A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

“I have made a covenant with My chosen;
I have sworn to David My servant,

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.

“My covenant I will not violate,
Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

“I also shall make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

“I have found David My servant;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,

A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord,

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all it contains, You have founded them.

What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

“Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

But You have cast off and rejected,
You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain;
You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

I will establish your seed forever
And build up your throne to all generations.” Selah.

“So I will establish his descendants forever
And his throne as the days of heaven.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

“But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

“His descendants shall endure forever
And his throne as the sun before Me.

How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

You have a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

For You are the glory of their strength,
And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

“It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants;
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod
And their iniquity with stripes.

“My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his horn will be exalted.

Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

If they violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,

Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

You have spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crown in the dust.

With whom My hand will be established;
My arm also will strengthen him.

With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

“The enemy will not deceive him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

“I shall also set his hand on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.

You have broken down all his walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

“But I shall crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame. Selah.

All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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

You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have not made him stand in battle.

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.