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A Davidic psalm.

This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool."^(a)

The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule^[a] over Your surrounding^[b] enemies.^(b)

Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle.^[c](c) In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of Your youth belongs to You.^[d](d)

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: "Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek."^(e)

The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His anger.^(f)

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;^(g) He will crush leaders over the entire world.^(h)

He will drink from the brook by the road;⁽ⁱ⁾ therefore, He will lift up His head.^(j)

Hallelujah!^[a] I will praise the Lord with all my heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.^(a)

The Lord 's works are great, studied by all who delight in them.^(b)

All that He does is splendid and majestic;^(c) His righteousness endures forever.^(d)

He has caused His wonderful works to be remembered.^(e) The Lord is gracious and compassionate.^(f)

He has provided food for those who fear Him;^(g) He remembers His covenant forever.^(h)

He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.⁽ⁱ⁾

The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His instructions are trustworthy.^(j)

They are established forever and ever, enacted in truth and in what is right.^(k)

He has sent redemption to His people.^(l) He has ordained His covenant forever. His name is holy and awe-inspiring.^(m)

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;⁽ⁿ⁾ all who follow His instructions^[b] have good insight.^(o) His praise endures forever.^(p)

Hallelujah!^[a] Happy is the man who fears the Lord , taking great delight in His commands.^(a)

His descendants will be powerful in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.^(b)

Wealth and riches are in his house,^(c) and his righteousness endures forever.^(d)

Light shines in the darkness for the upright.^(e) He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.^(f)

Good will come to a man who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.^(g)

He will never be shaken.^(h) The righteous man will be remembered forever.⁽ⁱ⁾

He will not fear bad news; his heart is confident, trusting in the Lord .^(j)

His heart is assured; he will not fear.^(k) In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.^(l)

He distributes freely to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.^(m) His horn will be exalted in honor.⁽ⁿ⁾

The wicked man will see it and be angry; he will gnash his teeth in despair.^(o) The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.^(p)

Hallelujah! Give praise, servants of Yahweh; praise the name of Yahweh.^(a)

Let the name of Yahweh be praised both now and forever.^(b)

From the rising of the sun to its setting, let the name of Yahweh be praised.^(c)

Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,^(d) His glory above the heavens.^(e)

Who is like Yahweh our God— the One enthroned on high,^(f)

who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?^(g)

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile^(h)

in order to seat them with nobles— with the nobles of His people.⁽ⁱ⁾

He gives the childless woman a household, making her the joyful mother of children.^(j) Hallelujah!