1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.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.Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” SelahIt will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. [Selah38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. SelahYou have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? SelahWhat man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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