I<\/span> will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.<\/span> <\/p>\n 36<\/sup>His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 37<\/sup>It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.<\/span> <\/p>\n 38<\/sup>But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 39<\/sup>Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.<\/span> <\/p>\n 40<\/sup>Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.<\/span> <\/p>\n 41<\/sup>All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.<\/span> <\/p>\n 42<\/sup>Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.<\/span> <\/p>\n 43<\/sup>Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.<\/span> <\/p>\n 44<\/sup>Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.<\/span> <\/p>\n 45<\/sup>The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.<\/span> <\/p>\n 46<\/sup>How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?<\/span> <\/p>\n 47<\/sup>Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?<\/span> <\/p>\n 48<\/sup>What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.<\/span> <\/p>\n 49<\/sup>Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 50<\/sup>Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;<\/span> <\/p>\n 51<\/sup>Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 52<\/sup>Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.<\/span> <\/p>\n