| 2 I will sing forever, O Lord, of your love and proclaim your faithfulness from age to age. | |
| 3 I will declare how steadfast is your love, how firm your faithfulness. | |
| 4 You said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen one; I have made a pledge to my servant. | |
| 5 I estab-lish his descendants forever; I build his throne for all generations.” | |
| 6 The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord; the assembly of the holy ones recalls your faithfulness. | |
| 7 Who in the skies can compare with the Lord; who of the heaven-born is like him? | |
| 8 A God feared in the council of the holy ones, awesome to those who approach him. | |
| 9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like you, clothed in might and faithfulness? | |
| 10 You reign over the surging sea; you calm its raging waves. | |
| 11 You split Rahab like a carcass; with your strong arm you routed your foes. | |
| 12 Yours are the heavens and the earth; you founded the world and everything in it. | |
| 13 You created the north and the south – Tabor and Hermon rejoice at your name. | |
| 14 You have a powerful arm, mighty and exalted is your right hand! | |
| 15 Justice and righteousness are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. | |
| 16 Blessed is the people who know your praise. They walk in the light of your face. | |
| 17 They celebrate all day your name and your protection lifts them up. | |
| 18 You give us glory and power; and your favor gives us victory. | |
| 19 Our king is in the hands of the Lord; the God of Israel is our shield. | |
| 20 In the past you spoke in a vision; you said of your faithful servant: “I have set the crown upon a mighty one; on one chosen from the people. | |
| 21 I have found David my servant, and with my holy oil I have anointed him. | |
| 22 My hand will be ever with him and my arm will sustain him, | |
| 23 no enemy shall outwit him nor the wicked oppress him. | |
| 24 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. | |
| 25 My faithfulness and love will be with him, and by my help he will be strong. | |
| 26 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. | |
| 27 He will call on me, ‘You are my Father, my God, my Rock, my Savior.’ | |
| 28 I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. | |
| 29 I will keep my covenant firm forever, and my love for him will endure. | |
| 30 His dynasty will last forever, and his throne as long as the heavens. | |
| 31 If his sons forsake my law and fail to follow my decrees, | |
| 32 if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, | |
| 33 I will punish their crime with the rod and their offenses with the scourge; | |
| 34 yet I will not withdraw my love from him, nor will I withdraw my faithfulness. | |
| 35 I will be true to my promises and not break my covenant. | |
| 36 Did I not swear by my holiness? I will not lie to David. | |
| 37 His dynasty will last forever, and his throne endure as the sun before me. | |
| 38 It will shine forever like the moon, the unfailing watch of heavens.” | |
| 39 But now you have rejected, disowned and raged at your anointed. | |
| 40 You have disregarded your covenant and cast off the crown of your servant. | |
| 41 You have destroyed his walls and reduced his strongholds to rubble. | |
| 42 The victim of despoilers, he has become the scorn of his neighbors. | |
| 43 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made his enemies rejoice. | |
| 44 You have turned the edge of his sword, and have not stood by him in battle. | |
| 45 You have wrenched the scepter from his hand and flung his throne to the ground. | |
| 46 You have shortened the time of his splendor and covered him with shame. | |
| 47 How long, O Lord, will you hide? How long will anger burn like a fire? | |
| 48 Consider how short my life is, how shadowy the human destiny. | |
| 49 What mortal can live and never see death? Who will escape from the netherworld? | |
| 50 O Lord, where is your former great love, the faithfulness you pledged to David? | |
| 51 Remember, O Lord, how your servant is despised, how I suffer the scorn of the peoples, | |
| 52 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked every step of your anointed. | |
| 53 Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen, Amen. | |
