I Will Sing of His Love Forever
A Maskil 1of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; Psa 101:1Psa 89:8Lam 3:23Psa 119:90Psa 89:33Psa 36:5Psa 89:4-5Psa 106:1
with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; Psa 36:5Neh 9:31Heb 6:18Num 23:19Psa 103:17Psa 89:5Eph 1:6-7Luk 1:50
in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, Psa 132:112Sa 7:10-161Ki 8:16Act 2:30Heb 7:21Psa 89:282Sa 23:5Ezk 34:23-24
I have sworn to David My servant:
‘I will establish your offspring forever 2Sa 7:12-16Luk 1:32-33Isa 9:6-7Psa 132:121Ch 17:10-141Ch 22:101Ki 9:5Php 2:9-11
and build up your throne for all generations.’”
Selah
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Psa 19:1Psa 97:6Isa 44:232Th 1:7Psa 50:6Rev 7:10-121Pe 1:12Dan 7:10
Your faithfulness as well—
in the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Psa 86:8Jer 10:6Psa 71:19Exo 15:11Psa 113:5Psa 29:1Psa 73:25Psa 40:5
Who among the heavenly beings 2is like the LORD?
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, Psa 47:2Psa 76:7-11Heb 12:28-29Jer 10:7Act 5:11Isa 6:2-7Jer 10:10Luk 12:4-5
and awesome above all who surround Him.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? Psa 71:191Sa 2:2Jer 32:17Isa 40:25-26Psa 147:5Psa 24:8Psa 35:10Psa 84:12
O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
You rule the raging sea; Psa 65:7Psa 107:25-29Mrk 4:41Mat 8:24-27Mrk 4:39Psa 93:3-4Job 38:8-11Psa 29:10
when its waves mount up, You still them.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; Psa 144:6Psa 68:30Psa 87:4Deu 4:34Exo 3:19-20Exo 7:1-15Isa 24:1Psa 105:27-45
You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. 1Ch 29:11Gen 1:1Psa 115:16Psa 24:1-21Co 10:26Psa 50:12Gen 2:11Co 10:28
The earth and its fullness You founded.
North and south You created; Job 26:7Jos 12:1Jos 19:22Deu 3:8-9Jdg 4:12Jdg 4:6Psa 133:3Psa 98:8
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Psa 62:11Dan 4:34-35Psa 89:10Mat 6:13
Your right hand is exalted.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Psa 97:2Pro 16:12Psa 45:6-7Psa 145:17Psa 85:13Deu 32:4Psa 99:4Rev 15:3
loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, Psa 44:3Isa 2:5Job 29:3Psa 4:6Act 2:28Isa 52:7-8Psa 100:1Num 6:26
who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, Php 3:9Php 4:4Psa 29:72Co 5:21Luk 1:47Psa 89:12Psa 40:10Isa 46:13
and in Your righteousness they exult.
For You are the glory of their strength, Psa 75:10Psa 92:10Psa 148:141Co 1:30-311Sa 2:102Co 12:9-10Psa 112:91Sa 2:1
and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, Psa 47:9Psa 71:22Isa 33:22Isa 1:4Isa 12:6Isa 43:3Psa 84:11Psa 91:1-2
and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
You once spoke in a vision; 1Sa 16:181Ki 11:342Sa 7:8-17Heb 2:9-17Isa 9:6Php 2:6-111Sa 16:12Pe 1:21
to Your godly ones You said,
“I have bestowed help on a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
I have found My servant David; 1Sa 16:12-13Isa 61:1-31Sa 16:1Jhn 3:34Act 13:22
with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
My hand will sustain him; Isa 42:1Psa 18:32-39Isa 41:10Psa 89:13Ezk 30:24-25Psa 80:15-172Sa 7:8-16Isa 49:8
surely My arm will strengthen him.
No enemy will exact tribute; 2Sa 7:101Ch 17:9Jhn 17:12Mat 4:1-102Th 2:3
no wicked man will oppress him.
I will crush his foes before him 2Sa 7:92Sa 22:40-442Sa 3:12Sa 7:1Jhn 15:23Psa 132:18Psa 18:40Psa 21:8-9
and strike down those who hate him.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, 2Co 1:20Psa 89:16-17Psa 91:141Sa 2:1Jhn 1:17Jhn 17:11Jhn 17:6Psa 20:1
and through My name his horn will be exalted.
I will set his hand over the sea, Psa 80:111Ki 4:21Psa 2:8Psa 72:8-11Rev 11:15
and his right hand upon the rivers.
