1A Maskil of Etan the Ezrakhi.
2I will sing of the compassions of יהוה forever; to all generations will I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
3For I have said, “Forever is compassion built; in the very heavens You do establish Your faithfulness.
4I have made a Brit with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:
5“Forever will I establish your seed, and build up your throne to all generations.” Selah.
6So shall the heavens praise Your wonders, O יהוה , Your faithfulness also in the congregation of the K’doshim.
7For who in the skies can be compared unto יהוה , who among the sons of might can be likened unto יהוה ,
8A God, dreaded in the great council of the K’doshim, and feared of all them that are about Him?
9O יהוה Elohei Tzeva’ot, who is a mighty one, like unto You, O Yah? And Your faithfulness is round about You.
10You rule the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, You still them.
11You did crush Rahav, as one that is slain; You did scatter Your enemies with the arm of Your strength.
12Yours are the heavens, Yours also is the earth; the world and the fullness thereof, You have founded them.
13The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Khermon rejoice in Your Name.
14Yours is an arm with might; strong is Your hand, and exalted is Your right hand.
15Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; compassion and truth go before You.
16Happy is the people that know the Teru’ah; they walk, O יהוה , in the light of Your countenance.
17In Your Name do they rejoice all the day; and through Your tzedaka are they exalted.
18For You are the glory of their strength; and in Your favor our horn is exalted.
19For of יהוה is our Magen; and the Kadosh One of Yisra’el is our Melekh.
20Then You spoke in a vision to Your Khasidim, and said, “I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
21I have found David My servant; with My consecrated oil have I anointed him;
22With whom My hand shall be established; My arm also shall strengthen him.
23The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
24And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
25But My faithfulness and My compassion shall be with him; and through My Name shall his horn be exalted.
26I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
27He shall call unto Me, ‘You are my Father, my Elohim, and the Rock of my Salvation.’
28I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
29Forever will I keep for him My compassion, and My Brit shall stand fast with him.
30His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
31If his children forsake My Torah, and walk not in My ordinances;
32If they profane My statutes, and keep not My Mitzvot;
33Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
34But My compassion will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
35My Brit will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
36Once have I sworn by My Kadesh, “Surely I will not be false unto David;
37His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.
38It shall be established forever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.” Selah.
39But You have cast off and rejected, You have been wroth with Your Mashi’akh.
40You have abhorred the Brit of Your servant; You have profaned his crown even to the ground.
41You have broken down all his fences; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
42All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbors.
43You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies to rejoice.
44Yes, You turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
45You have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
46The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah.
47How long, O יהוה , will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire?
48O remember how short my time is; for what vanity have You created all the children of men!
49What man is he that lives and shall not see Mavet, that shall deliver his soul from the power of She’ol? Selah.
50Where are Your former compassions, O Adonai, which You did swear unto David in Your faithfulness?
51Remember, Adonai, the taunt of Your servants; how I do bear in my bosom [the taunt of] so many peoples;
52Wherewith Your enemies have taunted, O יהוה , wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Your Mashi’akh.
53Blessed is יהוה for evermore. Amein, and Amein.
אמַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי.
בחַסְדֵי יהוה עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה; לְדֹר וָדֹר אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִי.
גכִּי אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה; שָׁמַיִם תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶם.
דכָּרַתִּי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי; נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְדָוִד עַבְדִּי.
העַד עוֹלָם אָכִין זַרְעֶךָ; וּבָנִיתִי לְדֹר וָדוֹר כִּסְאֲךָ סֶלָה.
ווְיוֹדוּ שָׁמַיִם פִּלְאֲךָ יהוה ; אַף אֱמוּנָתְךָ בִּקְהַל קְדֹשִׁים.
זכִּי מִי בַשַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹךְ לַיהוה ; יִדְמֶה לַיהוה בִּבְנֵי אֵלִים.
חאֵל נַעֲרָץ בְּסוֹד קְדֹשִׁים רַבָּה; וְנוֹרָא עַל כָּל סְבִיבָיו.
ט יהוה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת מִי כָמוֹךָ חֲסִין יה ; וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ.
יאַתָּה מוֹשֵׁל בְּגֵאוּת הַיָּם; בְּשׂוֹא גַלָּיו אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵם.
יאאַתָּה דִכִּאתָ כֶחָלָל רָהַב; בִּזְרוֹעַ עֻזְּךָ פִּזַּרְתָּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ.
יבלְךָ שָׁמַיִם אַף לְךָ אָרֶץ; תֵּבֵל וּמְלֹאָהּ אַתָּה יְסַדְתָּם.
יגצָפוֹן וְיָמִין אַתָּה בְרָאתָם; תָּבוֹר וְחֶרְמוֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ יְרַנֵּנוּ.
ידלְךָ זְרוֹעַ עִם גְּבוּרָה; תָּעֹז יָדְךָ תָּרוּם יְמִינֶךָ.
טוצֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֹן כִּסְאֶךָ; חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְקַדְּמוּ פָנֶיךָ.
