1  ^sThe Lord says to my Lord:

^t“Sit at my right hand,

until I make your enemies your footstool.”

2  The Lord sends forth from Zion

your mighty scepter.

^uRule in the midst of your enemies!

3  Your people will offer themselves ^vfreely

on the day of your power,¹

in holy garments;²

from the womb of the morning,

the dew of your youth will be yours.³

4  ^wThe Lord has sworn

and ^xwill not change his mind,

^y“You are a ^zpriest forever

after the order of ^aMelchizedek.”

5  The Lord is ^bat your right hand;

he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

6  He will execute ^cjudgment among the nations,

filling them with corpses;

he will ^dshatter chiefs⁴

over the wide earth.

7  He will drink from the brook by the way;

therefore he will lift up his head.

1  Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,

all the hardships he endured,

2  ^show he swore to the Lord

and vowed to ^tthe Mighty One of Jacob,

3  “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4  I will ^unot give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5  until I find a place for the Lord,

a ^vdwelling place ^wfor the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6  Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

^xwe found it in the fields of Jaar.

7  “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us ^yworship at his footstool!”

8  ^zArise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your ^amight.

9  Let your priests be ^bclothed with righteousness,

and let your saints shout for joy.

10  For the sake of your servant David,

^cdo not turn away the face of your ^danointed one.

11  The Lord ^eswore to David a sure oath

from which he will not turn back:

“One of the sons of your body¹

I will set on your ^fthrone.

12  If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit on your throne.”

13  For ^gthe Lord has ^hchosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14  “This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15  I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will ⁱsatisfy her poor with bread.

16  ^jHer priests I will ^kclothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

17  There ^lI will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a ^mlamp for my anointed.

18  His enemies I will ⁿclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”

1  Blessed be the Lord, my rock,

who ^ptrains my hands for war,

and my fingers for battle;

2  he is my steadfast love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer,

my shield and he in whom I take refuge,

who ^qsubdues peoples¹ under me.

3  O Lord, ^rwhat is man that you regard him,

or the son of man that you think of him?

4  Man is like a ^sbreath;

his days are like a passing ^tshadow.

5  ^uBow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!

^vTouch the mountains so that they smoke!

6  Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;

send out your ^warrows and rout them!

7  Stretch out your hand from on high;

rescue me and ^xdeliver me from the many waters,

from the hand of foreigners,

8  whose mouths speak lies

and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9  I will sing a new song to you, O God;

upon a ten-stringed harp ^yI will play to you,

10  who gives ^zvictory to kings,

who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.

11  Rescue me and deliver me

from the hand of foreigners,

whose mouths speak lies

and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12  May ^aour sons in their youth

be like plants full grown,

our daughters like corner pillars

cut for the structure of a palace;

13  ^bmay our granaries be full,

providing all kinds of produce;

may our sheep bring forth thousands

and ten thousands in our fields;

14  may our cattle be heavy with young,

suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;²

may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

15  ^cBlessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!

^dBlessed are the people whose God is the Lord!