I Will Sing of His Love Forever 1 DBY An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation. 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 DBY For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. BSB BSB: For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 DBY I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant: BSB BSB: You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 DBY Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah. BSB BSB: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5 DBY And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness 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 DBY For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah? BSB BSB: For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 DBY God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him. BSB BSB: In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 DBY Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee. BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 DBY Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them. BSB BSB: You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 DBY Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. BSB BSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 DBY Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them. BSB BSB: The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 DBY The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name. BSB BSB: North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 DBY Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. BSB BSB: Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 DBY Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face. BSB BSB: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 DBY Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 DBY In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted. BSB BSB: They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 DBY For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. BSB BSB: For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 DBY For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king. BSB BSB: Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 DBY Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; 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 DBY 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 DBY With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him. BSB BSB: My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 DBY No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him; BSB BSB: No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 DBY But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him. BSB BSB: I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 DBY And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by 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 DBY And I will set his hand 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 DBY He shall call unto me, Thou art 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 DBY And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. BSB BSB: I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 DBY My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, 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 DBY And I will establish his seed 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 DBY If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances; BSB BSB: If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 DBY If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: BSB BSB: if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 DBY 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 DBY Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness; BSB BSB: But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 DBY My covenant will I not profane, 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 DBY Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David: BSB BSB: Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
36 DBY 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 DBY It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah. BSB BSB: like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
38 DBY But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed: BSB BSB: Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 DBY Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground: BSB BSB: You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 DBY Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. BSB BSB: You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 DBY All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours. BSB BSB: All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 DBY Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast 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 DBY Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle. BSB BSB: You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 DBY Thou hast made his brightness 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 DBY The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. BSB BSB: You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 DBY How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire? BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 DBY Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity? BSB BSB: Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 DBY What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. BSB BSB: What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 DBY Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? BSB BSB: Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 DBY Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants — that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples — BSB BSB: Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 DBY Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. BSB BSB: how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 DBY Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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