1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will…
2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built…
3You said, “I have made a covenant with…
4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build…
5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness…
6For who in the skies can compare with…
7In the council of the holy ones, God…
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like…
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves…
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered…
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth.…
12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon…
13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand.…
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your…
15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound,…
16They rejoice in Your name all day long,…
17For You are the glory of their strength,…
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and…
19You once spoke in a vision; to Your…
20I have found My servant David; with My…
21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm…
22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man…
23I will crush his foes before him and…
24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with…
25I will set his hand over the sea,…
26He will call to Me, ‘You are my…
27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn,…
28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for…
29I will establish his line forever, his throne…
30If his sons forsake My law and do…
31if they violate My statutes and fail to…
32I will attend to their transgression with the…
33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion…
34I will not violate My covenant or alter…
35Once and for all I have sworn by…
36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne…
37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness…
38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him;…
39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant…
40You have broken down all his walls; You…
41All who pass by plunder him; he has…
42You have exalted the right hand of his…
43You have bent the edge of his sword…
44You have ended his splendor and cast his…
45You have cut short the days of his…
46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself…
47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what…
48What man can live and never see death?…
49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of…
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants,…
51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and…
52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
