1 The loving-kindnesses of Jehovah will I sing for ever, To generation after generation will I make known Thy Faithfulness with my mouth. 2 For I said, For ever shall Loving-kindness be built up, The heavens--in them wilt Thou establish Thy Faithfulness,
3 I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant; 4 For ever will I establish thy seed, And build up thy throne to generation after generation. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall make known Thy wonders, Jehovah, Thy Faithfulness also in the congregation of Thy holy ones. 6 For who in the skies can be set beside Jehovah, [Or] likened to Jehovah, amongst the sons of the mighty ones?
7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And dread above all round about Him. 8 Jehovah, God of Hosts, who like Thee is mighty, Jah? And Thy Faithfulness [is] round Thee.
9 Thou, Thou rulest the insolence of the sea, When its waves lift themselves on high, Thou, Thou stillest them. 10 Thou, Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain, By the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth, The world and its fulness, Thou, Thou hast founded them. 12 North and south, Thou, Thou hast created them, Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Thy Name.
13 Thine is an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand, high is Thy right hand. 14 Righteousness and Justice are the foundation of Thy throne, Loving-kindness and Troth go to meet Thy face.
15 Blessed the people who know the festal shout! Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk. 16 In Thy Name do they exult all the day, And in Thy righteousness are they exalted.
17 For the glory of their strength art Thou, And in Thy favour shall our horn be exalted. 18 For to Jehovah [belongs] our shield, And to the Holy One of Israel our king.
19 Then Thou didst speak in vision to Thy favoured one and didst say, I have laid help upon a hero, I have exalted one chosen from the people, 20 I have found David My servant, With My holy oil have I anointed him
21 With whom My hand shall be continually, Mine arm shall also strengthen him, 22 No enemy shall steal upon him, And no son of wickedness shall afflict him.
23 And I shatter his adversaries before him, And them that hate him will I smite, 24 And My Faithfulness and My Loving-kindness [shall be] with him, And in My name shall his horn be exalted. 25 And I will set his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He, he shall call upon Me, My Father art Thou, My God and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I, I will give him [to be My] first-born, Higher than the kings of the earth.
28 For ever will I keep for him My Loving-kindness, And My covenant shall be inviolable towards him. 29 And I will make his seed [to last] for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his sons forsake My law, And walk not in My judgments, 31 If they profane My statutes, And keep not My commandments,
32 Then will I visit their transgression with a rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33 But My Loving-kindness will I not break off from him, And I will not be false to My Faithfulness.
34 I will not profane My covenant, And that which has gone forth from My lips will I not change. 35 Once have I sworn by My holiness, Verily I will not be false to David.
36 His seed shall be for ever, And his throne as the sun before me, 37 As the moon shall he be established for ever, And the witness in the sky is true. Selah.