| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing about the LORD's faithful love forever; I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth. | 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 will declare," Faithful love is built up forever; You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens." | 2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness. |
| 3The LORD said," I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant: | 3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant. |
| 4I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for 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 |
| 5 LORD, the heavens praise Your wonders-- Your faithfulness also-- in the assembly of the holy ones. | 5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? | 6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? |
| 7God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him. | 7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him. |
| 8 LORD God of Hosts, who is strong like You, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds You. | 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you. |
| 9You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them. | 9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. |
| 10You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm. | 10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies. |
| 11The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it--You founded them. | 11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them. |
| 12North and south--You created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. | 12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. |
| 13You have a mighty arm; Your hand is powerful; Your right hand is lifted high. | 13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. |
| 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; faithful love and truth go before You. | 14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you. |
| 15Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence. | 15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. |
| 16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and they are exalted by Your righteousness. | 16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. |
| 17For You are their magnificent strength; by Your favor our horn is exalted. | 17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. |
| 18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. | 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 19You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from 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; I have anointed him with My sacred oil. | 20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil, |
| 21My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him. | 21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. |
| 22The enemy will not afflict him; no wicked man will oppress him. | 22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him. |
| 23I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him. | 23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. |
| 24My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted. | 24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. |
| 25I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers. | 25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. |
| 26He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.' | 26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
| 27I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth. | 27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. |
| 28I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure. | 28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. |
| 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts. | 29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. |
| 30If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances, | 30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances, |
| 31if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commands, | 31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, |
| 32then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows. | 32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. |
| 33But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness. | 33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful. |
| 34I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said. | 34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. |
| 35Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David. | 35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David. |
| 36His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me, | 36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me. |
| 37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." Selah | 37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude |
| 38But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed. | 38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one. |
| 39You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have completely dishonored his crown. | 39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground. |
| 40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins. | 40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. |
| 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors. | 41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. |
| 42You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. | 42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice. |
| 43You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle. | 43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. |
| 44You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne. | 44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. |
| 45You have shortened the days of his youth; You have 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? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger keep burning like fire? | 46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire? |
| 47Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing? | 47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! |
| 48What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah | 48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude |
| 49Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love that You swore to David in Your faithfulness? | 49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? |
| 50Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants-- in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples-- | 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people, |
| 51how Your enemies have ridiculed, LORD, how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed. | 51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed. |
| 52May the LORD be praised forever. Amen and amen. | 52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! |
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