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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
Through all generations starting from now

I will declare that Your love stands firm forever
That You have established Your faithfulness in heaven itself
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one
I have sworn to David my servant” You said

‘I will establish your line forever
And make your throne firm through all generations’”
The heavens praise your wonders, Lord
In the assembly of the holy ones Your faithfulness

For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
He is more awesome than all who surround Him
In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared

Who is like You, Lord God Almighty?
You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds You
You rule over the surging sea
When its waves mount up, you still them. That’s what You do

You crushed Rahab like one of the slain
With Your strong arm You scattered your enemies
The heavens are Yours, and Yours also the earth
You founded the world and all that is in it

You created the north and the south
Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at Your name
Your arm is endowed with power
Your hand is strong, Your right hand’s exalted and is aimed

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne
Love and faithfulness go before you, God
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You
Who walk in the light of Your presence, Lord

They rejoice in Your name all day long
They celebrate Your righteousness
For You are their glory and strength
And by Your favor You exalt our horn of justice

Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord
Our king to the Holy One of Israel
Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord
And everything else is immaterial

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 and telling you that

I have found David my servant
With my sacred oil I have anointed him
My hand will sustain him
Surely my arm will strengthen him

The enemy will not get the better of him
The wicked will not oppress him
I will strike down his adversaries
And crush his foes before him

My faithful love will be with him
And through my name his horn will be exalted and delivered
I will set his hand over the sea
His right hand over the rivers

He will call out to Me, ‘You are my Father
My God, the Rock my Savior’
And I will appoint him to be My firstborn
The most exalted of the kings of the earth forevermore

I will maintain my love to him forever
And my covenant with him will never fail, that’s for sure
I will establish his line forever
His throne as long as the heavens endure

“If his sons forsake my law
And do not follow statutes of Mine
If they violate My decrees
And fail to keep my commands

I will punish their sin with the rod
Their iniquity with flogging
But I will never betray my faithfulness
Nor will take my love from him

I will not violate my covenant
Or alter what my lips have uttered
Once for all, I have sworn by My holiness—
And I will not lie to David—

That his line will continue forever
And his throne endure before me like the sun
It will be established forever like the moon
The faithful witness in the sky of Mine”

But You have rejected, You have spurned
You have been very angry with Your anointed one
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant
And have defiled in the dust his crown

You have broken through all his walls
And reduced his strongholds to ruins
All who pass by have plundered him
He has become the scorn of his neighbors

You have exalted the right hand of his foes
You have made all his enemies rejoice
Indeed, You have turned back the edge of his sword
And have not supported him in battle. That was Your choice.

You have put an end to his splendor
And cast his throne to the ground
You have cut short the days of his youth
You with a mantle of shame have him covered

How long, Lord? Will you hide Yourself forever?
How long will Your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how fleeting is my life
For what futility You have created all humanity by Your desire!

Who can live and not see death
Or who can escape the power of the grave?
Lord, where is Your former great love
Which in Your faithfulness you swore to David, swore from above?

Remember, Lord, how Your servant has been mocked
How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations
The taunts with which Your enemies, Lord, have mocked
With which they have mocked every step of Your anointed one in all the situations

Praise be to the Lord forever!
Praise be to the Lord now and then!
Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen