A 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.

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

The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.

You 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.

I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.

I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.’

Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”

If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,

Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You.

Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.

But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

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

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

I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.

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

But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.

North and south—You created them.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.

For You are their magnificent strength;
by Your favor our horn is exalted.

like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.

My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,

May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.

You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.

My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.

how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.

The enemy will not afflict him;
no wicked man will oppress him.

I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.

You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.

I will crush his foes 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 by plunder him;
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.

You have made his splendor cease
and have overturned his throne.

You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.