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.