³ You said, “David, my servant,
    is my chosen one,
and this is the agreement
    I made with him:
^4 (B) David, one of your descendants
    will always be king.”

⁵ Our Lord, let the heavens
    now praise your miracles,
and let all your angels
    praise your faithfulness.

⁶ None who live in the heavens
    can compare with you.
⁷ You are the most fearsome
    of all who live in heaven;
all the others fear
    and greatly honor you.
⁸ You are Lord God All-Powerful!
No one is as loving
    and faithful as you are.
⁹ You rule the roaring sea
    and calm its waves.
¹⁰ You crushed the monster Rahab,^[a]
and with your powerful arm
    you scattered your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens and the earth
    belong to you.
And so does the world
    with all its people
because you created them
¹²     and everything else.^[b]

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon
    gladly praise you.
¹³ You are strong and mighty!
¹⁴ Your kingdom is ruled
    by justice and fairness
with love and faithfulness
    leading the way.

¹⁵ Our Lord, you bless those
    who join in the festival
and walk in the brightness
    of your presence.
¹⁶ We are happy all day
    because of you,
and your saving power
    brings honor to us.
¹⁷ Your own glorious power
    makes us strong,
and because of your kindness,
    our strength increases.
¹⁸ Our Lord and our King,
the Holy One of Israel,
    you are truly our shield.

¹⁹ In a vision, you once said
    to your faithful followers:
“I have helped a mighty hero.
I chose him from my people
    and made him famous.
^20 (C) David, my servant, is the one
    I chose to be king,
²¹ and I will always be there
    to help and strengthen him.

²² “No enemy will outsmart David,
and he won't be defeated
    by any hateful people.
²³ I will strike down and crush
    his troublesome enemies.
²⁴ He will always be able
    to depend on my love,
and I will make him strong
    with my own power.
²⁵ I will let him rule the lands
    across the rivers and seas.
²⁶ He will say to me,
‘You are my Father
    and my God,
as well as the mighty rock^[c]
    where I am safe.’

^27 (D) “I have chosen David
    as my first-born son,
and he will be the ruler
    of all kings on earth.
²⁸ My love for him will last,
and my agreement with him
    will never be broken.

²⁹ “One of David's descendants
    will always be king,
and his family will rule
    until the sky disappears.
³⁰ Suppose some of his children
should reject my Law
    and refuse my instructions.
³¹ Or suppose they should disobey
    all of my teachings.
³² Then I will correct
and punish them
    because of their sins.
³³ But I will always love David
and faithfully keep all
    of my promises to him.

³⁴ “I won't break my agreement
    or go back on my word.
³⁵ I have sworn once and for all
by my own holy name,
    and I won't lie to David.
³⁶ His family will always rule.
    I will let his kingdom last
as long as the sun ³⁷ and moon
    appear in the sky.”

³⁸ You are now angry, Lord,
and you have turned your back
    on your chosen king.
³⁹ You broke off your agreement
    with your servant, the king,
and you completely destroyed
    his kingdom.
⁴⁰ The walls of his city
    have been broken through,
and every fortress
    now lies in ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by
    take what they want,
and nations everywhere
    joke about the king.

⁴² You made his enemies powerful
    and let them celebrate.
⁴³ But you forced him to retreat
because you did not fight
    on his side.
⁴⁴ You took his crown^[d]
and threw his throne
    in the dirt.
⁴⁵ You made an old man of him
    and put him to shame.

⁴⁶ How much longer, Lord?
    Will you hide forever?
How long will your anger
    keep burning like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember, life is short!^[e]
Why did you empty our lives
    of all meaning?
⁴⁸ No one can escape the power
    of death and the grave.

⁴⁹ Our Lord, where is the love
    you have always shown
and that you promised
    so faithfully to David?
⁵⁰ Remember your servant, Lord!
People make jokes about me,
    and I suffer many insults.
⁵¹ I am your chosen one,
but your enemies chase
    and make fun of me.

⁵² Our Lord, we praise you
    forever. Amen and amen.

Day after day announce,
    “The Lord has saved us!”
³ Tell every nation on earth,
“The Lord is wonderful
    and does marvelous things!
⁴ The Lord is great and deserves
    our greatest praise!
He is the only God
    worthy of our worship.
⁵ Other nations worship idols,
but the Lord created
    the heavens.
⁶ Give honor and praise
    to the Lord,
whose power and beauty
    fill his holy temple.”

^7 (A) Tell everyone of every nation,
“Praise the glorious power
    of the Lord.
⁸ He is wonderful! Praise him
and bring an offering
    into his temple.
⁹ Everyone on earth, now tremble
and worship the Lord,
    majestic and holy.”

¹⁰ Announce to the nations,
    “The Lord is King!
The world stands firm,
    never to be shaken,
and he will judge its people
    with fairness.”

¹¹ Tell the heavens and the earth
    to be glad and celebrate!
Command the ocean to roar
    with all its creatures
¹² and the fields to rejoice
    with all their crops.
Then every tree in the forest
will sing joyful songs
¹³     to the Lord.
He is coming to judge
all people on earth
    with fairness and truth.

