A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the loving kindness 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 make known your faithfulness to all generations.
I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. Psa 36:5Neh 9:31Heb 6:18Num 23:19Psa 103:17Psa 89:5Eph 1:6-7Luk 1:50
You established the heavens.
Your faithfulness is in them.”
“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 to all generations.’” Selah.
The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, Psa 19:1Psa 97:6Isa 44:232Th 1:7Psa 50:6Rev 7:10-121Pe 1:12Dan 7:10
your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Psa 86:8Jer 10:6Psa 71:19Exo 15:11Psa 113:5Psa 29:1Psa 73:25Psa 40:5
Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, Psa 47:2Psa 76:7-11Heb 12:28-29Jer 10:7Act 5:11Isa 6:2-7Jer 10:10Luk 12:4-5
to be feared above all those who are around him?
LORD, 1 God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Psa 71:191Sa 2:2Jer 32:17Isa 40:25-26Psa 147:5Psa 24:8Psa 35:10Psa 84:12
LORD, 2 your faithfulness is around you.
You rule the pride of the 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 rise up, you calm them.
You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. Psa 144:6Psa 68:30Psa 87:4Deu 4:34Exo 3:19-20Exo 7:1-15Isa 24:1Psa 105:27-45
You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
The heavens are yours. 1Ch 29:11Gen 1:1Psa 115:16Psa 24:1-21Co 10:26Psa 50:12Gen 2:11Co 10:28
The earth also is yours,
the world and its fullness.
You have founded them.
You have created the north and the south. Job 26:7Jos 12:1Jos 19:22Deu 3:8-9Jdg 4:12Jdg 4:6Psa 133:3Psa 98:8
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
You have a mighty arm. Psa 62:11Dan 4:34-35Psa 89:10Mat 6:13
Your hand is strong, and 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 kindness and truth go before your face.
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. Psa 44:3Isa 2:5Job 29:3Psa 4:6Act 2:28Isa 52:7-8Psa 100:1Num 6:26
They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
In your name they rejoice all day. Php 3:9Php 4:4Psa 29:72Co 5:21Luk 1:47Psa 89:12Psa 40:10Isa 46:13
In your righteousness, they are exalted.
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
In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
For our shield belongs to the LORD, Psa 47:9Psa 71:22Isa 33:22Isa 1:4Isa 12:6Isa 43:3Psa 84:11Psa 91:1-2
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, 1Sa 16:181Ki 11:342Sa 7:8-17Heb 2:9-17Isa 9:6Php 2:6-111Sa 16:12Pe 1:21
and said, “I have given strength to the warrior.
I have exalted a young man from the people.
I have found David, my servant. 1Sa 16:12-13Isa 61:1-31Sa 16:1Jhn 3:34Act 13:22
I have anointed him with my holy oil,
with whom my hand shall be established. Isa 42:1Psa 18:32-39Isa 41:10Psa 89:13Ezk 30:24-25Psa 80:15-172Sa 7:8-16Isa 49:8
My arm will also strengthen him.
No enemy will tax him. 2Sa 7:101Ch 17:9Jhn 17:12Mat 4:1-102Th 2:3
No wicked man will oppress him.
I will beat down his adversaries before him, 2Sa 7:92Sa 22:40-442Sa 3:12Sa 7:1Jhn 15:23Psa 132:18Psa 18:40Psa 21:8-9
and strike those who hate him.
But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. 2Co 1:20Psa 89:16-17Psa 91:141Sa 2:1Jhn 1:17Jhn 17:11Jhn 17:6Psa 20:1
In my name, his horn will be exalted.
I will set his hand also on the sea, Psa 80:111Ki 4:21Psa 2:8Psa 72:8-11Rev 11:15
and his right hand on 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, and the rock of my salvation!’
I will also appoint him 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 keep my loving kindness for him forever more. Isa 55:3Act 13:32-34Isa 54:10Jer 33:20-212Sa 23:52Sa 7:15-16Psa 111:5Psa 111:9
My covenant will stand firm with him.
I will also make his offspring endure forever, Psa 89:4Deu 11:21Isa 9:7Psa 89:36Dan 2:44Luk 1:32-331Ch 17:11-121Ch 22:10
and his throne as the days of heaven.
If his children forsake my law, 2Sa 7:141Ch 28:9Pro 28:4Psa 119:53Psa 132:122Ch 7:17-22Ezk 18:17Ezk 20:19
and don’t walk in my ordinances;
if they break my statutes, Psa 55:20
and don’t keep my commandments;
then I will punish their sin with the rod, 2Sa 7:14Heb 12:6-11Pro 3:11-121Ki 11:391Ki 11:14Amo 3:21Co 11:31-321Ki 11:31
and their iniquity with stripes.
But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, Isa 54:8-102Sa 7:15Lam 3:31-32Heb 6:18Jer 33:20-261Sa 15:291Ki 11:361Ki 11:13
nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
I will not break my covenant, Num 23:19Mat 24:35Jas 1:17Mal 3:6Rom 11:29Jer 14:21Lev 26:44Jer 33:20
nor alter what my lips have uttered.
Once 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 will endure forever, Psa 72:5Psa 89:29Isa 59:21Psa 72:17Luk 1:332Sa 7:16Isa 9:7Psa 89:4
his throne like the sun before me.
It will be established forever like the moon, Jer 31:35-36Gen 1:14-18Psa 104:19Gen 9:13-16Isa 54:9-10Psa 72:7
the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.
But you have rejected and spurned. 1Ch 28:9Deu 32:19Psa 106:40Psa 89:512Ch 12:1-122Sa 1:212Sa 15:26Hos 9:17
You have been angry with your anointed.
You have renounced the covenant of your servant. Lam 5:16Psa 74:7Isa 43:28Psa 89:34-36Isa 25:12Jhn 13:7Psa 116:11Psa 143:3
You have defiled his crown in the dust.
You have broken down all his hedges. Psa 80:12Lam 2:2Lam 2:5Isa 5:5-6Job 1:102Ch 12:2-52Ch 15:5Rev 13:1-7
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
All who pass by the way rob 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 adversaries. Psa 80:6Rev 11:10Deu 28:25Deu 28:43Jhn 16:20Lam 2:17Lev 26:17Lev 26:25
You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
Yes, you turn back 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 haven’t supported 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 thrown his throne down to the ground.
You have shortened 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, 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 burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is, Job 14:1Job 10:9Job 7:7Jas 4:14Job 9:25-26Psa 144:4Psa 119:84Psa 39:5-6
for what vanity you have created all the children of men!
What man is he who shall live and not see death, Ecc 9:5Heb 11:5Psa 49:15Ecc 12:7Ecc 8:8Psa 49:7-9Jhn 8:51Job 30:23
who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? 3 Selah.
Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, 2Sa 7:15Heb 7:21Isa 55:32Sa 3:9Isa 63:7-15Psa 132:11-12Psa 54:5Psa 77:9-10
which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, Psa 74:18Psa 74:22Psa 69:9Rom 15:3Psa 44:13-16Psa 69:19-20Psa 79:10-12
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, 1Pe 4:14-16Psa 74:101Co 4:12-131Pe 2:20-211Pe 3:162Sa 16:7-8Act 5:41Heb 10:33
with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
Blessed be the LORD forever more. Psa 41:13Psa 72:18-191Ti 1:17Hab 3:17-19Psa 106:48Mat 6:13Neh 9:5
Amen, and Amen.