​Joseph, Guardian of Jesus (transferred)

¹I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever;
with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
²I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
³You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to my servant David:
⁴‘I will establish your descendants forever,
and build your throne for all generations.'”
Selah

⁵Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
⁷a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome above all that are around him?
⁸O Lord GOD of hosts,
who is as mighty as you, O LORD?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you still them.
¹⁰You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
¹¹The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it — you have founded them.
¹²The north and the south — you created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
¹³You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance;
¹⁶they exult in your name all day long,
and extol your righteousness.
¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our shield belongs to the LORD,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁹Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
“I have set the crown on one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
²⁰I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
²¹my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’
²⁷I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
²⁹I will establish his line forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.