¹⁶ ‘After this I will return,
and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen;
    from its ruins I will rebuild it,
        and I will set it up,^(A)

³⁸ But now you have spurned and rejected him;
    you are full of wrath against your anointed.^(C)
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
    you have defiled his crown in the dust.^(D)
40 You have broken through all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.^(E)
41 All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(F)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(G)
43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not supported him in battle.^(H)
44 You have removed the scepter from his hand^[a]
    and hurled his throne to the ground.^(I)
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with shame. Selah^(J)

⁴⁶ How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(K)
47 Remember how short my time is—^[b]
    for what vanity you have created all mortals!^(L)
48 Who can live and never see death?
    Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah^(M)

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
    which by your faithfulness you swore to David?^(N)

I myself will take a sprig
    from the lofty top of the cedar;
    I will set it out.
I will break off a tender shoot
    from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will transplant it
    on a high and lofty mountain.^(A)
23 On the mountain height of Israel
    I will transplant it,
and it will produce boughs and bear fruit
    and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
    in the shade of its branches will nest
    winged creatures of every kind.^(B)
24 All the trees of the field shall know
    that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
    I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
    and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
    I will accomplish it.^(C)

“What share do we have in David?
    We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
    Look now to your own house, O David.”