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I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
2 - I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 - You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
4 - 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'"
5 - The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 - For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
7 - In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 - Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
9 - You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
10 - You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
11 - The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
12 - You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
13 - Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
14 - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
15 - Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
16 - They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.
17 - For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
18 - Indeed, our shield
19 - Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 - I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 - My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 - The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.
23 - I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
24 - My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn
25 - I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
26 - He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
27 - And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 - I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 - I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 - "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
31 - if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32 - I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
33 - but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 - I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
35 - Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness - and I will not lie to David -
36 - that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
37 - it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky."
38 - But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 - You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 - You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
41 - All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 - You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 - Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
44 - You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 - You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
46 - How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 - Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 - Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
49 - Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 - Remember, Lord, how your servant has
51 - the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 - Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.