I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord
A Maskil89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of 1 Kgs. 4:31;1 Chr. 2:6Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 Ps. 101:1I will sing of ver. 14, 24, 28, 33, 49;[Isa. 55:3] the steadfast love of the Lord forever;
with my mouth I will make known your ver. 5, 8, 24, 33, 49;Ps. 88:11;119:90faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, [See ver. 1above] "Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens See Ps. 36:5you will establish your [See ver. 1above]faithfulness."
3 You have said, "I have made ver. 28, 34, 39a covenant with my ver. 19;1 Kgs. 8:16;Isa. 42:1chosen one;
I have ver. 35, 49;Ps. 132:11;See 2 Sam. 7:8-16;1 Chr. 17:7-14;Jer. 33:17-21sworn to David my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your ver. 29, 36;John 12:34offspring forever,
and build your ver. 29, 36;[Isa. 9:7;Luke 1:32,33]throne for all generations.’" Selah
5 Let Ps. 19:1;50:6;97:6;See Rev. 7:10-12the heavens praise your Ps. 88:12wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of ver. 7;Job 5:1;15:15;[Job 1:6]the holy ones!
6 For ver. 8;[Ps. 86:8]who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
ver. 8;[Ps. 86:8]Who among the heavenly beings89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might is like the Lord,
7 a God greatly See Ps. 47:2to be feared in the council of [See ver. 5above] the holy ones,
and awesome above all [Ps. 103:20,21]who are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
[1 Sam. 2:2]; See Ps. 35:10who is mighty as you are, O See Ps. 68:4Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you Ps. 65:7;Job 38:11still them.
10 You [Ex. 14:30] crushed See Job 9:13Rahab like a carcass;
you See Ps. 53:5scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 Gen. 1:1;1 Chr. 29:11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
See Ps. 24:1the world and all that is in it, you have See Ps. 104:5founded them.
12 Job 26:7The north and the south, you have created them;
Jer. 46:18Tabor and Deut. 3:9Hermon Ps. 98:8joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 Ps. 97:2Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
ver. 2;[Ps. 85:13]steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are the people who know See Ps. 66:1the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in See Ps. 4:6the light of your face,
16 who exult in your [Ps. 20:5,7] name all the day
and in your righteousness are [Job 36:7]exalted.
17 For you are [Ps. 78:61] the glory of their strength;
by your favor our ver. 24;See Ps. 75:10horn is exalted.
18 For our Ps. 47:9shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to See Ps. 71:22the Holy One of Israel.
19 [ver. 3, 4] Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones and said:
"I have [Ps. 21:5] granted help to one who is 2 Sam. 17:10mighty;
I have exalted one See ver. 3chosen from the people.
20 Cited Acts 13:22I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have 1 Sam. 16:13anointed him,
21 so that my Ps. 80:17hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
[2 Sam. 7:10]the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will [2 Sam. 7:9]; See Ps. 2:9crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My ver. 1faithfulness and my ver. 1steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his ver. 17horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on See Ps. 72:8the sea
and his right hand on See Ps. 72:8the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my [2 Sam. 7:14] Father,
my God, and [Ps. 18:2]the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the Ex. 4:22;[Rom. 8:29;Col. 1:15,18;Heb. 1:5] firstborn,
Num. 24:7;[Rev. 19:16]the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my See ver. 3covenant will stand firm89:28 Or will remain faithful for him.
29 I will establish his See ver. 4offspring forever
and his See ver. 4throne as See Job 14:12the days of the heavens.
30 2 Sam. 7:14;1 Kgs. 2:4If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,89:30 Or my just decrees
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with See Job 9:34the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my [See ver. 28above]covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn See Ps. 60:6by my holiness;
I will not [Heb. 6:18]lie to David.
36 His [See ver. 29above] offspring shall endure forever,
See ver. 4his [See ver. 29above] throne as long as See Ps. 72:5the sun before me.
37 Like [See ver. 36above] the moon it shall be established forever,
See Job 16:19a faithful witness in the skies." Selah
38 But now you have See Ps. 44:9cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your ver. 20, 51anointed.
39 You have Lam. 2:7renounced See ver. 3the covenant with your servant;
you have See Ps. 74:7defiled his Job 19:9crown in the dust.
40 You have See Ps. 80:12breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 [See ver. 40above] All who pass by plunder him;
he has become [ver. 50]; See Ps. 44:13;69:9,19the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
44 You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short Ps. 102:23the days of his youth;
you have Ps. 71:13;109:29covered him with shame. Selah
46 See Ps. 13:1How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath Ps. 78:63;79:5burn like fire?
47 Job 7:7;10:9Remember [Job 14:1] how short my Ps. 39:5time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 [Ps. 49:9] What man can live and never [Luke 2:26;Heb. 11:5] see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of See Ps. 16:10Sheol? Selah
49 Lord, where is your [ver. 1, 2]steadfast love of old,
which by your [ver. 1, 2]faithfulness you swore to David?
50 [ver. 41]; See Ps. 74:18,22Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my Ps. 79:12heart the insults89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock [Ps. 17:11;56:6] the footsteps of your ver. 20, 38anointed.
52 See Ps. 41:13Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.