1Maschil 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. Many Bible Versions
2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. Many Bible Versions
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Many Bible Versions
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. Many Bible Versions
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Many Bible Versions
6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? Many Bible Versions
7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. Many Bible Versions
8O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Many Bible Versions
9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. Many Bible Versions
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Many Bible Versions
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. Many Bible Versions
12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. Many Bible Versions
13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Many Bible Versions
14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Many Bible Versions
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. Many Bible Versions
16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. Many Bible Versions
17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. Many Bible Versions
18For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. Many Bible Versions
19Then 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. Many Bible Versions
20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: Many Bible Versions
21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. Many Bible Versions
22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. Many Bible Versions
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Many Bible Versions
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Many Bible Versions
25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. Many Bible Versions
26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Many Bible Versions
27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Many Bible Versions
28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. Many Bible Versions
29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. Many Bible Versions
30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; Many Bible Versions
31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Many Bible Versions
32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Many Bible Versions
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Many Bible Versions
34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Many Bible Versions
35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. Many Bible Versions
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. Many Bible Versions
37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. Many Bible Versions
38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Many Bible Versions
39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Many Bible Versions
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. Many Bible Versions
41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. Many Bible Versions
42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. Many Bible Versions
43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. Many Bible Versions
44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. Many Bible Versions
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. Many Bible Versions
46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? Many Bible Versions
47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? Many Bible Versions
48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Many Bible Versions
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? Many Bible Versions
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; Many Bible Versions
51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. Many Bible Versions
52Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. Many Bible Versions