1  iI will sing of jthe steadfast love of the Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will make known your kfaithfulness to all generations.

2  For I said, j“Steadfast love will be built up forever;

in the heavens lyou will establish your kfaithfulness.”

3  You have said, “I have made ma covenant with my nchosen one;

I have osworn to David my servant:

4  ‘I will establish your poffspring forever,

and build your qthrone for all generations.’ ” Selah

5  Let rthe heavens praise your swonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of tthe holy ones!

6  For uwho in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

uWho among the heavenly beings2 is like the Lord,

7  a God greatly vto be feared in the council of tthe holy ones,

and awesome above all wwho are around him?

8  O Lord God of hosts,

xwho is mighty as you are, O yLord,

with your faithfulness all around you?

9  You rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you zstill them.

10  You acrushed bRahab like a carcass;

you cscattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11  dThe heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;

ethe world and all that is in it, you have ffounded them.

12  gThe north and the south, you have created them;

hTabor and iHermon jjoyously praise your name.

13  You have a mighty arm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand.

14  kRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

lsteadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

15  Blessed are the people who know mthe festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in nthe light of your face,

16  who exult in your oname all the day

and in your righteousness are pexalted.

17  For you are qthe glory of their strength;

by your favor our rhorn is exalted.

18  For our sshield belongs to the Lord,

our king to tthe Holy One of Israel.

19  uOf old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,3 and said:

“I have vgranted help to one who is wmighty;

I have exalted one xchosen from the people.

20  yI have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have zanointed him,

21  so that my ahand shall be established with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

22  The enemy shall not outwit him;

bthe wicked shall not humble him.

23  I will ccrush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

24  My dfaithfulness and my dsteadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his ehorn be exalted.

25  I will set his hand on fthe sea

and his right hand on fthe rivers.

26  He shall cry to me, ‘You are my gFather,

my God, and hthe Rock of my salvation.’

27  And I will make him the ifirstborn,

jthe highest of the kings of the earth.

28  My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my kcovenant will stand firm4 for him.

29  I will establish his loffspring forever

and his lthrone as mthe days of the heavens.