³ You know the Lord is God!
He created us,
    and we belong to him;
we are his people,
    the sheep in his pasture.

⁴ Be thankful and praise the Lord
    as you enter his temple.
^5 (A) The Lord is good!
His love and faithfulness
    will last forever.

³ I refuse to be corrupt
or to take part
    in anything crooked,
⁴ and I won't be dishonest
    or deceitful.

⁵ Anyone who spreads gossip
    will be silenced;
no one who is conceited
    will be my friend.

⁶ I will find trustworthy people
    to serve as my advisors;
only an honest person
    will serve as an official.

⁷ No one who cheats or lies
will have a position
    in my royal court.
⁸ Each morning I will silence
    any lawbreakers I find
in the countryside
    or in the city of the Lord.

⁴ Trust the Lord
    and his mighty power.
⁵ Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
    and his fair decisions.
⁶ You belong to the family
    of Abraham, his servant;
you are his chosen ones,
    the descendants of Jacob.

⁷ The Lord is our God,
bringing justice
    everywhere on earth.
⁸ He will never forget
his agreement or his promises,
    not in thousands of years.
* ^9 (B) God made an eternal promise
^{10     (C)} to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
¹¹ when he said, “I'll give you
    the land of Canaan.”

¹² At the time there were
only a few of us,
    and we were homeless.
¹³ We wandered from nation
to nation, from one country
    to another.
^14 (D) God did not let anyone
    mistreat our people.
Instead he protected us
    by punishing rulers
¹⁵ and telling them,
“Don't touch my chosen leaders
    or harm my prophets!”

^16 (E) God kept crops from growing
until food was scarce
    everywhere in the land.
^17 (F) But he had already sent Joseph,
    sold as a slave into Egypt,
^18 (G) with chains of iron
    around his legs and neck.

¹⁹ Joseph remained a slave
until his own words
    had come true,
and the Lord had finished
    testing him.
^20 (H) Then the king of Egypt
    set Joseph free
^21 (I) and put him in charge
    of everything he owned.
²² Joseph was in command
    of the officials,
and he taught the leaders
    how to use wisdom.

^23 (J) Jacob and his family
came and settled in Egypt
    as foreigners.
^24 (K) They were the Lord's people,
so he let them grow stronger
    than their enemies.
²⁵ They served the Lord,
and he made the Egyptians plan
    hateful things against them.
^26 (L) God sent his servant Moses.
He also chose and sent Aaron
²⁷     to his people in Egypt,
and they worked miracles
    and wonders there.
^28 (M) Moses and Aaron obeyed God,
and he sent darkness
    to cover Egypt.
^29 (N) God turned their rivers
into streams of blood,
    and the fish all died.
^30 (O) Frogs were everywhere,
    even in the royal palace.
^31 (P) When God gave the command,
flies and gnats
    swarmed all around.

^32 (Q) In place of rain,
God sent hailstones
    and flashes of lightning.
³³ He destroyed their grapevines
    and their fig trees,
and he made splinters
    of all the other trees.
^34 (R) God gave the command,
and more grasshoppers came
    than could be counted.
³⁵ They ate every green plant
and all the crops that grew
    in the land of Egypt.
^36 (S) Then God took the life
    of every first-born son.

^37 (T) When God led Israel from Egypt,
they took silver and gold,
    and no one was left behind.
³⁸ The Egyptians were afraid
    and gladly let them go.
^39 (U) God hid them under a cloud
and guided them by fire
    during the night.

^40 (V) When they asked for food,
he sent more birds
    than they could eat.
^41 (W) God even split open a rock,
and streams of water
    gushed into the desert.
⁴² God never forgot
his sacred promise
    to his servant Abraham.

⁴³ When the Lord rescued
his chosen people from Egypt,
    they celebrated with songs.
^44 (X) The Lord gave them the land
and everything else
    the nations had worked for.
⁴⁵ He did this so that his people
would obey all his laws.
    Shout praises to the Lord!

^6 (A) When we were in Ephrath,
we heard that the sacred chest
    was somewhere near Jaar.
⁷ Then we said, “Let's go
to the throne of the Lord
    and worship at his feet.”

⁸ Come to your new home, Lord,
you and the sacred chest
    with all its power.
⁹ Let victory be like robes
    for the priests;
let your faithful people
    celebrate and shout.
¹⁰ David is your chosen one,
    so don't reject him.
^11 (B) You made a solemn promise
    to David, when you said,
“I, the Lord, promise
that someone in your family
    will always be king.
¹² If they keep our agreement
    and follow my teachings,
then someone in your family
    will rule forever.”

¹³ You have gladly chosen Zion
    as your home, our Lord.
¹⁴ You said, “This is my home!
    I will live here forever.
¹⁵ I will bless Zion with food,
and even the poor will eat
    until they are full.
¹⁶ Victory will be like robes
    for the priests,
and its faithful people
    will celebrate and shout.
^17 (C) I will give mighty power
    to the kingdom of David.
Each of my chosen kings
will shine like a lamp
¹⁸     and wear a sparkling crown.
But I will disgrace
    their enemies.”