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1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.

2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant.

4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

4"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude

5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings?

7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.

10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.

11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them.

12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious.

14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you.

15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.

16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice.

17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power.

18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

19You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.

22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.

23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.

24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.

25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.

26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.

29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,

32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.

37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude

38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.

39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground.

40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.

41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.

43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.

45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude

46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?

47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!

48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,

51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

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