New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I will sing of the LORD ’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
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An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
2 Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
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For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
3 The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:
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I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude
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`Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
5 All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD ; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
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and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
6 For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD ? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD ?
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For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
7 The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
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God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD ? You are entirely faithful.
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O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9 You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
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Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10 You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
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Thine [are] the heavens -- the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12 You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
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North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13 Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
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Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high Thy right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
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Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
15 Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD .
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O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16 They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.
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In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17 You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.
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For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18 Yes, our protection comes from the LORD, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
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For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.
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Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
20 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
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I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
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With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22 His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.
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An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.
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And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24 My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.
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And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25 I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
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And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
26 And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
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He proclaimeth me: `Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.
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I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.
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To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29 I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
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And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,
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If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
31 if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
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If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
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I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33 But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.
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And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.
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I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35 I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:
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Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36 His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.
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His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
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As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah.
38 But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.
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And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39 You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.
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Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
40 You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.
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Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41 Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
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Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
42 You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.
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Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.
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Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44 You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
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Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45 You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude
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Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah.
46 O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
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Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47 Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
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Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48 No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
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Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
49 Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
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Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
50 Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
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Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD ; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
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Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52 Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!
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Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
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