor and ^(af)Hermon ^(ag)joyously praise your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
^14 (ah)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(ai)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know ^(aj)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(ak)the light of your face,
¹⁶ who exult in your ^(al)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(am)exalted.
¹⁷ For you are ^(an)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(ao)horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our ^(ap)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(aq)the Holy One of Israel.

^19 (ar)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[c] and said:
    "I have ^(as)granted help to one who is ^(at)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(au)chosen from the people.
^20 (av)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(aw)anointed him,
²¹ so that my ^(ax)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(ay)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(az)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(ba)faithfulness and my ^(bb)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(bc)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(bd)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(be)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(bf)Father,
    my God, and ^(bg)the Rock of my salvation.'
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(bh)firstborn,
    ^(bi)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(bj)covenant will stand firm^[d] for him.
²⁹ I will establish his ^(bk)offspring forever
    and his ^(bl)throne as ^(bm)the days of the heavens.
^30 (bn)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[e]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(bo)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my ^(bp)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(bq)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(br)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(bs)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(bt)his ^(bu)throne as long as ^(bv)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(bw)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(bx)a faithful witness in the skies." Selah

³⁸ But now you have ^(by)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(bz)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(ca)renounced ^(cb)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(cc)defiled his ^(cd)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(ce)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
^41 (cf)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(cg)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short ^(ch)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(ci)covered him with shame. Selah

^46 (cj)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(ck)burn like fire?
^47 (cl)Remember ^(cm)how short my ^(cn)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
^48 (co)What man can live and never ^(cp)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(cq)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your ^(cr)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(cs)faithfulness you swore to David?
^50 (ct)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(cu)heart the insults^[f] of all the many nations,
⁵¹ with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(cv)the footsteps of your ^(cw)anointed.

^52 (cx)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.