| 1 | <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. |
| 2 | For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens. |
| 3 | I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant; |
| 4 | I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.) |
| 5 | In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints. |
| 6 | For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods? |
| 7 | God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him. |
| 8 | O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you. |
| 9 | You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm. |
| 10 | Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters. |
| 11 | Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it. |
| 12 | You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name. |
| 13 | Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand. |
| 14 | The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face. |
| 15 | Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way. |
| 16 | In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up. |
| 17 | For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up. |
| 18 | For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's. |
| 19 | Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people. |
| 20 | I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head. |
| 21 | My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength. |
| 22 | The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil. |
| 23 | I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows. |
| 24 | But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up. |
| 25 | I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
| 26 | He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. |
| 27 | And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth. |
| 28 | I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed. |
| 29 | His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens. |
| 30 | If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions; |
| 31 | If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept; |
| 32 | Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing. |
| 33 | But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith. |
| 34 | I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed. |
| 35 | I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David. |
| 36 | His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me. |
| 37 | It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.) |
| 38 | But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection. |
| 39 | You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth. |
| 40 | All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction. |
| 41 | All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours. |
| 42 | You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him. |
| 43 | His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight. |
| 44 | You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth. |
| 45 | You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.) |
| 46 | How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire? |
| 47 | See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? |
| 48 | What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.) |
| 49 | Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith? |
| 50 | Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart; |
| 51 | The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king. |
| 52 | Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it. |
