| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
| 3 | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, |
| 4 | Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. |
| 5 | And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. |
| 6 | For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
| 9 | Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. |
| 10 | Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
| 11 | The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
| 12 | The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
| 13 | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand. |
| 14 | Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. |
| 15 | Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. |
| 16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
| 17 | For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. |
| 18 | For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king. |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: |
| 21 | With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
| 22 | The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
| 23 | And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. |
| 24 | But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
| 25 | I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
| 26 | He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. |
| 27 | Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. |
| 28 | My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. |
| 29 | His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
| 30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; |
| 31 | If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
| 32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
| 33 | Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
| 34 | My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
| 35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. |
| 36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. |
| 37 | It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
| 38 | But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. |
| 39 | Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground. |
| 40 | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. |
| 41 | All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. |
| 42 | Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
| 43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
| 44 | Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. |
| 45 | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. |
| 46 | How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? |
| 47 | Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? |
| 48 | What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
| 49 | Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth? |
| 50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people; |
| 51 | Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
| 52 | Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
