I Will Sing of His Love Forever 1 WBS 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. 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 WBS For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou 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 WBS 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 WBS Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. BSB BSB: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5 WBS And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy 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 WBS 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 WBS God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by 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 WBS O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee? BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 WBS Thou rulest the raging 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 WBS Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm. BSB BSB: You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 WBS The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them. BSB BSB: The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 WBS The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. BSB BSB: North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 WBS Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. BSB BSB: Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 WBS Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. BSB BSB: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 WBS Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, 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 WBS In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. BSB BSB: They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 WBS For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy 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 WBS 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 WBS Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. BSB BSB: No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 WBS And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him. BSB BSB: I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS He shall cry to 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 WBS Also I will make him my first-born, 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 WBS My mercy 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; BSB BSB: if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips. BSB BSB: I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed. BSB BSB: Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 WBS Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast 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 WBS Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. BSB BSB: You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 WBS All that pass by the way plunder 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 WBS Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; 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 WBS Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast 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 WBS Thou hast 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 WBS 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 WBS How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 WBS Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain? BSB BSB: Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 WBS What man is he that liveth, 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 WBS LORD, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth? BSB BSB: Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 WBS Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy 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 WBS With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed BSB BSB: how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 WBS Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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