Psalm 89
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1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.1I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.2Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.
3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise 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 dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude4‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude
5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness 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 compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings?6For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?
7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.7The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, 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 over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.9You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.10You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them.11The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. 13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk 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.
16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. 16They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.
17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. 17You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.
18Indeed, 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 spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one 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; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,20I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.21I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.22His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.
23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.23I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.24My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.
25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.25I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'26And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.
28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.28I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.
29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. 29I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,30But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,
31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,31if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.32then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.33But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.
34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. 34No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.
35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.35I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:
36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.36His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude37It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.38But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.
39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground.39You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.
40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.40You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.
41All who pass by on their way 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 adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.42You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.
43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.43You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.
44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.44You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.
45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude45You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude
46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?46O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! 47Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!
48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude48No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?49Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,50Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.51Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen!52Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!
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