I Will Sing of His Love Forever 1 AKJV Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations. BSB BSB: A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 AKJV For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens. BSB BSB: For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 AKJV I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant, BSB BSB: You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 AKJV Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah. BSB BSB: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5 AKJV And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. BSB BSB: The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 AKJV For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? BSB BSB: For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 AKJV O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you? BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 AKJV You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them. BSB BSB: You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 AKJV You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. BSB BSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 AKJV The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them. BSB BSB: The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 AKJV The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name. BSB BSB: North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 AKJV You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand. BSB BSB: Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 AKJV Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face. BSB BSB: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 AKJV Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 AKJV In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted. BSB BSB: They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 AKJV For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted. BSB BSB: For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 AKJV For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. BSB BSB: Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 AKJV Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. BSB BSB: You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 AKJV I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: BSB BSB: I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 AKJV With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him. BSB BSB: My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 AKJV The enemy shall not exact on him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. BSB BSB: No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 AKJV And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. BSB BSB: I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 AKJV But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. BSB BSB: My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 AKJV I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. BSB BSB: I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 AKJV He shall cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. BSB BSB: He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 AKJV Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. BSB BSB: I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 AKJV My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. BSB BSB: I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 AKJV His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. BSB BSB: I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 AKJV If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; BSB BSB: If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 AKJV If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; BSB BSB: if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 AKJV Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. BSB BSB: I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 AKJV Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. BSB BSB: But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 AKJV My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. BSB BSB: I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 AKJV Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. BSB BSB: Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
36 AKJV His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. BSB BSB: his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 AKJV It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. BSB BSB: like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
38 AKJV But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed. BSB BSB: Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 AKJV You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. BSB BSB: You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 AKJV You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin. BSB BSB: You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 AKJV All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors. BSB BSB: All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 AKJV You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice. BSB BSB: You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 AKJV You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle. BSB BSB: You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 AKJV You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. BSB BSB: You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 AKJV The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. Selah. BSB BSB: You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 AKJV How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire? BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 AKJV Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain? BSB BSB: Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 AKJV What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. BSB BSB: What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 AKJV Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth? BSB BSB: Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 AKJV Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; BSB BSB: Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 AKJV With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed. BSB BSB: how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 AKJV Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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