A Psalm of Solomon touching the anointed of the Lord.

1 O Lord, Your mercy is upon the works of Your hands for ever.

2 Your goodness is upon Israel with a bounteous gift; Your eyes look upon them, and none of them shall come to want.

3 Your ears will hearken unto the prayer of the needy that hopes in You; Your judgments are upon all the earth with mercy.

4 And Your love is toward the seed of Abraham, the children of Israel; Your chastening is upon us as upon a cherished firstborn servant,

5 To turn the obedient soul from simpleness and from sins of ignorance.

6 May God 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 raise up 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 establish 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.