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

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

'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

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

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

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

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

Then 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.

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

And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,

And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

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

But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected;
You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.

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

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

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

Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword
And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

You have put an end to his splendor
And have hurled his throne to the ground.

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

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

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

Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

For all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.

The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely is holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

LORD, they have crushed your people, afflicting your heritage.

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."

Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.

Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.

Zion, hath heard and rejoiced, And the daughters of Judah, have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh:

Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done awesome deeds! His right hand and powerful arm have brought him victory.

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them.

O let me have understanding in the ways of Godliness, until the time that thou come unto me! I will walk in my house with a perfect heart.

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed, and I have even forgotten to eat my food.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

when the peoples and the kingdoms have gathered together to serve Jehovah.

Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands.

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, You are very great; You have put on honor and majesty,

Mountains rise up and valleys sink to the place you have ordained for them.

You set a boundary [for the waters] that they may not cross over,
So that they will not return to cover the earth.

that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild asses may quench their thirst.

Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches.

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

There the ships [of the sea] sail,
And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being.

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.