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Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever

¹ I will ^(C1)sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever;
From generation to generation I will ^(C2)make known Your ^(C3)faithfulness with my mouth.

² For I have said, "^(C1)Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your ^(C2)faithfulness."

³ "I have cut a covenant with ^(C1)My chosen;
I have ^(C2)sworn to David My ^(F1)servant,

⁴ I will establish your ^(C1)seed forever
And build up your ^(C2)throne from generation to generation." ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F1)Selah.

⁵ The ^(C1)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;
Your faithfulness also ^(C2)in the assembly of the ^(C3)holy ones.

⁶ For ^(C1)who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?
Who among the ^(F1)(C2)sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,

⁷ A God ^(C1)greatly dreaded in the council of the ^(C2)holy ones,
And ^(F1)(C3)fearsome above all those who are around Him?

⁸ O Yahweh God of hosts, ^(C1)who is like You, O mighty Yah?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹ You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You ^(C1)still them.

¹⁰ You Yourself crushed ^(F1)(C1)Rahab like one who is slain;
You ^(C2)scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.

¹¹ The ^(C1)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The ^(C2)world and its fullness, You have founded them.

¹² The ^(C1)north and the south, You have created them;
^(C2)Tabor and ^(C3)Hermon ^(C4)sing with joy at Your name.

¹³ You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is strong, Your ^(C1)right hand is exalted.

^14 (C1)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
^(C2)Lovingkindness and ^(F1)truth go before You.

¹⁵ How blessed are the people who know the ^(C1)loud shout of joy!
O Yahweh, they walk in the ^(C2)light of Your face.

¹⁶ In ^(C1)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷ For You are the beauty of ^(C1)their strength,
And by Your favor ^(F1)our ^(C2)horn is exalted.

¹⁸ For our ^(C1)shield belongs to Yahweh,
^(F1)And our king to the ^(C2)Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Formerly You spoke in vision to Your ^(F1)holy ^(F2)ones,
And said, "I have bestowed help to a ^(C1)mighty one;
I have exalted one ^(C2)chosen from the people.

²⁰ "I have ^(C1)found David My ^(F1)servant;
With My holy ^(C2)oil I have anointed him,

²¹ With whom ^(C1)My hand will be established;
My arm also will ^(C2)strengthen him.

²² "The enemy will not ^(F1)deceive him,
Nor the ^(F2)(C1)son of unrighteousness afflict him.

²³ "But I shall ^(C1)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

²⁴ "My ^(C1)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his ^(C2)horn will be exalted.

²⁵ "I shall also set his hand ^(C1)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶ "He will call to Me, 'You are ^(C1)my Father,
My God, and the ^(C2)rock of my salvation.'

²⁷ "I also shall make him My ^(C1)firstborn,
The ^(C2)highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸ "My ^(C1)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My ^(C2)covenant shall be confirmed to him.

²⁹ "So I will set up his ^(C1)seed to endure forever
And his ^(C2)throne ^(C3)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ "If his sons ^(C1)forsake 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 ^(C1)rod
And their iniquity with striking.

³³ "But I will not break off ^(C1)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴ "My ^(C1)covenant I will not profane,
Nor will I ^(C2)alter what comes forth from My lips.

³⁵ "^(F1)Once I have ^(C1)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

³⁶ "His ^(C1)seed shall endure forever
And his ^(C2)throne ^(C3)as the sun before Me.

³⁷ "It shall be established forever ^(C1)like the moon,
And the ^(C2)witness in the sky is faithful." ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F1)Selah.

³⁸ But You have ^(C1)cast off and ^(C2)rejected,
You have been full of wrath ^(F1)against Your ^(C3)anointed.

³⁹ You have ^(C1)spurned the covenant of Your ^(F1)slave;
You have ^(C2)profaned ^(C3)his crown to the ground.

⁴⁰ You have ^(C1)broken down all his walls;
You have ^(C2)beset his strongholds with ruin.

^41 (C1)All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a ^(C2)reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have ^(C1)exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have ^(C2)made all his enemies be glad.

⁴³ You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have ^(C1)not made him arise in battle.

⁴⁴ You have made his ^(F1)(C1)splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have ^(C1)shortened the days of his youth;
You have ^(C2)wrapped him up with shame. Selah.

^46 (C1)How long, O Yahweh?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your ^(C2)wrath burn like fire?

^47 (C1)Remember ^(F1)what my span of life is;
For what ^(C2)vanity ^(F2)You have created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^(C1)see death?
Can he ^(C2)provide his soul escape from the ^(F1)power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You ^(C1)swore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the ^(C1)reproach of Your ^(F1)slaves;
^(F2)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

⁵¹ With which ^(C1)Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of ^(C2)Your anointed.

^52 (C1)Blessed be Yahweh forever!
Amen and Amen.