| 1 | I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. |
| 2 | I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them." |
| 3 | "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, |
| 4 | 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah. |
| 5 | The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
| 6 | For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, |
| 7 | a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? |
| 8 | Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. |
| 9 | You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. |
| 10 | You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. |
| 11 | The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. |
| 12 | The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. |
| 13 | You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. |
| 14 | Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. |
| 15 | Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. |
| 16 | In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. |
| 17 | For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. |
| 18 | For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
| 19 | Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. |
| 20 | I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, |
| 21 | with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. |
| 22 | No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. |
| 23 | I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. |
| 24 | But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. |
| 25 | I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. |
| 26 | He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!' |
| 27 | I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. |
| 28 | I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. |
| 29 | I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
| 30 | If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances; |
| 31 | if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments; |
| 32 | then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
| 33 | But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. |
| 34 | I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. |
| 35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. |
| 36 | His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. |
| 37 | It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. |
| 38 | But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. |
| 39 | You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. |
| 40 | You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
| 41 | All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. |
| 42 | You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. |
| 43 | Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle. |
| 44 | You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. |
| 45 | You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. |
| 46 | How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47 | Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! |
| 48 | What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol ? Selah. |
| 49 | Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? |
| 50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, |
| 51 | With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. |
| 52 | Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV A Prayer by Moses, the man of God . |
