סָפַר

I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.”

Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.

You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.