<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rules forever,p> <p class="poetry">your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">A whole generation<n id="1" /> will serve him;p> <p class="poetry">they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then they will not be like their ancestors,p> <p class="poetry">who were a stubborn and rebellious generation,p> <p class="poetry">a generation that was not committedp> <p class="poetry">and faithful to God.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are absolutely terrified,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God defends the godly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor,p> <p class="poetry">Jacob&#8217;s descendants, who pray to him.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">If I had publicized these thoughts,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I would have betrayed your loyal followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He always remembers his covenantal decree,p> <p class="poetry">the promise he made<n id="1" /> to a thousand generations &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">May his descendants<n id="1" /> be cut off!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">His descendants<n id="1" /> will be powerful on the earth;p> <p class="poetry">the godly<n id="2" /> will be blessed.p>

<p class="poetry">You, <sc>Lordsc>, will protect them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Consider its defenses!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Walk through<n id="2" /> its fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">so you can tell the next generation about it!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he will join his ancestors;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will never again see the light of day.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">we will not hide from their<n id="1" /> descendants.p> <p class="poetry">We will tell the next generationp> <p class="poetry">about the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s praiseworthy acts,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">about his strength and the amazing things he has done.p>

<p class="poetry">so that the next generation, children yet to be born,p> <p class="poetry">might know about them.p> <p class="poetry">They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The account of his intervention<n id="1" /> will be recorded for future generations;p> <p class="poetry">people yet to be born will praise the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I am old and gray,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not abandon me,p> <p class="poetry">until I tell the next generation about your strength,p> <p class="poetry">and those coming after me about your power.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For forty years I was continually disgusted<n id="1" /> with that generation,p> <p class="poetry">and I said, &#8216;These people desire to go astray;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not obey my commands.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>