⁵ For ^(E)He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That ^(F)they should make them known to their children;
^6 (G)That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
⁷ That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
⁸ And ^(H)may not be like their fathers,
^(I)A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation ^(J)that did not ^[c]set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed and ^[d]carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
^10 (K)They did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law,
¹¹ And ^(L)forgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them.

^12 (M)Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, ^(N)in the field of Zoan.
^13 (O)He divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And ^(P)He made the waters stand up like a heap.
^14 (Q)In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.
^15 (R)He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
¹⁶ He also brought ^(S)streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

¹⁷ But they sinned even more against Him
By ^(T)rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
¹⁸ And ^(U)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.
^19 (V)Yes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
^20 (W)Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”

²¹ Therefore the Lord heard this and ^(X)was furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
²² Because they ^(Y)did not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation.
²³ Yet He had commanded the clouds above,
^(Z)And opened the doors of heaven,
^24 (AA)Had rained down manna on them to eat,
And given them of the ^[e]bread of ^(AB)heaven.
²⁵ Men ate angels’ food;
He sent them food to ^[f]the full.

^26 (AC)He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;
And by His power He brought in the south wind.
²⁷ He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
²⁸ And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
All around their dwellings.
^29 (AD)So they ate and were well filled,
For He gave them their own desire.
³⁰ They were not ^[g]deprived of their craving;
But ^(AE)while their food was still in their mouths,
³¹ The wrath of God came against them,
And slew the stoutest of them,
And struck down the choice men of Israel.

³² In spite of this ^(AF)they still sinned,
And ^(AG)did not believe in His wondrous works.
^33 (AH)Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear.

^34 (AI)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
³⁵ Then they remembered that ^(AJ)God was their rock,
And the Most High God ^(AK)their Redeemer.
³⁶ Nevertheless they ^(AL)flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;
³⁷ For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
^38 (AM)But He, being full of ^(AN)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time ^(AO)He turned His anger away,
And ^(AP)did not stir up all His wrath;
³⁹ For ^(AQ)He remembered ^(AR)that they were but flesh,
^(AS)A breath that passes away and does not come again.

⁴⁰ How often they ^(AT)provoked^[h] Him in the wilderness,
And grieved Him in the desert!
⁴¹ Yes, ^(AU)again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They did not remember His ^[i]power:
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
⁴³ When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
^44 (AV)Turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could not drink.
^45 (AW)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,
And ^(AX)frogs, which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,
And their labor to the ^(AY)locust.
^47 (AZ)He destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycamore trees with frost.
⁴⁸ He also gave up their ^(BA)cattle to the hail,
And their flocks to fiery ^[j]lightning.
⁴⁹ He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction among them.
⁵⁰ He made a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave ^[k]their life over to the plague,
⁵¹ And destroyed all the ^(BB)firstborn in Egypt,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
⁵² But He ^(BC)made His own people go forth like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
⁵³ And He ^(BD)led them on safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea ^(BE)overwhelmed their enemies.
⁵⁴ And He brought them to His ^(BF)holy border,
This mountain ^(BG)which His right hand had acquired.
^55 (BH)He also drove out the nations before them,
^(BI)Allotted them an inheritance by ^[l]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

^56 (BJ)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
⁵⁷ But ^(BK)turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside ^(BL)like a deceitful bow.
^58 (BM)For they provoked Him to anger with their ^(BN)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
⁵⁹ When God heard this, He was furious,
And greatly abhorred Israel,
^60 (BO)So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,
^61 (BP)And delivered His strength into captivity,
And His glory into the enemy’s hand.
^62 (BQ)He also gave His people over to the sword,
And was furious with His inheritance.
⁶³ The fire consumed their young men,
And ^(BR)their maidens were not given in marriage.
^64 (BS)Their priests fell by the sword,
And ^(BT)their widows made no lamentation.

⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
^(BU)Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
⁶⁶ And ^(BV)He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.

⁶⁷ Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion ^(BW)which He loved.
⁶⁹ And He built His ^(BX)sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
^70 (BY)He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ From following ^(BZ)the ewes that had young He brought him,
^(CA)To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
⁷² So he shepherded them according to the ^(CB)integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

³ “I^(C) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have ^(D)sworn to My servant David:
⁴ ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne ^(E)to all generations.’ ” Selah

⁵ And ^(F)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
^6 (G)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
^7 (H)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
^9 (I)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
^10 (J)You have broken ^[b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

^11 (K)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
¹² The north and the south, You have created them;
^(L)Tabor and ^(M)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the ^(N)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
¹⁶ In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our ^[c]horn is ^(O)exalted.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(P)chosen from the people.
^20 (Q)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
^21 (R)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not ^[e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³ I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

²⁴ “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵ Also I will ^(S)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(T)my Father,
My God, and ^(U)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Also I will make him ^(V)My firstborn,
^(W)The highest of the kings of the earth.
^28 (X)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
²⁹ His seed also I will make to endure forever,
^(Y)And his throne ^(Z)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If^(AA) his sons ^(AB)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
^33 (AC)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[g]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[h]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴ My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(AD)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵ Once I have sworn ^(AE)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
^36 (AF)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(AG)as the sun before Me;
³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But You have ^(AH)cast off and ^(AI)abhorred,^[i]
You have been furious with Your ^[j]anointed.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
^(AJ)You have ^[k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his ^[l]strongholds to ruin.
⁴¹ All who pass by the way ^(AK)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his ^[m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
⁴⁵ The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my time ^(AL)is;
For what ^(AM)futility have You created all the children of men?
⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^[n]see ^(AN)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of ^[o]the grave? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^(AO)swore to David ^(AP)in Your truth?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^(AQ)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
^51 (AR)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^[p]anointed.

^52 (AS)Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
² Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
³ Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
⁴ Praise Him, ^(A)you heavens of heavens,
And ^(B)you waters above the heavens!

⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For ^(C)He commanded and they were created.
^6 (D)He also established them forever and ever;
He made a decree which shall not pass away.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(E)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
⁸ Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
^9 (F)Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;
¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
¹² Both young men and maidens;
Old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His ^(G)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He ^(H)has exalted the ^[b]horn of His people,
The praise of ^(I)all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
^(J)A people near to Him.

^[c]Praise the Lord!