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¹ I will sing continually about the Lord's faithful deeds;
to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
² For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established;
in the skies you set up your faithfulness."
³ The Lord said,
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:
⁴ ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty
and establish your throne throughout future generations.'" (Selah)
⁵ O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds,
as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.
⁶ For who in the skies can compare to the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,
⁷ a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly,
and more awesome than all who surround him?
⁸ O Lord, sovereign God!
Who is strong like you, O Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹ You rule over the proud sea.
When its waves surge, you calm them.
¹⁰ You crushed the Proud One and killed it;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens belong to you, as does the earth.
You made the world and all it contains.
¹² You created the north and the south.
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
¹³ Your arm is powerful,
your hand strong,
your right hand victorious.
¹⁴ Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.
¹⁵ How blessed are the people who worship you!
O Lord, they experience your favor.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name all day long,
and are vindicated by your justice.
¹⁷ For you give them splendor and strength.
By your favor we are victorious.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁹ Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:
"I have energized a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from the people.
²⁰ I have discovered David, my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
²¹ My hand will support him,
and my arm will strengthen him.
²² No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him;
a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him.
²³ I will crush his enemies before him;
I will strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love,
and by my name he will win victories.
²⁵ I will place his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He will call out to me,
‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.'
²⁷ I will appoint him to be my firstborn son,
the most exalted of the earth's kings.
²⁸ I will always extend my loyal love to him,
and my covenant with him is secure.
²⁹ I will give him an eternal dynasty,
and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.
³⁰ If his sons reject my law
and disobey my regulations,
³¹ if they break my rules
and do not keep my commandments,
³² I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club,
their sin by inflicting them with bruises.
³³ But I will not remove my loyal love from him,
nor be unfaithful to my promise.
³⁴ I will not break my covenant
or go back on what I promised.
³⁵ Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness,
I will never deceive David.
³⁶ His dynasty will last forever.
His throne will endure before me, like the sun,
³⁷ it will remain stable, like the moon,
his throne will endure like the skies." (Selah)
³⁸ But you have spurned and rejected him;
you are angry with your chosen king.
³⁹ You have repudiated your covenant with your servant;
you have thrown his crown to the ground.
⁴⁰ You have broken down all his walls;
you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have robbed him;
he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
⁴² You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious,
and all his enemies to rejoice.
⁴³ You turn back his sword from the adversary,
and have not sustained him in battle.
⁴⁴ You have brought to an end his splendor,
and have knocked his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short his youth,
and have covered him with shame. (Selah)
⁴⁶ How long, O Lord, will this last?
Will you remain hidden forever?
Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Take note of my brief lifespan!
Why do you make all people so mortal?
⁴⁸ No man can live on without experiencing death,
or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)
⁴⁹ Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord,
the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
⁵⁰ Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted,
and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
⁵¹ Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
⁵² The Lord deserves praise forevermore!
We agree! We agree!