“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.

O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

Who is [He then] this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory [who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies]. Selah.

Though an army encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
Even in this I am confident.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.

You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever].
Amen and Amen (so be it).

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Would not God discover this?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

Hear this, all peoples;
Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,

This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
Taking refuge in his wealth.”

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.

You will prolong the king’s life [adding days upon days];
His years will be like many generations.

God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

When I considered how to understand this,
It was too great an effort for me and too painful

And I said, “This is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

In spite of all this they still sinned,
For they did not believe in His wonderful and extraordinary works.

So He brought them to His holy land,
To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

For this is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

The Lord will count, when He registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah.

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.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?]
And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?

A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

Let this be recorded for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created will praise the Lord.

Let this be the reward of my attackers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my life.

And let them know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.

Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the Lord
From this time forth and forever.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it.

This is from the Lord and is His doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.

This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me and given me life.

This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],
That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]
From this time forth and forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.

O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.