| 1 A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
| 2 The promises of the LORD I will sing forever, proclaim your loyalty through all ages. |
| 3 For you said, "My love is established forever; my loyalty will stand as long as the heavens. |
| 4 I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: |
| 5 I will make your dynasty stand forever and establish your throne through all ages." Selah |
| 6 The heavens praise your marvels, LORD, your loyalty in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 7 Who in the skies ranks with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the gods? |
| 8 A God dreaded in the council of the holy ones, greater and more awesome than all who sit there! |
| 9 LORD, God of hosts, who is like you? Mighty LORD, your loyalty is always present. |
| 10 You rule the raging sea; you still its swelling waves. |
| 11 You crushed Rahab with a mortal blow; your strong arm scattered your foes. |
| 12 Yours are the heavens, yours the earth; you founded the world and everything in it. |
| 13 Zaphon and Amanus you created; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. |
| 14 Mighty your arm, strong your hand, your right hand is ever exalted. |
| 15 Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne; love and loyalty march before you. |
| 16 Happy the people who know you, LORD, who walk in the radiance of your face. |
| 17 In your name they sing joyfully all the day; at your victory they raise the festal shout. |
| 18 You are their majestic strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. |
| 19 Truly the LORD is our shield, the Holy One of Israel, our king! |
| 20 Once you spoke in vision; to your faithful ones you said: "I have set a leader over the warriors; I have raised up a hero from the army. |
| 21 I have chosen David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him. |
| 22 My hand will be with him; my arm will make him strong. |
| 23 No enemy shall outwit him, nor shall the wicked defeat him. |
| 24 I will crush his foes before him, strike down those who hate him. |
| 25 My loyalty and love will be with him; through my name his horn will be exalted. |
| 26 I will set his hand upon the sea, his right hand upon the rivers. |
| 27 He shall cry to me,'You are my father, my God, the Rock that brings me victory!' |
| 28 I myself make him firstborn, Most High over the kings of the earth. |
| 29 Forever I will maintain my love for him; my covenant with him stands firm. |
| 30 I will establish his dynasty forever, his throne as the days of the heavens. |
| 31 If his descendants forsake my law, do not follow my decrees, |
| 32 If they fail to observe my statutes, do not keep my commandments, |
| 33 I will punish their crime with a rod and their guilt with lashes. |
| 34 But I will not take my love from him, nor will I betray my bond of loyalty. |
| 35 I will not violate my covenant; the promise of my lips I will not alter. |
| 36 By my holiness I swore once for all: I will never be false to David. |
| 37 His dynasty will continue forever, his throne, like the sun before me. |
| 38 Like the moon it will stand eternal, forever firm like the sky!" Selah |
| 39 But now you have rejected and spurned, been enraged at your anointed. |
| 40 You renounced the covenant with your servant, defiled his crown in the dust. |
| 41 You broke down all his defenses, left his strongholds in ruins. |
| 42 All who pass through seize plunder; his neighbors deride him. |
| 43 You have exalted the right hand of his foes, have gladdened all his enemies. |
| 44 You turned back his sharp sword, did not support him in battle. |
| 45 You brought to an end his splendor, hurled his throne to the ground. |
| 46 You cut short the days of his youth, covered him with shame. Selah |
| 47 How long, LORD? Will you stay hidden forever? Must your wrath smolder like fire? |
| 48 Remember how brief is my life, how frail the race you created! |
| 49 What mortal can live and not see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah |
| 50 Where are your promises of old, Lord, the loyalty sworn to David? |
| 51 Remember, Lord, the insults to your servants, how I bear all the slanders of the nations. |
| 52 Your enemies, LORD, insult your anointed; they insult my every endeavor. |
| 53 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen! |
