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1 I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
1 I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
2 For I say, "Forever [your] loyal love is built up. [The] heavens you have established [with] your faithfulness in them."
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
3 "I made a covenant with my chosen one; I swore [an oath] to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”
4 'I will establish your descendants forever, and I will build up your throne {from generation to generation}.'" Selah
5 The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
5 And [so the] heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in [the] assembly of [the] holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
6 For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,
7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
7 a God feared greatly in the council of [the] holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?
8 Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
8 O Yahweh God [of] hosts, who [is] mighty like you, O Yah, with your faithfulness surrounding you?
9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
9 You are ruling the surging of the sea. When its waves rise, {you yourself still} them.
10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
10 {You yourself crushed} Rahab like one [who is] slain; you scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
11 [The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them.
12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
12 North and south, you created them; Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully over your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
13 You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong; your right hand reaches high.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
14 Righteousness and justice [are] the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness come before your face.
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
15 Blessed [are] the people who know [the] joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.
16 In your name they rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they rise up.
17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
17 For you [are] the glory of their strength, and by your favor our horn rises up,
18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
18 because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
19 Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from [the] people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
20 I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,
21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
21 with whom my hand will be steadfast. Surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.
22 [The] enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man} will afflict him.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
23 But I will crush his adversaries before him, and I will strike those who hate him.
24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
24 And [so] my faithfulness and my loyal love [will be] with him, and in my name his horn will rise up.
25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
25 And I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
26 He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
27 I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
28 Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant [will be] reliable for him.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
29 I will also establish his offspring forever, and his throne as [the] days of [the] heavens.
30 “If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
30 If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,
31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
31 if they defile my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
32 then I will punish their transgression with [a] rod, and their guilt with wounds.
33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
33 But I will not break off my loyal love from him, and I will not be false against my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
34 I will not defile my covenant, or alter what proceeded from my lips.
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness— and I will not lie to David—
35 Once I have sworn by my holiness, 'I will surely not lie to David,
36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
36 His offspring will endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
37 Like [the] moon it will be steadfast forever, and [like] an enduring witness in the sky.'" Selah
38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
38 But you have spurned and rejected; you are very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dirt.
40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
40 You have broken down all his walls; you have made his fortifications a ruin.
41 All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
41 All passing along [the] road plunder him; he has become a taunt to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
42 You have raised the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand [his ground] in the battle.
44 You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
44 You have made his splendor to cease, and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
46 How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire [forever]?
47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
47 Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.
48 Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
48 What man can live [on] and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the {power} of Sheol? Selah
49 Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
49 Where [are] your former acts of loyal love, O Lord, [that] you swore to David by your faithfulness?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
50 Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, [how] I bear in my bosom [the taunts of] all [the] many peoples,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
51 [by] which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, [by] which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.
52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.
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