^{1 Ref} I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

^{2 Ref} For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

^{3 Ref} I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

^{4 Ref} Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah

^{5 Ref} And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

^{6 Ref} For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

^{7 Ref} A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

^{8 Ref} O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

^{9 Ref} Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

^{10 Ref} Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

^{11 Ref} The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

^{12 Ref} The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

^{13 Ref} Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

^{14 Ref} Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

^{15 Ref} Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

^{16 Ref} In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

^{17 Ref} For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

^{18 Ref} For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

^{19 Ref} Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

^{20 Ref} I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

^{21 Ref} With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

^{22 Ref} The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

^{23 Ref} And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

^{24 Ref} But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

^{25 Ref} I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

^{26 Ref} He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.

^{27 Ref} I also will make him `my' first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

^{28 Ref} My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

^{29 Ref} His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

^{30 Ref} If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

^{31 Ref} If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

^{32 Ref} Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

^{33 Ref} But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

^{34 Ref} My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

^{35 Ref} Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

^{36 Ref} His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

^{37 Ref} It shall be established for ever as the moon, And `as' the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

^{38 Ref} But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

^{39 Ref} Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown `by casting it' to the ground.

^{40 Ref} Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

^{41 Ref} All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

^{42 Ref} Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

^{43 Ref} Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

^{44 Ref} Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

^{45 Ref} The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

^{46 Ref} How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? `How long' shall thy wrath burn like fire?

^{47 Ref} Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

^{48 Ref} What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

^{49 Ref} Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

^{50 Ref} Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom `the reproach of' all the mighty peoples,

^{51 Ref} Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

^{52 Ref} Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses the man of God.