1I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever;
3I have made a covenant with my chosen,
4Thy seed will I establish for ever,
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;
6For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?
7A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones,
8O Jehovah God of hosts,
9Thou rulest the pride of the sea:
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
12The north and the south, thou hast created them:
13Thou hast a mighty arm;
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
16In thy name do they rejoice all the day;
17For thou art the glory of their strength;
18For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;
19Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,
20I have found David my servant;
21With whom my hand shall be established;
22The enemy shall not exact from him,
23And I will beat down his adversaries before him,
24But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;
25I will set his hand also on the sea,
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,
27I also will make him my first-born,
28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
30If his children forsake my law,
31If they break my statutes,
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
34My covenant will I not break,
35Once have I sworn by my holiness:
36His seed shall endure for ever,
37It shall be established for ever as the moon,
38But thou hast cast off and rejected,
39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
41All that pass by the way rob him:
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
43Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,
44Thou hast made his brightness to cease,
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
47Oh remember how short my time is:
48What man is he that shall live and not see death,
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;
51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,
52Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.