{\b Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.}\par\par\tab I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:\par\tab With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
But I will sing of thy strength;\par\tab Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning:\par\tab For thou hast been my high tower,\par\tab And a refuge in the day of my distress.
O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, {\i even} counsels of old, in faithfulness {\i and} truth.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.