I Will Sing of His Love Forever 1 UST Yahweh, I will always sing about how faithfully you love your people. I will tell my children and grandchildren that you always do what you promise. 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 UST I know that you will always love us faithfully. Just as the sky is permanent, so you will always be faithful to us. BSB BSB: For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 UST Yahweh has said,“I made a covenant with the man I chose{ to be the king of Israel}. That was David, who loyally obeyed me. I made a solemn promise to him. BSB BSB: You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 UST I said,‘I will make sure that your descendants always rule as kings; yes, I will make sure that your dynasty never ends.’” Selah BSB BSB: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5 UST Yahweh, the angels in heaven praise you for the wonderful things you do, When those holy beings gather, they celebrate how you always do what you promise. BSB BSB: The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 UST No one in the sky is equal to Yahweh! None of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh! BSB BSB: For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 UST When the holy beings gather together, they all respect God greatly. Everyone around his throne honors him. BSB BSB: In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 UST Yahweh, you are the God who commands the heavenly armies. No one is as mighty as you are! You are always faithful in every way. BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 UST You control the sea so that it does not become too violent; when its waves become too large, you make them smaller. BSB BSB: You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 UST It was you who{ put the world in order as you created it, as if you had} completely destroyed the sea monster Rahab; You used your great power to defeat your enemies. BSB BSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 UST Because you created the world and everything in it, the sky belongs to you, and the earth also belongs to you. BSB BSB: The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 UST You created the full extent of the world around us. You made everything to the north and to the south. You made everything to the west, where Mount Tabor is, and you made everything to the east, where Mount Hermon is. People throughout the world joyfully praise you because of who you are. BSB BSB: North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 UST You are very powerful; yes, you are very strong, and you use your power to do great things. BSB BSB: Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 UST As you rule, you always do what is right and just, and you are always faithful and true in everything you do. BSB BSB: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 UST Yahweh, the people who worship you with joyful shouts have truly good lives; they enjoy your favor as they live. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 UST They rejoice continually because of who you are, and they celebrate how you always do what is right. BSB BSB: They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 UST You make your people strong and glorious, and because you were pleased with us, you gave us a good king. BSB BSB: For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 UST The one who protects us belongs to you, Yahweh; yes, our king belongs to you, the holy God whom we Israelites worship. BSB BSB: Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 UST Long ago you spoke in a vision to the Israelites who were loyal to you. You said,“I have given strength to a mighty warrior; I have chosen a young man from among the people{ to be the king}. 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 UST I have found David, who loyally obeys me, and I have had people anoint him with my holy oil{ to appoint him as king}. BSB BSB: I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 UST I will always support him with my power; indeed, I will make him strong. BSB BSB: My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 UST He will never have to pay tribute to a foreign ruler, and no wicked enemy will defeat him. BSB BSB: No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 UST I will defeat his opponents when they fight against him; yes, I will destroy his enemies. BSB BSB: I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 UST I will always be faithful to him and treat him kindly, and I will make him a great ruler by my own authority. BSB BSB: My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 UST I will make his realm extend from the Great Sea to the Euphrates River. BSB BSB: I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 UST He will call out to me,‘You are my Father; you are my God, the one who protects me and saves me!’ BSB BSB: He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 UST For my part, I will treat him as if he were my firstborn son, and I will make him the greatest of all the kings on the earth. BSB BSB: I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 UST I will always love him faithfully, and I will always honor my covenant with him. BSB BSB: I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 UST I will make sure that his descendants always rule as kings, so that his dynasty lasts as long as the sky exists. BSB BSB: I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 UST However, if his descendants disobey my instructions and do not live according to what I have decreed, BSB BSB: If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 UST if they treat my decrees as something they can ignore, and if they do not obey my commands, BSB BSB: if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 UST then I will punish them to correct them because of the wrong things they have done as if I were hitting them with a rod. BSB BSB: I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 UST But I will not stop faithfully loving David; I will not fail to do what I promised{ for his descendants}. BSB BSB: But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 UST I will not break my covenant; no, I will not take back what I said. BSB BSB: I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 UST I guaranteed my promise to David by my own holy character. I said that I was not lying to him, and I meant it. BSB BSB: Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
36 UST I promised solemnly that his descendants would rule as kings forever. Yes, I said that I would preserve his dynasty just as I have made the sun to shine in the sky always. BSB BSB: his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 UST The moon appears in the sky dependably each month, and in the same way, David’ s dynasty will always endure.” Selah BSB BSB: like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
38 UST Yet now it appears that you have completely rejected David’ s descendant who was our king. It appears that you have abandoned him. BSB BSB: Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 UST It seems as though you are disregarding the covenant you made with David. You have allowed his dynasty to end, as if you had not promised to preserve it. BSB BSB: You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 UST You have allowed enemies to break down all the walls that protected his city{ of Jerusalem}. It had strong defenses, but you have allowed those enemies to reduce them to ruins. BSB BSB: You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 UST Now people can come along and steal the things that remain in the city. People in the surrounding countries are ridiculing us Israelites. BSB BSB: All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 UST You have allowed our enemies to become strong, and they are celebrating how they have defeated us. BSB BSB: You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 UST Our armies have had to retreat from battles because you have not helped us when we fight. BSB BSB: You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 UST Our kingdom is no longer glorious, and we no longer have a king. BSB BSB: You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 UST We are no longer strong, as young men are. This has disgraced us completely. Selah BSB BSB: You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 UST Yahweh, please help us, and do not delay! Do not keep neglecting us! Do not keep being so angry with us! BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 UST Please remember how short human lives are! Please remember that you created us human beings as mere mortals! BSB BSB: Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 UST No one can live forever and never die; everyone must go to the place where dead people are. Selah BSB BSB: What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 UST Lord, you promised David that you would faithfully love us Israelites, and you did. You always keep your promises{, so please help us}! BSB BSB: Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 UST Lord, consider the insulting things that many people are saying about us who loyally obey you! I deeply feel the pain of all those insults. BSB BSB: Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 UST Yahweh, do something to stop your enemies from mocking the actions of the king you appointed. BSB BSB: how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 UST May people always bless Yahweh! Amen! Yes, amen! BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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