¹A maskil of Eitan the Ezrachi:

²I will sing about Adonai ’s acts of grace forever,

with my mouth proclaim your faithfulness to all generations;

³because I said, “Grace is built to last forever;

in the heavens themselves you established your faithfulness.”

⁴You said, “I made a covenant with the one I chose,

I swore to my servant David,

⁵‘I will establish your dynasty forever,

build up your throne through all generations.’” (Selah)

⁶Let the heavens praise your wonders, Adonai ,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the angels.

⁷For who in the skies can be compared with Adonai ?

Which of these gods can rival Adonai ,

⁸a God dreaded in the great assembly of the holy ones

and feared by all around him?

⁹Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot !

Who is as mighty as you, Yah ?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

¹⁰You control the raging of the sea;

when its waves rear up, you calm them.

¹¹You crushed Rahav like a carcass;

with your strong arm you scattered your foes.

¹²The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;

you founded the world and everything in it.

¹³You created north and south;

Tavor and Hermon take joy in your name.

¹⁴Your arm is mighty, your hand is strong,

your right hand is lifted high.

¹⁵Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

grace and truth attend you.

¹⁶How happy are the people who know the joyful shout!

They walk in the light of your presence, Adonai .

¹⁷They rejoice in your name all day

and are lifted up by your righteousness,

¹⁸for you yourself are the strength in which they glory.

Our power grows by pleasing you,

¹⁹for our shield comes from Adonai —

our king is from the Holy One of Isra’el.

²⁰There was a time when you spoke in a vision;

you declared to your loyal [prophets],

“I have given help to a warrior,

I have raised up someone chosen from the people.

²¹I have found David my servant

and anointed him with my holy oil.

²²My hand will always be with him,

and my arm will give him strength.

²³No enemy will outwit him,

no wicked man overcome him.

²⁴I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

²⁵My faithfulness and grace will be with him;

through my name his power will grow.

²⁶I will put his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁷He will call to me, ‘You are my father,

my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁸I will give him the position of firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁹I will keep my grace for him forever,

and in my covenant be faithful with him.

³⁰I will establish his dynasty forever,

and his throne as long as the heavens last.

³¹“If his descendants abandon my Torah

and fail to live by my rulings,

³²if they profane my regulations

and don’t obey my mitzvot ,

³³I will punish their disobedience with the rod

and their guilt with lashes.

³⁴But I won’t withdraw my grace from him

or be false to my faithfulness.

³⁵I will not profane my covenant

or change what my lips have spoken.

³⁶I have sworn by my holiness once and for all;

I will not lie to David —

³⁷his dynasty will last forever,

his throne like the sun before me.

³⁸It will be established forever, like the moon,

which remains a faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)

³⁹But you spurned your anointed one,

rejected and vented your rage on him.

⁴⁰You renounced the covenant with your servant

and defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴¹You broke through all his defenses

and left his strongholds in ruins.

⁴²All who pass by plunder him;

he is an object of scorn to his neighbors.

⁴³You raised up the right hand of his foes

and made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴⁴You drive back his drawn sword

and fail to support him in battle.

⁴⁵You brought an end to his splendor

and hurled his throne to the ground.

⁴⁶You cut short the days of his youth

and covered him with shame. (Selah)

⁴⁷How long, Adonai ? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your fury burn like fire?

⁴⁸Remember how little time I have!

Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?

⁴⁹Who can live and not see death?

Who can save himself from the power of the grave? (Selah)

⁵⁰Where, Adonai , are the acts of grace you once did,

those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?

⁵¹Remember, Adonai , the taunts hurled at your servants,

which I carry in my heart [from] so many peoples!

⁵²Your enemies, Adonai , have flung their taunts,

flung them in the footsteps of your anointed one.

⁵³Blessed be Adonai forever.

Amen. Amen.