³ Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:^[a](C)
4 “I will record Rahab^[b](D) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia^(E) too, and Tyre^(F), along with Cush^[c]—
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”^[d](G)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register^(H) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music^(I) they will sing,
    “All my fountains^(J) are in you.”

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(M)
    and my life draws near to death.^(N)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(O)
    I am like one without strength.^(P)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(Q) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(R)
7 Your wrath^(S) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[h](T)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(U)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(V) and cannot escape;^(W)
9     my eyes^(X) are dim with grief.

I call^(Y) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(Z) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(AA)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(AB) in Destruction^[i]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(AC) Lord;
    in the morning^(AD) my prayer comes before you.^(AE)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(AF) me
    and hide your face^(AG) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(AH) I have suffered^(AI) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(AJ) and am in despair.^(AK)
16 Your wrath^(AL) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(AM) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(AN)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(AO) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

⁵ The heavens^(AT) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(AU) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(AV)
7 In the council^(AW) of the holy ones^(AX) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(AY)
8 Who is like you,^(AZ) Lord God Almighty?^(BA)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(BB)
10 You crushed Rahab^(BC) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(BD) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(BE) and yours also the earth;^(BF)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(BG)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(BH) and Hermon^(BI) sing for joy^(BJ) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(BK)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(BL)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(BM)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(BN) in the light^(BO) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(BP) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(BQ)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[m](BR)
18 Indeed, our shield^[n](BS) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(BT) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(BU) my servant;^(BV)
    with my sacred oil^(BW) I have anointed^(BX) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(BY)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(BZ)
    the wicked will not oppress^(CA) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(CB)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(CC)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(CD)
    and through my name his horn^[o] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(CE)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(CF)
    my God, the Rock^(CG) my Savior.’^(CH)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(CI)
    the most exalted^(CJ) of the kings^(CK) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(CL)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(CM)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(CN)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(CO)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(CP)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(CQ)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(CR)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(CS) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(CT)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(CU)
    and reduced his strongholds^(CV) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(CW) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(CX)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(CY)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(CZ)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(DA) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(DB)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(DC)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(DD)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(DE)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[p] been mocked,^(DF)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(DG)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(DH)