Psalms 89

VIN(i) 1 [A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 I indeed declare, Love stands firm forever because You established the skies; Your faithfulness is in them. 3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, 4 I will establish Your seed forever, and build up Your throne to all generations. Selah. 5 The heavens will praise your wonders, O LORD, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 6 For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings? 7 a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones and to be feared above all those who are all around him? 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty the LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds you. 9 You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. 10 You crushed Rahab who became like one slain; With Your strong arm You dispersed Your enemies. 11 The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours; You have founded the world, and the fullness of it. 12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. 13 Yours is an arm with mastery; Your hand is strong; Your right hand is exalted. 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness come before your face. 15 Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, the LORD. 16 They rejoice in your name all the day. They are exalted in your righteousness. 17 For You are the glory of their strength; and by Your favor You lift up our horn. 18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. 20 I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him, 21 For My hand shall support him; and My arm shall strengthen him. 22 No enemy will tax him, no wicked man will oppress him. 23 I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him. 24 My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. 25 I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. 26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' 27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. 28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed. 29 I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. 30 If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments, 31 if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, 32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 But I will not annul My mercy from him, and I will not be false in My faithfulness. 34 I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. 35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; that I will not be false to David. 36 His offspring will endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. 38 But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. 39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. 40 You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. 41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. 43 Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle. 44 You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. 45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah 46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Shall your wrath burn like fire? 47 Remember how transient is my life, For what futility have You created all the sons of humanity? 48 What man can live on and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of Sheol? Selah 49 Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David? 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, 51 With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. 52 Blessed be the LORD forever. Amen and Amen.