891 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever ; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth . 2 For I have said , " Lovingkindness will be built up forever ; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness ." 3 "I have made a covenant with My chosen ; I have sworn to David My servant , 4 I will establish your seed forever e And build up your throne to all generations ." Selah .
5 The heavens will praise Your wonders , O Lord ; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones . 6 For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord ? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord , 7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones , And awesome above all those who are around Him? 8 O Lord God of hosts , who is like You, O mighty Lord ? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 9 You rule the swelling of the sea ; When its waves rise , You still them. 10 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain ; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm . 11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains , You have founded them. 12 The north and the south , You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name . 13 You have a strong arm ; Your hand is mighty , Your right hand is exalted . 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne ; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound ! O Lord , they walk in the light of Your countenance . 16 In Your name they rejoice all the day , And by Your righteousness they are exalted . 17 For You are the glory of their strength , And by Your favor our horn is exalted . 18 For our shield belongs to the Lord , And our king to the Holy One of Israel .
19 Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones , And said , "I have given help to one who is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen from the people . 20 "I have found David My servant ; With My holy oil I have anointed him, 21 With whom My hand will be established ; My arm also will strengthen him. 22 "The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 "But I shall crush his adversaries before e him, And strike those who hate him. 24 "My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted . 25 "I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers . 26 "He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father , My God , and the rock of my salvation .' 27 "I also shall make him My firstborn , The highest of the kings of the earth . 28 "My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever , And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. 29 "So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven . 30 "If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments , 31 If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments , 32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes . 33 "But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness . 34 "My covenant I will not violate , Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips . 35 "Once I have sworn by My holiness ; I will not lie to David . 36 "His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. 37 "It shall be established forever like the moon , And the witness in the sky is faithful ." Selah .
38 But You have cast off and rejected , You have been full of wrath against Your anointed . 39 You have spurned the covenant of Your servant ; You have profaned his crown in the dust . 40 You have broken down all his walls ; You have brought his strongholds to ruin . 41 All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors . 42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries ; You have made all his enemies rejoice . 43 You also turn back the edge of his sword And 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 shortened the days of his youth ; You have covered him with shame . Selah . 46 How long , O Lord ? Will You hide Yourself forever ? Will Your wrath burn like fire ? 47 Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men ! 48 What man can live and not see death ? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol ? Selah . 49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses , O Lord , Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness ? 50 Remember , O Lord , the reproach of Your servants ; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples , 51 With which Your enemies have reproached , O Lord , With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed . 52 Blessed be the Lord forever ! Amen and Amen .
961 Sing to the Lord a new song ; Sing to the Lord , all the earth . 2 Sing to the Lord , bless His name ; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day . 3 Tell of His glory among the nations , His wonderful deeds among all the peoples . 4 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised ; He is to be feared above all gods . 5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols , But the Lord made the heavens . 6 Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary . 7 Ascribe to the Lord , O families of the peoples , Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength . 8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name ; Bring an offering and come into His courts . 9 Worship the Lord in holy attire ; Tremble before e Him, all the earth .
10 Say among the nations , " The Lord reigns ; Indeed , the world is firmly established , it will not be moved ; He will judge the peoples with equity ." 11 Let the heavens be glad , and let the earth rejoice ; Let the sea roar , and all it contains ; 12 Let the field exult , and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy 13 Before the Lord , for He is coming , For He is coming to judge the earth . He will judge the world in righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness .
1001 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth . 2 Serve the Lord with gladness ; Come before Him with joyful singing . 3 Know that the Lord Himself is God ; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves ; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture . 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise . Give thanks to Him, bless His name . 5 For the Lord is good ; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations .
1011 I will sing of lovingkindness and justice , To You, O Lord , I will sing praises . 2 I will give heed to the blameless way . When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart . 3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes ; I hate the work of those who fall away ; It shall not fasten its grip on me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil . 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor , him I will destroy ; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure . 6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land , that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me. 7 He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house ; He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me. 8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land , So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity .
1051 Oh give thanks to the Lord , call upon His name ; Make known His deeds among the peoples . 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders . 3 Glory in His holy name ; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad . 4 Seek the Lord and His strength ; Seek His face continually . 5 Remember His wonders which He has done , His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth , 6 O seed of Abraham , His servant , O sons of Jacob , His chosen ones ! 7 He is the Lord our God ; His judgments are in all the earth .
8 He has remembered His covenant forever , The word which He commanded to a thousand generations , 9 The covenant which He made with Abraham , And His oath to Isaac . 10 Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute , To Israel as an everlasting covenant , 11 Saying , " To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance ," 12 When they were only a few men in number , Very few , and strangers in it. 13 And they wandered about from nation to nation , From one kingdom to another people . 14 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes : 15 " Do not touch My anointed ones , And do My prophets no harm ." 16 And He called for a famine upon the land ; He broke the whole staff of bread . 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph , who was sold as a slave . 18 They afflicted his feet with fetters , He himself was laid in irons ; 19 Until the time that his word came to pass , The word of the Lord tested him. 20 The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples , and set him free . 21 He made him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions , 22 To imprison his princes at will , That he might teach his elders wisdom . 23 Israel also came into Egypt ; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham . 24 And He caused His people to be very fruitful , And made them stronger than their adversaries .
25 He turned their heart to hate His people , To deal craftily with His servants . 26 He sent Moses His servant , And Aaron , whom He had chosen . 27 They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham . 28 He sent darkness and made it dark ; And they did not rebel against His words . 29 He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die . 30 Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings . 31 He spoke , and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory . 32 He gave them hail for rain , And flaming fire in their land . 33 He struck down their vines also and their fig trees , And shattered the trees of their territory . 34 He spoke , and locusts came , And young locusts , even without number , 35 And ate up all vegetation in their land , And ate up the fruit of their ground . 36 He also struck down all the firstborn in their land , The first fruits of all their vigor . 37 Then He brought them out with silver and gold , And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled . 38 Egypt was glad when they departed , For the dread of them had fallen upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering , And fire to illumine by night . 40 They asked , and He brought quail , And satisfied them with the bread of heaven . 41 He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river . 42 For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant ; 43 And He brought forth His people with joy , His chosen ones with a joyful shout . 44 He gave them also the lands of the nations , That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples' labor , 45 So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws , Praise the Lord !
1321 Remember , O Lord , on David's behalf, All his affliction ; 2 How he swore to the Lord And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob , 3 "Surely I will not enter my house , Nor lie on my bed e ; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids , 5 Until I find a place for the Lord , A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob ." 6 Behold , we heard of it in Ephrathah , We found it in the field of Jaar . 7 Let us go into His dwelling place ; Let us worship at His footstool e . 8 Arise , O Lord , to Your resting place , You and the ark of Your strength . 9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness , And let Your godly ones sing for joy . 10 For the sake of David Your servant , Do not turn away the face of Your anointed .
11 The Lord has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back : " Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne . 12 "If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever ." 13 For the Lord has chosen Zion ; He has desired it for His habitation . 14 "This is My resting place forever ; Here I will dwell , for I have desired it. 15 "I will abundantly bless her provision ; I will satisfy her needy with bread . 16 "Her priests also I will clothe with salvation , And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy . 17 "There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth ; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed . 18 "His enemies I will clothe with shame , But upon himself his crown shall shine ."
