1 I will sing about the  Lord’s faithful love forever;  *

I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations

with my mouth.  *

2 For I will declare,

"Faithful love is built up forever;

you establish your faithfulness in the heavens."  *

3 The Lord said,

"I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever

and build up your throne for all generations.’ "  *Selah

5 Lord, the heavens praise your wonders  *  —

your faithfulness also —

in the assembly of the holy ones.  *

6 For who in the skies can compare with the  Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings  * is like the  Lord?  *

7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,

more awe-inspiring than  * all who surround him.  *

8 Lord God of Armies,

who is strong like you,  Lord?  *

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

9 You rule the raging sea;

when its waves surge, you still them.  *

10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;  *

you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.  *

11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.

The world and everything in it — you founded them.  *

12 North and south — you created them.  *

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.  *

13 You have a mighty arm;

your hand is powerful;

your right hand is lifted high.  *

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation

of your throne;  *

faithful love and truth go before you.  *

15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;  *

Lord, they walk in the light from your face.  *

16 They rejoice in your name all day long,

and they are exalted by your righteousness.  *

17 For you are their magnificent strength;  *

by your favor our horn is exalted.  *

18 Surely our shield  * belongs to the  Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.  *

19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones

and said, "I have granted help to a warrior;

I have exalted one chosen  * from the people.  *

20 I have found David my servant;

I have anointed him with my sacred oil.  *

21 My hand will always be with him,

and my arm will strengthen him.  *

22 The enemy will not oppress  *  him;

the wicked will not afflict him.  *

23 I will crush his foes before him

and strike those who hate him.  *

24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,

and through my name

his horn will be exalted.  *

25 I will extend his power to the sea

and his right hand to the rivers.  *

26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,  *

my God, the rock of my salvation.’  *

27 I will also make him my firstborn,

greatest of the kings of the earth.  *

28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,

and my covenant with him will endure.  *

29 I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as heaven lasts.  *,*

30 If his sons abandon my instruction

and do not live by my ordinances,  *

31 if they dishonor my statutes

and do not keep my commands,  *

32 then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.  *

33 But I will not withdraw

my faithful love from him

or betray my faithfulness.  *

34 I will not violate my covenant

or change what my lips have said.  *

35 Once and for all

I have sworn an oath by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.  *

36 His offspring will continue forever,

his throne like the sun before me,  *

37 like the moon, established forever,

a faithful witness in the sky."  *Selah

38 But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.  *

39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have completely dishonored his crown.  *,*

40 You have broken down all his walls;

you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.  *

41 All who pass by plunder him;  *

he has become an object of ridicule

to his neighbors.  *

42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.  *

43 You have also turned back his sharp sword

and have not let him stand in battle.  *

44 You have made his splendor  *  cease

and have overturned his throne.  *

45 You have shortened the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.  *Selah

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?

Will your anger keep burning like fire?  *

47 Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?  *

48 What courageous person can live and never see death?

Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?  *Selah

49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love

that you swore to David in your faithfulness?  *

50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants —

in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples —

51 how your enemies have ridiculed,  Lord,

how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.  *

52 Blessed be the Lord  forever.

Amen and amen.  *