New Living Translation

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1I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

1I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

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

2For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

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

3You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:

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

4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

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

5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

6For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?

6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,

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

7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?

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

8O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?

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

9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

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

10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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

11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

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

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

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

13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.

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

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

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

15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,

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

16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.

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

17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.

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

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

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.

19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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

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

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

21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.

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

22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.

23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.

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

24My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.

24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

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

25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

26And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

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

27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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

28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

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

29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

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

30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,

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

31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

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

32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,

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

33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.

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

34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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

35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

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

36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.

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

37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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

38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.

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

39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.

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

40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

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

41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

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

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

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

43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.

44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.

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

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

45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

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

46How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

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

47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

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

48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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

49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

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

50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,

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

51with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

52Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

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