טזאַשְׁרֵי הָעָם יֹדְעֵי תְרוּעָה; יהוה בְּאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּן.
יזבְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִילוּן כָּל הַיּוֹם; וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ יָרוּמוּ.
יחכִּי תִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמוֹ אָתָּה; וּבִרְצוֹנְךָ תרים (תָּרוּם) קַרְנֵינוּ.
יטכִּי לַיהוה מָגִנֵּנוּ; וְלִקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכֵּנוּ.
כאָז דִּבַּרְתָּ בְחָזוֹן לַחֲסִידֶיךָ וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁוִּיתִי עֵזֶר עַל גִּבּוֹר; הֲרִימוֹתִי בָחוּר מֵעָם.
כאמָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי; בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו.
כבאֲשֶׁר יָדִי תִּכּוֹן עִמּוֹ; אַף זְרוֹעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ.
כגלֹא יַשִּׁיא אוֹיֵב בּוֹ; וּבֶן עַוְלָה לֹא יְעַנֶּנּוּ.
כדוְכַתּוֹתִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו; וּמְשַׂנְאָיו אֶגּוֹף.
כהוֶאֱמוּנָתִי וְחַסְדִּי עִמּוֹ; וּבִשְׁמִי תָּרוּם קַרְנוֹ.
כווְשַׂמְתִּי בַיָּם יָדוֹ; וּבַנְּהָרוֹת יְמִינוֹ.
כזהוּא יִקְרָאֵנִי אָבִי אָתָּה; אֵלִי וְצוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי.
כחאַף אָנִי בְּכוֹר אֶתְּנֵהוּ; עֶלְיוֹן לְמַלְכֵי אָרֶץ.
כטלְעוֹלָם אשמור (אֶשְׁמָר) לוֹ חַסְדִּי; וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לוֹ.
לוְשַׂמְתִּי לָעַד זַרְעוֹ; וְכִסְאוֹ כִּימֵי שָׁמָיִם.
לאאִם יַעַזְבוּ בָנָיו תּוֹרָתִי; וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא יֵלֵכוּן.
לבאִם חֻקֹּתַי יְחַלֵּלוּ; וּמִצְוֹתַי לֹא יִשְׁמֹרוּ.
לגוּפָקַדְתִּי בְשֵׁבֶט פִּשְׁעָם; וּבִנְגָעִים עֲוֹנָם.
לדוְחַסְדִּי לֹא אָפִיר מֵעִמּוֹ; וְלֹא אֲשַׁקֵּר בֶּאֱמוּנָתִי.
להלֹא אֲחַלֵּל בְּרִיתִי; וּמוֹצָא שְׂפָתַי לֹא אֲשַׁנֶּה.
לואַחַת נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְקָדְשִׁי: אִם לְדָוִד אֲכַזֵּב.
לזזַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם יִהְיֶה; וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּי.
לחכְּיָרֵחַ יִכּוֹן עוֹלָם; וְעֵד בַּשַּׁחַק נֶאֱמָן סֶלָה.
לטוְאַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס; הִתְעַבַּרְתָּ עִם מְשִׁיחֶךָ.
מנֵאַרְתָּה בְּרִית עַבְדֶּךָ; חִלַּלְתָּ לָאָרֶץ נִזְרוֹ.
מאפָּרַצְתָּ כָל גְּדֵרֹתָיו; שַׂמְתָּ מִבְצָרָיו מְחִתָּה.
מבשַׁסֻּהוּ כָּל עֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ; הָיָה חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנָיו.
מגהֲרִימוֹתָ יְמִין צָרָיו; הִשְׂמַחְתָּ כָּל אוֹיְבָיו.
מדאַף תָּשִׁיב צוּר חַרְבּוֹ; וְלֹא הֲקֵימֹתוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה.
מההִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטְּהָרוֹ; וְכִסְאוֹ לָאָרֶץ מִגַּרְתָּה.
מוהִקְצַרְתָּ יְמֵי עֲלוּמָיו; הֶעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה סֶלָה.
מזעַד מָה יהוה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח; תִּבְעַר כְּמוֹ אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶךָ.
מחזְכָר אֲנִי מֶה חָלֶד; עַל מַה שָּׁוְא בָּרָאתָ כָל בְּנֵי אָדָם.
מטמִי גֶבֶר יִחְיֶה וְלֹא יִרְאֶה מָּוֶת; יְמַלֵּט נַפְשׁוֹ מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל סֶלָה.
נאַיֵּה חֲסָדֶיךָ הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲדֹנָי: נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לְדָוִד בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶךָ.
נאזְכֹר אֲדֹנָי חֶרְפַּת עֲבָדֶיךָ; שְׂאֵתִי בְחֵיקִי כָּל רַבִּים עַמִּים.
נבאֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ יהוה : אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּ עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחֶךָ.
נגבָּרוּךְ יהוה לְעוֹלָם: אָמֵן וְאָמֵן.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 