I Will Sing of His Love Forever

¹I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever;with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

²For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever;in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

³You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one,I have sworn to David My servant:

⁴‘I will establish your offspring foreverand build up your throne for all generations.’”Selah

⁵The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the skies can compare with the LORD?Who among the heavenly beingsis like the LORD?

⁷In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared,and awesome above all who surround Him.

⁸O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You?O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

⁹You rule the raging sea;when its waves mount up, You still them.

¹⁰You crushed Rahab like a carcass;You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹The heavens are Yours, and also the earth.The earth and its fullness You founded.

¹²North and south You created;Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹³Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand.Your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

¹⁵Blessed are those who know the joyful sound,who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

¹⁶They rejoice in Your name all day long,and in Your righteousness they exult.

¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength,and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸Surely our shield belongs to the LORD,and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹You once spoke in a vision;to Your godly ones You said,“I have bestowed help on a warrior;I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰I have found My servant David;with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

²¹My hand will sustain him;surely My arm will strengthen him.

²²No enemy will exact tribute;no wicked man will oppress him.

²³I will crush his foes before himand strike down those who hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him,and through My name his horn will be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand over the sea,and his right hand upon the rivers.

²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him,and My covenant with him will stand fast.

²⁹I will establish his line forever,his throne as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰If his sons forsake My lawand do not walk in My judgments,

³¹if they violate My statutesand fail to keep My commandments,

³²I will attend to their transgression with the rod,and to their iniquity with stripes.

³³But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him,nor ever betray My faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate My covenantor alter the utterance of My lips.

³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—

³⁶his offspring shall endure forever,and his throne before Me like the sun,

³⁷like the moon, established forever,a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

³⁸Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him;You are enraged by Your anointed one.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant with Your servantand sullied his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls;You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him;he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You have bent the edge of his swordand have not sustained him in battle.

⁴⁴You have ended his splendorand cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth;You have covered him with shame.Selah

⁴⁶How long, O LORD?Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

⁴⁷Remember the briefness of my lifespan!For what futility You have created all men!

⁴⁸What man can live and never see death?Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah

⁴⁹Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old,which You faithfully swore to David?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants,which I bear in my heart from so many people—

⁵¹how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD,and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

⁵²Blessed be the LORD forever!Amen and amen.

I Will Exalt You, My God and King

¹I will exalt You, my God and King;I will bless Your name forever and ever.

²Every day I will bless You,and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

³Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised;His greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation will commend Your works to the next,and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

⁵the glorious splendor of Your majesty.And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

⁶They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds,and I will declare Your greatness.

⁷They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodnessand sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

⁸The LORD is gracious and compassionate,slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

⁹The LORD is good to all;His compassion rests on all He has made.

¹⁰All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD,and Your saints will bless You.

¹¹They will tell of the glory of Your kingdomand speak of Your might,

¹²to make known to men Your mighty actsand the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,and Your dominion endures through all generations.The LORD is faithful in all His wordsand kind in all His actions.

¹⁴The LORD upholds all who falland lifts up all who are bowed down.

¹⁵The eyes of all look to You,and You give them their food in season.

¹⁶You open Your handand satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The LORD is righteous in all His waysand kind in all His deeds.

¹⁸The LORD is near to all who call on Him,to all who call out to Him in truth.

¹⁹He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;He hears their cry and saves them.

²⁰The LORD preserves all who love Him,but all the wicked He will destroy.

²¹My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD;let every creature bless His holy nameforever and ever.

Bless the LORD, O My Soul

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul;all that is within me, bless His holy name.

²Bless the LORD, O my soul,and do not forget all His kind deeds—

³He who forgives all your iniquitiesand heals all your diseases,

⁴who redeems your life from the Pitand crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

⁵who satisfies you with good things,so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The LORD executes righteousnessand justice for all the oppressed.

⁷He made known His ways to Moses,His deeds to the people of Israel.

⁸The LORD is compassionate and gracious,slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

⁹He will not always accuse us,nor harbor His anger forever.

¹⁰He has not dealt with us according to our sinsor repaid us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west,so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

¹³As a father has compassion on his children,so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

¹⁴For He knows our frame;He is mindful that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;

¹⁶when the wind passes over, it vanishes,and its place remembers it no more.

¹⁷But from everlasting to everlastingthe loving devotion of the LORDextends to those who fear Him,and His righteousness to their children’s children—

¹⁸to those who keep His covenantand remember to obey His precepts.

¹⁹The LORD has established His throne in heaven,and His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strengthwho carry out His word,who hearken to the voice of His command.

²¹Bless the LORD, all His hosts,you servants who do His will.

²²Bless the LORD, all His worksin all places of His dominion.Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Tried but Trusting

¹Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me,for I am poor and needy.

²Preserve my soul, for I am godly.You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

³Be merciful to me, O Lord,for I call to You all day long.

⁴Bring joy to Your servant,for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

⁵For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving,rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

⁶Hear my prayer, O LORD,and attend to my plea for mercy.

⁷In the day of my distress I call on You,because You answer me.

⁸O Lord, there is none like You among the gods,nor any works like Yours.

⁹All the nations You have madewill come and bow before You, O Lord,and they will glorify Your name.

¹⁰For You are great and perform wonders;You alone are God.

¹¹Teach me Your way, O LORD,that I may walk in Your truth.Give me an undivided heart,that I may fear Your name.

¹²I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;I will glorify Your name forever.

¹³For great is Your loving devotion to me;You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴The arrogant rise against me, O God;a band of ruthless men seeks my life;they have no regard for You.

¹⁵But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

¹⁶Turn to me and have mercy;grant Your strength to Your servant;save the son of Your maidservant.

¹⁷Show me a sign of Your goodness,that my enemies may see and be ashamed;for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.