I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for
ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all
generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. I have
made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to
all generations. Selah.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders,
O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6or who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly
to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence
of all them that are about him. O LORD God of hosts, who is a
strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about
thee? Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof
arise, thou stillest them. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as
one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy
strong arm. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as
for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy name. Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy
hand, and high is thy right hand. Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy
face.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful
sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.6In
thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness
shall they be exalted. For thou art the glory of their strength:
and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For the LORD is our
defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy
one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have
exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David my servant;
with my holy oil have I anointed him: With whom my hand shall
be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy
shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them
that hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with
him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. I will set his
hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall
cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant
shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure
for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children
forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my
statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their
transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless
my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer
my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter
the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my
holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure
for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established
for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.