King James Bible

New Living Translation

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 of the LORD’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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

2Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

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

3The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

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

4‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

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

5All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.

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 all of heaven can compare with the LORD? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?

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.

7The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

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

8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD? You are entirely faithful.

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

9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

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

10You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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

11The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.

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

12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

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

13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.

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

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.

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

15Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

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

16They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.

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

17You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.

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

18Yes, our protection comes from the LORD, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.

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.

19Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.

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 holy oil.

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

21I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.

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

22His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.

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

23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy 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 unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.

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

25I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.

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

26And he will call out 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.

27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.

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

28I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.

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

29I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

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

30But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

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

31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

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

32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.

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

33But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.

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

34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.

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

35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:

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

36His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.

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

37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude

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

38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.

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

39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.

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

40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.

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

41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

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

42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.

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

43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

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

44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.

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

45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude

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

46O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

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

47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

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

48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude

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

49Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

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

50Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

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

51Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

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

52Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

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