1. I WILL sing of the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
2. For I have said, Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual].
3. [You have said] I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant,
4. Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Isa. 9:7; Luke 1:32, 33; Gal. 3:16]
5. Let heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels).
6. For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty [heavenly beings] can be likened to the Lord,
7. A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him?
8. O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times].
9. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them.
10. You have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies.
11. The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them.
12. The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name.
13. You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high.
14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.
15. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!
16. In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.