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, 2Sa 7:142Sa 22:47Psa 95:1Psa 62:6-7Mat 26:42Psa 62:21Ch 22:10Jhn 11:41
my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, Col 1:15Col 1:18Psa 2:7Rev 19:16Rom 8:29Psa 72:11Num 24:7Exo 4:22
the highest of the kings of the earth.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, Isa 55:3Act 13:32-34Isa 54:10Jer 33:20-212Sa 23:52Sa 7:15-16Psa 111:5Psa 111:9
and My covenant with him will stand fast.
I will establish his line forever, Psa 89:4Deu 11:21Isa 9:7Psa 89:36Dan 2:44Luk 1:32-331Ch 17:11-121Ch 22:10
his throne as long as the heavens endure.
If his sons forsake My law 2Sa 7:141Ch 28:9Pro 28:4Psa 119:53Psa 132:122Ch 7:17-22Ezk 18:17Ezk 20:19
and do not walk in My judgments,
if they violate My statutes Psa 55:20
and fail to keep My commandments,
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, 2Sa 7:14Heb 12:6-11Pro 3:11-121Ki 11:391Ki 11:14Amo 3:21Co 11:31-321Ki 11:31
and to their iniquity with stripes.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, Isa 54:8-102Sa 7:15Lam 3:31-32Heb 6:18Jer 33:20-261Sa 15:291Ki 11:361Ki 11:13
nor ever betray My faithfulness.
I will not violate My covenant Num 23:19Mat 24:35Jas 1:17Mal 3:6Rom 11:29Jer 14:21Lev 26:44Jer 33:20
or alter the utterance of My lips.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— Psa 132:11Heb 6:13Tit 1:2Heb 6:17Amo 4:2Psa 110:4Amo 8:72Th 2:13
I will not lie to David—
his offspring shall endure forever, Psa 72:5Psa 89:29Isa 59:21Psa 72:17Luk 1:332Sa 7:16Isa 9:7Psa 89:4
and his throne before Me like the sun,
like the moon, established forever, Jer 31:35-36Gen 1:14-18Psa 104:19Gen 9:13-16Isa 54:9-10Psa 72:7
a faithful witness in the sky.”
Selah
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; 1Ch 28:9Deu 32:19Psa 106:40Psa 89:512Ch 12:1-122Sa 1:212Sa 15:26Hos 9:17
You are enraged by Your anointed one.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant Lam 5:16Psa 74:7Isa 43:28Psa 89:34-36Isa 25:12Jhn 13:7Psa 116:11Psa 143:3
and sullied his crown in the dust.
You have broken down all his walls; Psa 80:12Lam 2:2Lam 2:5Isa 5:5-6Job 1:102Ch 12:2-52Ch 15:5Rev 13:1-7
You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
All who pass by plunder him; Psa 79:4Dan 9:16Deu 28:37Ezk 5:14-15Isa 10:6Jer 24:9Jer 29:18Jer 42:18
he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; Psa 80:6Rev 11:10Deu 28:25Deu 28:43Jhn 16:20Lam 2:17Lev 26:17Lev 26:25
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
You have bent the edge of his sword 2Ch 25:8Ezk 30:21-25Jos 7:4-5Jos 7:8-12Lev 26:36-37Num 14:42Num 14:45Psa 44:10
and have not sustained him in battle.
You have ended his splendor 1Ki 12:16-201Ki 14:25-281Sa 4:21-222Th 2:3-10Dan 7:20-25Lam 4:1-2Psa 89:39
and cast his throne to the ground.
You have cut short the days of his youth; Psa 109:29Psa 44:15Mic 7:10Psa 102:232Ch 10:19Isa 63:18Psa 71:13Psa 89:28-29
You have covered him with shame.
Selah
How long, O LORD? Psa 79:5Psa 78:63Isa 45:15Isa 8:17Psa 88:14Psa 90:132Th 1:8Heb 12:29
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! Job 14:1Job 10:9Job 7:7Jas 4:14Job 9:25-26Psa 144:4Psa 119:84Psa 39:5-6
For what futility You have created all men!
What man can live and never see death? Ecc 9:5Heb 11:5Psa 49:15Ecc 12:7Ecc 8:8Psa 49:7-9Jhn 8:51Job 30:23
Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?
Selah
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, 2Sa 7:15Heb 7:21Isa 55:32Sa 3:9Isa 63:7-15Psa 132:11-12Psa 54:5Psa 77:9-10
which You faithfully swore to David?
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, Psa 74:18Psa 74:22Psa 69:9Rom 15:3Psa 44:13-16Psa 69:19-20Psa 79:10-12
which I bear in my heart from so many people—
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, 1Pe 4:14-16Psa 74:101Co 4:12-131Pe 2:20-211Pe 3:162Sa 16:7-8Act 5:41Heb 10:33
and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
Blessed be the LORD forever! Psa 41:13Psa 72:18-191Ti 1:17Hab 3:17-19Psa 106:48Mat 6:13Neh 9:5
Amen and amen.