[Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
1[Etan, Esrahini no, Maskil.] Mɛto AWURADE mmɔborɔhunu ho dwom daa: mede m'ano bɛda wo nokorɛdie adi akyerɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa.Under pastoral review
2Efisɛ maka sɛ, Wɔbɛkyekye mmɔborɔhunu daa: wobɛma wo nokorɛdie atim ɔsoro ankasa mu.Under pastoral review
3Me ne deɛ mapa no ayɛ apam, maka ntam akyerɛ Dawid m'akoa,Under pastoral review
4Mɛma w'aba atim daa, na makyekye w'ahennwa akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa. Sela.Under pastoral review
5Na ɔsoro bɛkamfo w'anwanwadeɛ, Ao AWURADE: wo nokorɛdie nso wɔ ahotefoɔ asafo mu.Under pastoral review
6Efisɛ hwan na ɔwɔ ɔsoro a wɔbɛtumi de no atoto AWURADE ho? hwan wɔ ahoɔdenfoɔ mma mu a wɔbɛtumi de no asusu AWURADE ho?Under pastoral review
7Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsuro Onyankopɔn pa ara wɔ ahotefoɔ nhyiamu mu, na wɔdi no ni sene wɔn a wɔatwa ne ho ahyia nyinaa.Under pastoral review
8Ao AWURADE Onyankopɔn Asafo, hwan ne AWURADE hoɔdenfoɔ a ɔte sɛ wo? anaa wo nokorɛdie a atwa wo ho ahyia?Under pastoral review
9Wo na wodi ɛpo huuyɛ so: sɛ n'asorɔkye sɔre a, wobrɛ no ase.Under pastoral review
10Woabubu Rahab mu asinasini, sɛ obi a wɔakum no; wode wo basa den abɔ w'atamfoɔ ahwete.Under pastoral review
11Ɔsoro yɛ wo dea, asase nso yɛ wo dea: wiase ne deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa, wo na wohyɛɛ ne fapem.Under pastoral review
12Atifi ne anafoɔ, wo na wobɔɔ wɔn: Tabor ne Hermon di ahurusie wɔ wo din mu.Under pastoral review
13Wowɔ basa a tumi wɔ mu: wo nsa yɛ den, na wo nsa nifa kɔ soro.Under pastoral review
14Atɛntenenee ne atemmuo ne w'ahennwa fapem: mmɔborɔhunu ne nokorɛ di w'anim.Under pastoral review
15Nhyira nka nkurɔfoɔ a wɔnim nteam a ɛyɛ anigyeɛ no: wɔbɛnante, Ao AWURADE, w'anim hann mu.Under pastoral review
16Wo din mu na wɔbɛdi ahurusie da mu nyinaa: na wo tenenee mu na wɔbɛma wɔn so.Under pastoral review
17Efisɛ wo ne wɔn ahoɔden animuonyam: na w'adom mu na yɛbɛma yɛn abɛn so.Under pastoral review
18Efisɛ AWURADE ne yɛn kyɛm; na Israel Kronkronni no ne yɛn ɔhene.Under pastoral review
19Ɛnna wokasaa anisoadehunu mu kyerɛɛ wo kronkronni, na wokaa sɛ, Mede mmoa asi ɔhoɔdenfoɔ so; mama obi a mapa no afiri nkurɔfoɔ mu so.Under pastoral review
20Mahunu Dawid m'akoa; me ngo kronkron na mede asra no:Under pastoral review
21Deɛ me nsa bɛtim ne so: me basa nso bɛhyɛ no den.Under pastoral review
22Ɔtamfoɔ rennsisi no; na amumuyɛ ba nso renhyɛ no so.Under pastoral review
