¹ I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.
With my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
    through all generations.
² Yes, I have said, “Your mercy is built to last forever.
In the heavens you establish your faithfulness.”

³ The Lord said, ^[1]
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one.
I have sworn to David my servant.
⁴ I will establish your seed ^[2] forever, Interlude
and I will build your throne through all generations.”

⁵ The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
also your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the sons of God?
⁷ God is revered in the council of the holy ones.
He is to be feared more than all who surround him.
⁸ O Lord God of Armies, who is like you?
You are mighty, O Lord, ^[3]
and your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹ You rule over the majestic sea.
When its waves rise up, you quiet them.
¹⁰ You crushed Rahab ^[4] like one of the slain.
With your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours, and yours also is the earth.
You founded the world and everything that fills it.
¹² You created the north and the south.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.
¹³ Your arm works for you with power.
Your hand is strong. Your right hand is raised high.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Mercy and truth are right in front of you.

¹⁵ How blessed are the people who know the joyful cry.
Lord, they walk in the light from your face.
¹⁶ In your name they celebrate all day long.
In your righteousness they are lifted up.
¹⁷ For you are the beauty of their strength,
and by your favor you exalt our Horn. ^[5]
18 Indeed, our Shield belongs to the Lord,
our King to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision to your favored ones.
You said:
I have granted help to a warrior.
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I found David my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him.
²¹ He is the one whom my hand will sustain.
Surely my arm will strengthen him.
²² No enemy will subject him to tribute.
No violent man will oppress him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My faithfulness and mercy will be with him,
and through my name his horn ^[6] will be exalted.
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 and the Rock that saves me.”
²⁷ I will also make him the Firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him forever,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
²⁹ I will establish his seed forever.
His throne will endure like the days of the heavens.

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law,
and they do not walk according to my judgments,
³¹ if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commands,
³² I will punish their rebellion with the rod, their guilt with whipping.
³³ But I will not break off my mercy from him.
I will not let my truth become false.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant.
I will not alter what comes out of my lips.
³⁵ Once and for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
surely I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his seed will continue forever,
and his throne will endure before me like the sun.
³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon. Interlude
This witness in the sky is faithful.