Dual Panel1A well-written song <04905> by Ethan <0387> the Ezrachite <0250>. I will sing <07891> continually <05769> about the Lord’s <03068> faithful deeds <02617>; to future generations <01755> <01755> I will proclaim <03045> your faithfulness <0530>.
2For <03588> I say <0559>, “Loyal love <02617> is permanently <05769> established <01129>; in the skies <08064> you set up <03559> your faithfulness <0530>.”
3The Lord said, “I have made <03772> a covenant <01285> with my chosen one <0972>; I have made a promise on oath <07650> to David <01732>, my servant <05650>:
4‘I will give <03559> you an eternal <05769> dynasty <02233> and establish <01129> your throne <03678> throughout future <01755> generations <01755>.’” (Selah <05542>)
5O Lord <03068>, the heavens <08064> praise <03034> your amazing <06382> deeds, as well as <0637> your faithfulness <0530> in the angelic <06918> assembly <06951>.
6For <03588> who <04310> in the skies <07834> can compare <06186> to the Lord <03068>? Who is like <01819> the Lord <03068> among the heavenly beings <0410> <01121>,
7a God <0410> who is honored <06206> in the great <07227> angelic <06918> assembly <05475>, and more awesome <03372> than all <03605> who surround <05439> him?
8O Lord <03068>, sovereign <06635> God <0430>! Who <04310> is strong <02626> like <03644> you, O Lord <03050>? Your faithfulness <0530> surrounds <05439> you.
9You <0859> rule over <04910> the proud <01348> sea <03220>. When its waves <01530> surge <07721>, you <0859> calm <07623> them.
10You <0859> crushed <01792> the Proud One <07294> and killed <02491> it; with your strong <05797> arm <02220> you scattered <06340> your enemies <0341>.
11The heavens <08064> belong to you, as does <0637> the earth <0776>. You <0859> made <03245> the world <08398> and all it contains <04393>.
12You <0859> created <01254> the north <06828> and the south <03225>. Tabor <08396> and Hermon <02768> rejoice <07442> in your name <08034>.
13Your arm <02220> is powerful <01369>, your hand <03027> strong <05810>, your right hand <03225> victorious <07311>.
14Equity <06664> and justice <04941> are the foundation <04349> of your throne <03678>. Loyal love <02617> and faithfulness <0571> characterize your rule <06440> <06923>.
15How blessed <0835> are the people <05971> who worship <08643> <03045> you! O Lord <03068>, they experience <01980> your favor <06440> <0216>.
16They rejoice <01523> in your name <08034> all <03605> day <03117> long, and are vindicated <07311> by your justice <06666>.
17For <03588> you give them splendor <08597> and strength <05797>. By your <0859> favor <07522> we are victorious <07161> <07311>.
18For <03588> our shield <04043> belongs to the Lord <03068>, our king <04428> to the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
19Then <0227> you spoke <01696> through a vision <02377> to your faithful followers <02623> and said <0559>: “I have energized <05828> <07737> a warrior <01368>; I have raised up <07311> a young man <0970> from the people <05971>.
20I have discovered <04672> David <01732>, my servant <05650>. With my holy <06944> oil <08081> I have anointed <04886> him as king.
21My hand <03027> will support <03559> him, and <0637> my arm <02220> will strengthen <0553> him.
22No <03808> enemy <0341> will be able to exact <05378> tribute from him; a violent oppressor <05766> oppressor <01121> will not <03808> be able to humiliate <06031> him.
23I will crush <03807> his enemies <06862> before <06440> him; I will strike down <05062> those who hate <08130> him.
24He will experience my faithfulness <0530> and loyal love <02617>, and by <05973> my name <08034> he will win <07311> victories <07161>.
25I will place <07760> his hand over the sea <03220>, his right hand <03225> over the rivers <05104>.
26He <01931> will call <07121> out to me, ‘You <0859> are my father <01>, my God <0410>, and the protector <06697> who delivers <03444> me.’
27I <0589> will appoint <05414> him to be my firstborn son <01060>, the most <05945> exalted of the earth’s <0776> kings <04428>.
28I will always <05769> extend <08104> my loyal love <02617> to him, and my covenant <01285> with him is secure <0539>.
29I will give <07760> him an eternal <05703> dynasty <02233>, and make his throne <03678> as enduring <03117> as the skies <08064> above.
30If <0518> his sons <01121> reject <05800> my law <08451> and disobey <01980> <03808> my regulations <04941>,
31if <0518> they break <02490> my rules <02708> and do not <03808> keep <08104> my commandments <04687>,
32I will punish <06485> their rebellion <06588> by beating them with a club <07626>, their sin <05771> by inflicting them with bruises <05061>.
33But I will not <03808> remove <06331> my loyal love <02617> from <05973> him, nor <03808> be unfaithful <08266> to my promise <0530>.
34I will not <03808> break <02490> my covenant <01285> or <03808> go back <08138> on what I promised <08193> <04161>.
35Once <0259> and for all I have vowed <07650> by my own holiness <06944>, I will never <0518> deceive <03576> David <01732>.
36His dynasty <02233> will last <01961> forever <05769>. His throne <03678> will endure before <05048> me, like the sun <08121>,
37it will remain <03559> stable <05769>, like the moon <03394>, his throne <05707> will endure <0539> like the skies <07834>.” (Selah <05542>)
38But you <0859> have spurned <02186> and rejected <03988> him; you are angry <05674> with <05973> your chosen king <04899>.
39You have repudiated <05010> your covenant <01285> with your servant <05650>; you have thrown <02490> his crown <05145> to the ground <0776>.
40You have broken down <06555> all <03605> his walls <01448>; you have made <07760> his strongholds <04013> a heap of ruins <04288>.
41All <03605> who pass by <05674> have robbed <08155> him; he has become <01961> an object of disdain <02781> to his neighbors <07934>.
42You have allowed <07311> his adversaries <06862> to be victorious <03225>, and all <03605> his enemies <0341> to rejoice <08055>.
43You turn back <07725> his sword <02719> from the adversary <06697>, and have not <03808> sustained <06965> him in battle <04421>.
44You have brought to an end <07673> his splendor <02892>, and have knocked <04048> his throne <03678> to the ground <0776>.
45You have cut short <07114> his youth <05934>, and have covered <05844> him with shame <0955>. (Selah <05542>)
46How <04100> long <05704>, O Lord <03068>, will this last? Will you remain hidden <05641> forever <05331>? Will your anger <02534> continue to burn <01197> like <03644> fire <0784>?
47Take note <02142> of my <0589> brief lifespan <02465>! Why <04100> do you make <01254> all <03605> people <0120> <01121> so mortal <07723>?
48No man <01397> can live <02421> on without <03808> experiencing <07200> death <04194>, or deliver <04422> his life <05315> from the power <03027> of Sheol <07585>. (Selah <05542>)
49Where <0346> are your earlier <07223> faithful deeds <02617>, O Lord <0136>, the ones performed <07650> in accordance with your reliable oath <0530> to David <01732>?
50Take note <02142>, O Lord <0136>, of the way your servants <05650> are taunted, and of how I must bear <05375> so many <07227> insults <02781> from people <05971>!
51Your enemies <0341>, O Lord <03068>, hurl insults <02778>; they insult <02778> your chosen king <04899> as they dog his footsteps <06119>.
52The Lord <03068> deserves praise <01288> forevermore <05769>! We agree <0543>! We agree <0543>!