<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by Ethan the Ezrachite.p> <p class="poetry">I will sing continually<n id="3" /> about the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s faithful deeds;p> <p class="poetry">to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I say, &#8220;Loyal love is permanently established;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the skies you set up your faithfulness.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will always extend my loyal love to him,p> <p class="poetry">and my covenant with him is secure.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> is good.p> <p class="poetry">His loyal love endures,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he is faithful through all generations.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For as the skies are high above the earth,p> <p class="poetry">so his loyal love towers<n id="1" /> over his faithful followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the <sc>Lordsc> continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and is faithful to their descendants,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.p>

<p class="poetry">May no one show him kindness!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May no one have compassion<n id="2" /> on his fatherless children!p>

<p class="poetry">O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!p>

<p class="poetry">For his loyal love towers<n id="1" /> over us,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s faithfulness endures.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">O Israel, hope in the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> exhibits loyal love,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and is more than willing to deliver.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> avenges me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, your loyal love endures.p> <p class="poetry">Do not abandon those whom you have made!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As a demonstration of your loyal love,<n id="1" /> destroy my enemies!p> <p class="poetry">Annihilate<n id="2" /> all who threaten my life,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for I am your servant.p>

<p class="poetry">who loves me<n id="1" /> and is my stronghold,p> <p class="poetry">my refuge<n id="2" /> and my deliverer,p> <p class="poetry">my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,p> <p class="poetry">who makes nations submit to me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have not failed to tell about your justice;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I spoke about your reliability and deliverance;p> <p class="poetry">I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I will sing about your strength;p> <p class="poetry">I will praise your loyal love in the morning.p> <p class="poetry">For you are my refuge<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my place of shelter when I face trouble.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, because of your great loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">answer me with your faithful deliverance!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds,p> <p class="poetry">they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.<n id="1" />p>