1 Cantarei para sempre as tuas misericórdias, ó Senhor;

os meus lábios proclamarão a todas as gerações a tua fidelidade.

2 Pois disse eu: a benignidade está fundada para sempre;

a tua fidelidade, tu a confirmarás nos céus, dizendo:

3 Fiz aliança com o meu escolhido

e jurei a Davi, meu servo:

4 Para sempre estabelecerei a tua posteridade

e firmarei o teu trono de geração em geração.

5 Celebram os céus as tuas maravilhas, ó Senhor,

e, na assembleia dos santos, a tua fidelidade.

6 Pois quem nos céus é comparável ao Senhor?

Entre os seres celestiais, quem é semelhante ao Senhor?

7 Deus é sobremodo tremendo na assembleia dos santos

e temível sobre todos os que o rodeiam.

8 Ó Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos,

quem é poderoso como tu és, Senhor,

com a tua fidelidade ao redor de ti?!

9 Dominas a fúria do mar;

quando as suas ondas se levantam, tu as amainas.

10 Calcaste a Raabe, como um ferido de morte;

com o teu poderoso braço dispersaste os teus inimigos.

11 Teus são os céus, tua, a terra;

o mundo e a sua plenitude, tu os fundaste.

12 O Norte e o Sul, tu os criaste;

o Tabor e o Hermom exultam em teu nome.

13 O teu braço é armado de poder,

forte é a tua mão, e elevada, a tua destra.

14 Justiça e direito são o fundamento do teu trono;

graça e verdade te precedem.

15 Bem-aventurado o povo que conhece os vivas de júbilo,

que anda, ó Senhor, na luz da tua presença.

16 Em teu nome, de contínuo se alegra

e na tua justiça se exalta,

17 porquanto tu és a glória de sua força;

no teu favor avulta o nosso poder.

18 Pois ao Senhor pertence o nosso escudo,

e ao Santo de Israel, o nosso rei.

19 Outrora, falaste em visão aos teus santos e disseste:

A um herói concedi o poder de socorrer;

do meio do povo, exaltei um escolhido.

20 Encontrei Davi, meu servo;

com o meu santo óleo o ungi.

21 A minha mão será firme com ele,

o meu braço o fortalecerá.

22 O inimigo jamais o surpreenderá,

nem o há de afligir o filho da perversidade.

23 Esmagarei diante dele os seus adversários

e ferirei os que o odeiam.

24 A minha fidelidade e a minha bondade o hão de acompanhar,

e em meu nome crescerá o seu poder.

25 Porei a sua mão sobre o mar

e a sua direita, sobre os rios.

26 Ele me invocará, dizendo: Tu és meu pai,

meu Deus e a rocha da minha salvação.

27 Fá-lo-ei, por isso, meu primogênito,

o mais elevado entre os reis da terra.

28 Conservar-lhe-ei para sempre a minha graça

e, firme com ele, a minha aliança.

29 Farei durar para sempre a sua descendência;

e, o seu trono, como os dias do céu.

30 Se os seus filhos desprezarem a minha lei

e não andarem nos meus juízos,

31 se violarem os meus preceitos

e não guardarem os meus mandamentos,

32 então, punirei com vara as suas transgressões

e com açoites, a sua iniquidade.

33 Mas jamais retirarei dele a minha bondade,

nem desmentirei a minha fidelidade.

34 Não violarei a minha aliança,

nem modificarei o que os meus lábios proferiram.

35 Uma vez jurei por minha santidade

(e serei eu falso a Davi?):

36 A sua posteridade durará para sempre,

e o seu trono, como o sol perante mim.

37 Ele será estabelecido para sempre como a lua

e fiel como a testemunha no espaço.

38 Tu, porém, o repudiaste e o rejeitaste;

e te indignaste com o teu ungido.

39 Aborreceste a aliança com o teu servo;

profanaste-lhe a coroa, arrojando-a para a terra.

40 Arrasaste os seus muros todos;

reduziste a ruínas as suas fortificações.

41 Despojam-no todos os que passam pelo caminho;

e os vizinhos o escarnecem.

42 Exaltaste a destra dos seus adversários

e deste regozijo a todos os seus inimigos.

43 Também viraste o fio da sua espada

e não o sustentaste na batalha.

44 Fizeste cessar o seu esplendor

e deitaste por terra o seu trono.

45 Abreviaste os dias da sua mocidade

e o cobriste de ignomínia.

46 Até quando, Senhor? Esconder-te-ás para sempre?

Arderá a tua ira como fogo?

47 Lembra-te de como é breve a minha existência!

Pois criarias em vão todos os filhos dos homens!

48 Que homem há, que viva e não veja a morte?

Ou que livre a sua alma das garras do sepulcro?

49 Que é feito, Senhor, das tuas benignidades de outrora,

juradas a Davi por tua fidelidade?

50 Lembra-te, Senhor, do opróbrio dos teus servos

e de como trago no peito a injúria de muitos povos,

51 com que, Senhor, os teus inimigos têm vilipendiado,

sim, vilipendiado os passos do teu ungido.

52 Bendito seja o Senhor para sempre! Amém e amém!

1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah 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 wilt 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 Jehovah;

Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?

Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones,

And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

8 O Jehovah God of hosts,

Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah?

And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Thou rulest the pride 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 the arm of thy strength.

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:

The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

12 The north and the south, thou hast created them:

Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

13 Thou hast a mighty arm;

Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:

Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:

They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day;

And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For thou art the glory of their strength;

And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,

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 from him,

Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him,

And smite them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;

And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand also on the sea,

And his right hand on the rivers.

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,

My God, and the rock of my salvation.

27 I also will make him my first-born,

The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 My lovingkindness 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 mine ordinances;

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 But 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:

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 the faithful witness in the sky. [Selah

38 But thou hast cast off and rejected,

Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 Thou hast abhorred 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 strongholds to ruin.

41 All that pass by the way rob him:

He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,

And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his brightness 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, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?

How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Oh remember how short my time is:

For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

48 What man is he that shall live and not see death,

That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,

Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;

How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,

Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.

Amen, and Amen.

1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

4 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" [^1]

5 The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, 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?

7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

8 Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

13 Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.

17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. [^2]

18 Indeed, our shield "belongs to the LORD, 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.

20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

22 The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.

23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn "will be exalted.

25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'

27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30 "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness — and I will not lie to David —

36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky."

38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

41 All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; 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.

44 You have put an end to his splendor 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.

46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!

48 Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?

49 Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has "been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

51 the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.