³ “I^(C) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have ^(D)sworn to My servant David:
⁴ ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne ^(E)to all generations.’ ” Selah

⁵ And ^(F)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
^6 (G)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
^7 (H)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
^9 (I)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
^10 (J)You have broken ^[b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

^11 (K)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
¹² The north and the south, You have created them;
^(L)Tabor and ^(M)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the ^(N)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
¹⁶ In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our ^[c]horn is ^(O)exalted.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(P)chosen from the people.
^20 (Q)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
^21 (R)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not ^[e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³ I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

²⁴ “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵ Also I will ^(S)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(T)my Father,
My God, and ^(U)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Also I will make him ^(V)My firstborn,
^(W)The highest of the kings of the earth.
^28 (X)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
²⁹ His seed also I will make to endure forever,
^(Y)And his throne ^(Z)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If^(AA) his sons ^(AB)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
^33 (AC)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[g]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[h]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴ My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(AD)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵ Once I have sworn ^(AE)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
^36 (AF)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(AG)as the sun before Me;
³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But You have ^(AH)cast off and ^(AI)abhorred,^[i]
You have been furious with Your ^[j]anointed.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
^(AJ)You have ^[k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his ^[l]strongholds to ruin.
⁴¹ All who pass by the way ^(AK)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his ^[m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
⁴⁵ The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my time ^(AL)is;
For what ^(AM)futility have You created all the children of men?
⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^[n]see ^(AN)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of ^[o]the grave? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^(AO)swore to David ^(AP)in Your truth?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^(AQ)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
^51 (AR)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^[p]anointed.

^52 (AS)Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.