⁵ The ^(E)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also ^(F)in the assembly of the ^(G)holy ones.
⁶ For ^(H)who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the ^[b](I)sons of the mighty is like the Lord,
⁷ A God ^(J)greatly feared in the council of the ^(K)holy ones,
And ^(L)awesome above all those who are around Him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts, ^(M)who is like You, O mighty ^[c]Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You ^(N)still them.
¹⁰ You Yourself crushed ^[d](O)Rahab like one who is slain;
You ^(P)scattered Your enemies with ^[e]Your mighty arm.

¹¹ The ^(Q)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The ^(R)world and ^[f]all it contains, You have founded them.
¹² The ^(S)north and the south, You have created them;
^(T)Tabor and ^(U)Hermon ^(V)shout for joy at Your name.
¹³ You have ^[g]a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your ^(W)right hand is exalted.
^14 (X)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
^(Y)Lovingkindness and ^[h]truth go before You.
¹⁵ How blessed are the people who know the ^[i](Z)joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the ^(AA)light of Your countenance.
¹⁶ In ^(AB)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷ For You are the glory of ^(AC)their strength,
And by Your favor ^[j]our ^(AD)horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our ^(AE)shield belongs to the Lord,
^[k]And our king to the ^(AF)Holy One of Israel.

^19 [l]Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ^[m]ones,
And said, “I have ^[n]given help to one who is ^(AG)mighty;
I have exalted one ^(AH)chosen from the people.
²⁰ “I have ^(AI)found David My servant;
With My holy ^(AJ)oil I have anointed him,
²¹ With whom ^(AK)My hand will be established;
My arm also will ^(AL)strengthen him.
²² “The enemy will not ^[o]deceive him,
Nor the ^[p](AM)son of wickedness afflict him.
²³ “But I shall ^(AN)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
²⁴ “My ^(AO)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his ^(AP)horn will be exalted.
²⁵ “I shall also set his hand ^(AQ)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ “He will cry to Me, ‘You are ^(AR)my Father,
My God, and the ^(AS)rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ “I also shall make him My ^(AT)firstborn,
The ^(AU)highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ “My ^(AV)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My ^(AW)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
²⁹ “So I will establish his ^[q](AX)descendants forever
And his ^(AY)throne ^(AZ)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If his sons ^(BA)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[r]violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the ^(BB)rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
³³ “But I will not break off ^(BC)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
³⁴ “My ^(BD)covenant I will not ^[s]violate,
Nor will I ^(BE)alter ^[t]the utterance of My lips.
³⁵ “^[u]Once I have ^(BF)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
³⁶ “His ^[v](BG)descendants shall endure forever
And his ^(BH)throne ^(BI)as the sun before Me.
³⁷ “It shall be established forever ^(BJ)like the moon,
And the ^(BK)witness in the sky is faithful.” ^[w]Selah.

³⁸ But You have ^(BL)cast off and ^(BM)rejected,
You have been full of wrath ^[x]against Your ^(BN)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(BO)spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have ^(BP)profaned ^(BQ)his crown ^[y]in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(BR)broken down all his walls;
You have ^(BS)brought his strongholds to ruin.
^41 (BT)All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a ^(BU)reproach to his neighbors.
⁴² You have ^(BV)exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have ^(BW)made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have ^(BX)not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his ^[z](BY)splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have ^(BZ)shortened the days of his youth;
You have ^(CA)covered him with shame. Selah.

^46 (CB)How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your ^(CC)wrath burn like fire?
^47 (CD)Remember ^[aa]what my span of life is;
For what ^(CE)vanity ^[ab]You have created all the sons of men!
⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^(CF)see death?
Can he ^(CG)deliver his soul from the ^[ac]power of ^[ad]Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You ^(CH)swore to David in Your faithfulness?
⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, the ^(CI)reproach of Your servants;
^[ae]How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
⁵¹ With which ^(CJ)Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of ^(CK)Your anointed.

^52 (CL)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

¹¹ The Lord has ^(A)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“^(B)Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

¹³ Yet the people ^(T)do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they ^(U)seek the Lord of hosts.
¹⁴ So the Lord cuts off ^(V)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush ^(W)in a single day.
¹⁵ The head is ^(X)the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches ^(Y)falsehood is the tail.
^16 (Z)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are ^[d]brought to confusion.
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord does ^(AA)not take pleasure in their young men,
^(AB)Nor does He have pity on their ^[e]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is ^(AC)godless and an ^(AD)evildoer,
And every ^(AE)mouth is speaking foolishness.
^(AF)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

^18 (AG)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the ^(AH)fury of the Lord of hosts the ^(AI)land is burned up,
And the ^(AJ)people are like fuel for the fire;
No ^(AK)man spares his brother.
^20 [f]They slice off what is on the right hand but still are ^(AL)hungry,
And ^[g]they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the ^(AM)flesh of his own arm.
²¹ Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
^(AN)And together they are against Judah.
^(AO)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.