Psalms of Solomon

Psalm XVIII

PSALM XVIII. A Psalm of Solomon touching the Lord Messiah. 1 O LORD, thy mercy is upon the works of thine hands for ever. 2 Thy goodness is upon Israel with a bounteous gift: yea thine eyes look upon thy works and none of them shall come to want. 3 Thine ears will hearken unto the prayer of the needy that hopeth in thee; thy judgments are upon all the earth with mercy. 4 And thy love is toward the seed of Abraham, even the sons of Israel: thy chastening is upon us as upon a firstborn son only-begotten, 5 To convert the soul that is obedient from simpleness and from sins of ignorance. 6 The LORD cleanse Israel for the day when he shall have mercy upon them and shall bless them: even for the day of his appointing when he shall bring back his anointed. 7 Blessed are they that shall be in those days: for they shall see the goodness of the LORD which he shall bring to pass for the generation that cometh, 8 Under the rod of the chastening of the LORD’s anointed in the fear of his God: in the spirit of wisdom and of righteousness and of might, 9 To direct every man in the works of righteousness with the fear of God ; to stablish them all in the fear of the LORD, 10 Yea to make them a good generation in the fear of God in the days of his mercy. Selah.