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¹ O Lord, I will always sing of your constant love;
    I will proclaim your faithfulness forever.
² I know that your love will last for all time,
    that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky.
³ You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose;
    I have promised my servant David,
^4 (b)‘A descendant of yours will always be king;
    I will preserve your dynasty forever.'"

⁵ The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do;
    the holy ones sing of your faithfulness, Lord.
⁶ No one in heaven is like you, Lord;
    none of the heavenly beings is your equal.
⁷ You are feared in the council of the holy ones;
    they all stand in awe of you.

⁸ Lord God Almighty, none is as mighty as you;
    in all things you are faithful, O Lord.
⁹ You rule over the powerful sea;
    you calm its angry waves.
¹⁰ You crushed the monster Rahab^[b] and killed it;
    with your mighty strength you defeated your enemies.
¹¹ Heaven is yours, the earth also;
    you made the world and everything in it.
¹² You created the north and the south;
    Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing to you for joy.
¹³ How powerful you are!
    How great is your strength!
¹⁴ Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice;
    love and faithfulness are shown in all you do.

¹⁵ How happy are the people who worship you with songs,
    who live in the light of your kindness!
¹⁶ Because of you they rejoice all day long,
    and they praise you for your goodness.
¹⁷ You give us great victories;
    in your love you make us triumphant.
¹⁸ You, O Lord, chose our protector;
    you, the Holy God of Israel, gave us our king.

¹⁹ In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants,
    "I have given help to a famous soldier;
    I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
^20 (c)I have made my servant David king
    by anointing him with holy oil.
²¹ My strength will always be with him,
    my power will make him strong.
²² His enemies will never succeed against him;
    the wicked will not defeat him.
²³ I will crush his foes
    and kill everyone who hates him.
²⁴ I will love him and be loyal to him;
    I will make him always victorious.
²⁵ I will extend his kingdom
    from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River.
²⁶ He will say to me,
    ‘You are my father and my God;
    you are my protector and savior.'
^27 (d)I will make him my first-born son,
    the greatest of all kings.
²⁸ I will always keep my promise to him,
    and my covenant with him will last forever.
²⁹ His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky;
    a descendant of his will always be king.

³⁰ "But if his descendants disobey my law
    and do not live according to my commands,
³¹ if they disregard my instructions
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish them for their sins;
    I will make them suffer for their wrongs.
³³ But I will not stop loving David
    or fail to keep my promise to him.
³⁴ I will not break my covenant with him
    or take back even one promise I made him.

³⁵ "Once and for all I have promised by my holy name:
    I will never lie to David.
³⁶ He will always have descendants,
    and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.
³⁷ It will be as permanent as the moon,
    that faithful witness in the sky."

³⁸ But you are angry with your chosen king;
    you have deserted and rejected him.
³⁹ You have broken your covenant with your servant
    and thrown his crown in the dirt.
⁴⁰ You have torn down the walls of his city
    and left his forts in ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by steal his belongings;
    all his neighbors laugh at him.
⁴² You have given the victory to his enemies;
    you have made them all happy.
⁴³ You have made his weapons useless
    and let him be defeated in battle.
⁴⁴ You have taken away his royal scepter^[c]
    and knocked his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have made him old before his time
    and covered him with disgrace.

⁴⁶ Lord, will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your anger burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my life is;
    remember that you created all of us mortal!
⁴⁸ Who can live and never die?
    How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former proofs of your love?
    Where are the promises you made to David?
⁵⁰ Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted,
    how I endure all the curses^[d] of the heathen.
⁵¹ Your enemies insult your chosen king, O Lord!
    They insult him wherever he goes.

⁵² Praise the Lord forever!

Amen! Amen!