1  ⁱI will sing of ^jthe steadfast love of the Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will make known your ^kfaithfulness to all generations.

2  For I said, ^j“Steadfast love will be built up forever;

in the heavens ^lyou will establish your ^kfaithfulness.”

3  You have said, “I have made ^ma covenant with my ⁿchosen one;

I have ^osworn to David my servant:

4  ‘I will establish your ^poffspring forever,

and build your ^qthrone for all generations.’” Selah

5  Let ^rthe heavens praise your ^swonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of ^tthe holy ones!

6  For ^uwho in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

^uWho among the heavenly beings² is like the Lord,

7  a God greatly ^vto be feared in the council of ^tthe holy ones,

and awesome above all ^wwho are around him?

8  O Lord God of hosts,

^xwho is mighty as you are, O ^yLord,

with your faithfulness all around you?

9  You rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you ^zstill them.

10  You ^acrushed ^bRahab like a carcass;

you ^cscattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11  ^dThe heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;

^ethe world and all that is in it, you have ^ffounded them.

12  ^gThe north and the south, you have created them;

^hTabor and ⁱHermon ^jjoyously praise your name.

13  You have a mighty arm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand.

14  ^kRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

^lsteadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

15  Blessed are the people who know ^mthe festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in ⁿthe light of your face,

16  who exult in your ^oname all the day

and in your righteousness are ^pexalted.

17  For you are ^qthe glory of their strength;

by your favor our ^rhorn is exalted.

18  For our ^sshield belongs to the Lord,

our king to ^tthe Holy One of Israel.

19  ^uOf old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,³ and said:

“I have ^vgranted help to one who is ^wmighty;

I have exalted one ^xchosen from the people.

20  ^yI have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have ^zanointed him,

21  so that my ^ahand shall be established with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

22  The enemy shall not outwit him;

^bthe wicked shall not humble him.

23  I will ^ccrush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

24  My ^dfaithfulness and my ^dsteadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his ^ehorn be exalted.

25  I will set his hand on ^fthe sea

and his right hand on ^fthe rivers.

26  He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^gFather,

my God, and ^hthe Rock of my salvation.’

27  And I will make him the ⁱfirstborn,

^jthe highest of the kings of the earth.

28  My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my ^kcovenant will stand firm⁴ for him.

29  I will establish his ^loffspring forever

and his ^lthrone as ^mthe days of the heavens.

30  ⁿIf his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,⁵

31  if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

32  then I will punish their transgression with ^othe rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

33  but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

34  I will not violate my ^kcovenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

35  Once for all I have sworn ^pby my holiness;

I will not ^qlie to David.

36  His ^loffspring shall endure forever,

^rhis ^lthrone as long as ^sthe sun before me.

37  Like ^sthe moon it shall be established forever,

^ta faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

38  But now you have ^ucast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your ^vanointed.

39  You have ^wrenounced ^xthe covenant with your servant;

you have ^ydefiled his ^zcrown in the dust.

40  You have ^abreached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

41  ^aAll who pass by plunder him;

he has become ^bthe scorn of his neighbors.

42  You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

43  You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not made him stand in battle.

44  You have made his splendor to cease

and cast his throne to the ground.

45  You have cut short ^cthe days of his youth;

you have ^dcovered him with shame. Selah

46  ^eHow long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath ^fburn like fire?

47  ^gRemember ^hhow short my ⁱtime is!

For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

48  ^jWhat man can live and never ^ksee death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^lSheol? Selah

49  Lord, where is your ^msteadfast love of old,

which by your ^mfaithfulness you swore to David?

50  ⁿRemember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,

and how I bear in my ^oheart the insults⁶ of all the many nations,

51  with which your enemies mock, O Lord,

with which they mock ^pthe footsteps of your ^qanointed.

52  ^rBlessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.

1  ^aOh sing to the Lord ^ba new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

^ctell of his salvation from day to day.

3  Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4  For ^dgreat is the Lord, and ^egreatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above ^fall gods.

5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord ^gmade the heavens.

6  Splendor and majesty are before him;

^hstrength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7  Ascribe to the Lord, O ⁱfamilies of the peoples,

^jascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8  Ascribe to the Lord ^kthe glory due his name;

bring ^lan offering, and ^mcome into his courts!

9  Worship the Lord in ⁿthe splendor of holiness;¹

^otremble before him, all the earth!

10  Say among the nations, ^p“The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will ^qjudge the peoples with equity.”

11  Let ^rthe heavens be glad, and let ^sthe earth rejoice;

let ^tthe sea roar, and all that fills it;

12  let ^uthe field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all ^vthe trees of the forest sing for joy

13  before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes ^wto judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

1  ^pMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

2  ^qServe the Lord with gladness!

^rCome into his presence with singing!

3  Know that ^sthe Lord, he is God!

It is he who ^tmade us, and ^uwe are his;¹

we are his ^vpeople, and ^wthe sheep of his pasture.

4  ^xEnter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his ^ycourts with praise!

Give thanks to him; ^zbless his name!

5  ^aFor the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his ^bfaithfulness to all generations.

1  I will sing of ^csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

2  I will ^dponder the way ^ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you ^fcome to me?

I will ^gwalk with ^hintegrity of heart

within my house;

3  I will not set before my eyes

anything ⁱthat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who ^jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4  ^kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will ^lknow nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor ^msecretly

I will ⁿdestroy.

