Psalm 89
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1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.1I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”2Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:3The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:
4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah4‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude
5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.5All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?6For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?
7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.7The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD? You are entirely faithful.
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.10You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.11The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.15Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.16They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.
17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.17You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.18Yes, our protection comes from the LORD, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.19Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.
20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.20I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.21I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.22His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.24My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.
25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.25I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’26And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.
28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.28I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.
29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.29I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,30But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,
31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.33But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.
34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.
35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:
36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,36His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.
39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.
40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.
41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.41Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.
43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.
44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude
46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?46O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?49Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—50Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!51Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.52Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!
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