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A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.^(a)

I will sing about the Lord 's faithful love forever;^(b) I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.^(c)

For I will declare, "Faithful love is built up forever; You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."^(d)

The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.'"^(e) Selah

Lord , the heavens praise Your wonders^(f)— Your faithfulness also— in the assembly of the holy ones.^(g)

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord ? Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord ?^(h)

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround Him.⁽ⁱ⁾

Lord God of Hosts, who is strong like You, Lord ?^(j) Your faithfulness surrounds You.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them.^(k)

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(l) You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(m)

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it—You founded them.⁽ⁿ⁾

North and south—You created them.^(o) Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(p)

You have a mighty arm; Your hand is powerful; Your right hand is lifted high.^(q)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;^(r) faithful love and truth go before You.^(s)

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(t) Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(u)

They rejoice in Your name all day long, and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(v)

For You are their magnificent strength;^(w) by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(x)

Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord , our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(y)

You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(z)

I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(aa)

My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him.^(ab)

The enemy will not afflict^[e] him; no wicked man will oppress him.^(ac)

I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.^(ad)

My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.^(ae)

I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.^(af)

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(ag) my God, the rock of my salvation.'^(ah)

I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.^(ai)

I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure.^(aj)

I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](ak)

If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,^(al)

if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commands,^(am)

then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows.^(an)

But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness.^(ao)

I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.^(ap)

Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.^(aq)

His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me,^(ar)

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky."^(as) Selah

But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(at)

You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](au)

You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(av)

All who pass by plunder him;^(aw) he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.^(ax)

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(ay)

You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.^(az)

You have made his splendor^[h] cease and have overturned his throne.^(ba)

You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.^(bb) Selah

How long, Lord ? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(bc)

Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?^(bd)

What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(be) Selah

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(bf)

Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants— in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord , how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(bg)

May the Lord be praised forever. Amen and amen.^(bh)

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, Most High,^(a)

to declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night,^(b)

with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre.^(c)

For You have made me rejoice, Lord , by what You have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of Your hands.^(d)

How magnificent are Your works, Lord , how profound Your thoughts!^(e)

A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:^(f)

though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed.^(g)

But You, Lord , are exalted forever.^(h)

For indeed, Lord , Your enemies— indeed, Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.⁽ⁱ⁾

You have lifted up my horn^(j) like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed^[a] with oil.^(k)

My eyes look down on my enemies; my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.^(l)

The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.^(m)

Planted in the house of the Lord , they thrive in the courts of our God.⁽ⁿ⁾

They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green,^(o)

to declare: "The Lord is just; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."^(p)