23Na mɛbubu n'atamfoɔ wɔ n'anim, na mabɔ wɔn a wɔtan no.Under pastoral review
24Na me nokorɛdie ne me mmɔborɔhunu bɛka ne ho: na me din mu na wɔbɛma n'abɛn so.Under pastoral review
25Mɛma ne nsa nso aka ɛpo, ne ne nsa nifa aka nsubɔnten.Under pastoral review
26Ɔbɛfrɛ me sɛ, Wo ne m'agya, me Onyankopɔn, ne me nkwagyeɛ botan.Under pastoral review
27Na mɛyɛ no m'abakan, deɛ ɔkorɔn sene asase so ahene.Under pastoral review
28Mɛkora me mmɔborɔhunu so ama no daa, na m'apam bɛtim ne ho.Under pastoral review
29Mɛma n'aba nso atena hɔ daa, ne n'ahennwa nso sɛ ɔsoro nna.Under pastoral review
30Sɛ ne mma gyaa me mmara, na wɔannante m'atemmuo mu;Under pastoral review
31Sɛ wɔbu me nhyehyɛeɛ so, na wɔanni m'ahyɛdeɛ so;Under pastoral review
32Ɛnna mede abaa bɛtwe wɔn mmarato aso, ne mmaatwa atwe wɔn amumuyɛ aso.Under pastoral review
33Nanso m'adɔeɛ deɛ, merenyi mfiri ne nkyɛn koraa, na meremma me nokorɛdie nnyɛ hunu.Under pastoral review
34Meremmu m'apam so, na merensesa deɛ afiri m'anom.Under pastoral review
35Maka ntam pɛnkoro wɔ me kronkronyɛ mu sɛ merenni Dawid atoro.Under pastoral review
36N'aba bɛtena hɔ daa, na n'ahennwa bɛyɛ sɛ owia wɔ m'anim.Under pastoral review
37Wɔbɛma atim daa sɛ ɔsrane, na sɛ ɔdanseni nokwafoɔ wɔ ɔsoro. Sela.Under pastoral review
38Nanso woatoto agu na woakyiri, wo bo afu deɛ wasra no.Under pastoral review
39Woama w'akoa apam ayɛ hunu: woagu n'ahenkyɛw ho fĩ ahwe fam.Under pastoral review
40Woabubu ne ban nyinaa; woasɛe n'abandenden.Under pastoral review
41Wɔn a wɔfa ɛkwan so nyinaa fom no: wayɛ ahohorabɔ ama n'afipamfoɔ.Under pastoral review
42Woama n'atamfoɔ nsa nifa so; woama n'atamfoɔ nyinaa ani agye.Under pastoral review
43Woadane n'akofena ano nso, na woamma no annyina ɔko mu.Under pastoral review
44Woama n'animuonyam aba awieeɛ, na woato n'ahennwa ahwe fam.Under pastoral review
45Ne mmerantebrɛ nna no, woatwa so: wode aniwuo akata ne so. Sela.Under pastoral review
46Ɛnkyɛre sɛn, AWURADE? wode wo ho bɛhinta daa anaa? w'abufuo bɛdɛre sɛ ogya anaa?Under pastoral review
47Kae sɛdeɛ me berɛ yɛ tiawa: adɛn nti na woabɔ nnipa nyinaa kwa?Under pastoral review
48Onipa bɛn na ɔte ase, na ɔrenhunu owuo? ɔbɛgye ne kra afiri damena nsam anaa? Sela.Under pastoral review
49Awurade, wo tete adɔeɛ a wode kaa Dawid ntam wɔ wo nokorɛ mu no wɔ he?Under pastoral review
50Kae, Awurade, w'asomfoɔ ahohorabɔ; sɛdeɛ mesoa nkurɔfoɔ akɛseɛ nyinaa deɛ wɔ me kokom;Under pastoral review
51Deɛ w'atamfoɔ de ayeyaw, Ao AWURADE; deɛ wɔde ayeyaw deɛ wasra no anammɔn.Under pastoral review
52Nhyira nka AWURADE daa. Amen, ne Amen.Under pastoral review