Maschil
of Ethan
the Ezrahite.
I will sing
of the mercies
of the LORD
for ever:
with my mouth
will I make known
thy faithfulness
to all
generations.
For I have said,
Mercy
shall be built up
for ever:
thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish
in the very heavens.
I have made
a covenant
with my chosen,
I have sworn
unto David
my servant,
Thy seed
will I establish
for
ever,
and build up
thy throne
to all
generations.
Selah.
And the heavens
shall praise
thy wonders,
O LORD:
thy faithfulness
also in the congregation
of the saints.
For who in the heaven
can be compared
unto the LORD?
who among the sons
of the mighty
can be likened
unto the LORD?
God
is greatly
to be feared
in the assembly
of the saints,
and to be had in reverence
of all them that are about
him.
O LORD
God
of hosts,
who is a strong
LORD
like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness
round about
thee?
Thou rulest
the raging
of the sea:
when the waves
thereof arise,
thou stillest
them.
Thou hast broken
Rahab
in pieces,
as one that is slain;
thou hast scattered
thine enemies
with thy strong
arm.
The heavens
are thine, the earth
also is thine: as for the world
and the fulness
thereof, thou hast founded
them.
The north
and the south
thou hast created
them: Tabor
and Hermon
shall rejoice
in thy name.
Thou hast a mighty
arm:
strong
is thy hand,
and high
is thy right hand.
Justice
and judgment
are the habitation
of thy throne:
mercy
and truth
shall go
before thy face.
Blessed
is the people
that know
the joyful sound:
they shall walk,
O LORD,
in the light
of thy countenance.
In thy name
shall they rejoice
all the day:
and in thy righteousness
shall they be exalted.
For thou art the glory
of their strength:
and in thy favour
our horn
shall be exalted.
For the LORD
is our defence;
and the Holy One
of Israel
is our king.
Then thou spakest
in vision
to thy holy one,
and saidst,
I have laid
help
upon one that is mighty;
I have exalted
one chosen
out of the people.
I have found
David
my servant;
with my holy
oil
have I anointed
him:
With whom my hand
shall be established:
mine arm
also shall strengthen
him.
The enemy
shall not exact
upon him; nor the son
of wickedness
afflict
him.
And I will beat down
his foes
before his face,
and plague
them that hate
him.
But my faithfulness
and my mercy
shall be with him: and in my name
shall his horn
be exalted.
I will set
his hand
also in the sea,
and his right hand
in the rivers.
He shall cry
unto me, Thou art my father,
my God,
and the rock
of my salvation.
Also I will make
him my firstborn,
higher
than the kings
of the earth.
My mercy
will I keep
for him for evermore,
and my covenant
shall stand fast
with him.
His seed
also will I make
to endure for ever,
and his throne
as the days
of heaven.
If his children
forsake
my law,
and walk
not in my judgments;
If they break
my statutes,
and keep
not my commandments;
Then will I visit
their transgression
with the rod,
and their iniquity
with stripes.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness
will I not utterly take
from him, nor suffer my faithfulness
to fail.
My covenant
will I not break,
nor alter
the thing that is gone out
of my lips.
Once
have I sworn
by my holiness
that I will not lie
unto David.
His seed
shall endure for ever,
and his throne
as the sun
before me.
It shall be established
for ever
as the moon,
and as a faithful
witness
in heaven.
Selah.
But thou hast cast off
and abhorred,
thou hast been wroth
with thine anointed.
Thou hast made void
the covenant
of thy servant:
thou hast profaned
his crown
by casting it to the ground.
Thou hast broken down
all his hedges;
thou hast brought
his strong holds
to ruin.
All that pass by
the way
spoil
him: he is a reproach
to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up
the right hand
of his adversaries;
thou hast made all his enemies
to rejoice.
Thou hast also turned
the edge
of his sword,
and hast not made him to stand
in the battle.
Thou hast made his glory
to cease,
and cast
his throne
down
to the ground.
The days
of his youth
hast thou shortened:
thou hast covered
him with shame.
Selah.
How long, LORD?
wilt thou hide
thyself for ever?
shall thy wrath
burn
like fire?
Remember
how short
my time is: wherefore hast thou made
all men
in vain?
What man
is he that liveth,
and shall not see
death?
shall he deliver
his soul
from the hand
of the grave?
Selah.
Lord,
where are thy former
lovingkindnesses,
which thou swarest
unto David
in thy truth?
Remember,
Lord,
the reproach
of thy servants;
how I do bear
in my bosom
the reproach of all the mighty
people;
Wherewith thine enemies
have reproached,
O LORD;
wherewith they have reproached
the footsteps
of thine anointed.
Blessed
be the LORD
for evermore.
Amen,
and Amen.