Whoever has a ^ohaughty look and an ^parrogant heart

I will not endure.

6  I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in ^qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7  No one who ^rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall ^scontinue before my eyes.

8  ^tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

^ucutting off all ^vthe evildoers

from ^wthe city of the Lord.

1  ^tOh give thanks to the Lord; ^ucall upon his name;

^vmake known his deeds among the peoples!

2  Sing to him, sing praises to him;

^wtell of all his wondrous works!

3  Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

4  Seek the Lord and his ^xstrength;

^yseek his presence continually!

5  Remember the ^zwondrous works that he has done,

his miracles, and ^athe judgments he uttered,

6  O offspring of ^bAbraham, his servant,

children of Jacob, his ^cchosen ones!

7  He is the Lord our God;

his ^djudgments are in all the earth.

8  He ^eremembers his covenant forever,

the word that he commanded, for ^fa thousand generations,

9  ^gthe covenant that he made with Abraham,

his ^hsworn promise to Isaac,

10  which he confirmed to ⁱJacob as a statute,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11  saying, ^j“To you I will give the land of Canaan

as ^kyour portion for an inheritance.”

12  When they were ^lfew in number,

of little account, and ^msojourners in it,

13  wandering from nation to nation,

from one kingdom to another people,

14  he ⁿallowed no one to oppress them;

he ^orebuked kings on their account,

15  saying, ^p“Touch not my anointed ones,

do my prophets no harm!”

16  When he ^qsummoned a famine on the land

and ^rbroke all supply¹ of bread,

17  he had ^ssent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was ^tsold as a slave.

18  His ^ufeet were hurt with fetters;

his neck was put in a collar of iron;

19  until ^vwhat he had said came to pass,

the word of the Lord ^wtested him.

20  ^xThe king sent and ^yreleased him;

the ruler of the peoples set him free;

21  he ^zmade him lord of his house

and ruler of all his possessions,

22  to bind² his princes at his pleasure

and to teach his elders wisdom.

23  Then ^aIsrael came to Egypt;

Jacob ^bsojourned in ^cthe land of Ham.

24  And the Lord ^dmade his people very fruitful

and made them stronger than their foes.

25  He ^eturned their hearts to hate his people,

to ^fdeal craftily with his servants.

26  He ^gsent Moses, his servant,

and Aaron, ^hwhom he had chosen.

27  ⁱThey performed his signs among them

and miracles in ^cthe land of Ham.

28  He ^jsent darkness, and made the land dark;

they ^kdid not rebel³ against his words.

29  He turned their waters into blood

and ^lcaused their fish to die.

30  Their land swarmed with frogs,

even in ^mthe chambers of their kings.

31  He spoke, and there came ⁿswarms of flies,

^oand gnats throughout their country.

32  He gave them hail for rain,

and fiery ^plightning bolts through their land.

33  He struck down their vines and fig trees,

and ^qshattered the trees of their country.

34  He spoke, and the ^rlocusts came,

young locusts without number,

35  which devoured all the vegetation in their land

and ate up the fruit of their ground.

36  He ^sstruck down all the firstborn in their land,

^sthe firstfruits of all their strength.

37  Then he brought out Israel with ^tsilver and gold,

and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

38  ^uEgypt was glad when they departed,

for ^vdread of them had fallen upon it.

39  He ^wspread a cloud for a covering,

and fire to give light by night.

40  ^xThey asked, and he ^ybrought quail,

and gave them ^zbread from heaven in abundance.

41  He opened the rock, and ^awater gushed out;

it flowed through ^bthe desert like a river.

42  For he ^cremembered his holy promise,

and ^dAbraham, his servant.

43  So he brought his people out with joy,

his ^dchosen ones with ^esinging.

44  And he ^fgave them the lands of the nations,

and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,

45  that they might ^gkeep his statutes

and ^hobserve his laws.

ⁱPraise the Lord!

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

all ^ythe hardships he endured,

2  how he swore to the Lord

and ^zvowed to ^athe Mighty One of Jacob,

3  “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4  I will not ^bgive sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5  until I ^cfind a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for ^athe Mighty One of Jacob.”

6  Behold, we heard of it in ^dEphrathah;

we found it in ^ethe fields of Jaar.

7  “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us ^fworship at his ^gfootstool!”

8  ^hArise, O Lord, and go to your ⁱresting place,

you and the ark of your ^jmight.

9  Let your ^kpriests be ^lclothed with righteousness,

and let your ^msaints shout for joy.

10  For the sake of your servant David,

ⁿdo not turn away the face of ^oyour anointed one.

11  ^pThe Lord swore to David a sure oath

^qfrom which he will not turn back:

^r“One of the sons of your body¹

I will set on your throne.

12  If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall ^ssit on your throne.”

13  For the Lord has ^tchosen Zion;

he has ^udesired it for his dwelling place:

14  “This is my ^vresting place forever;

here I will ^wdwell, for I have desired it.

15  I will abundantly ^xbless her provisions;

I will ^ysatisfy her poor with bread.

16  Her ^zpriests I will clothe with salvation,

and her ^zsaints will shout for joy.

17  There I will make ^aa horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared ^ba lamp for ^cmy anointed.

18  His enemies I will ^dclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”