Psalm 89 NIV ISV Parallel

◄ Psalm 89 ►

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1A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

1I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.

2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

2I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

3You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

3I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant.

4I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'"

4"I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation." Interlude

5The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

5Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

6For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings?

7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

7God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

8Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

9You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.

10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

10You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.

11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

11Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them.

12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

12The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

13Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

14Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you.

15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

15How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.

16They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness.

16In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice.

17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.

17For you are their strength's grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power.

18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.

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.

20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

20I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

21with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.

22The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.

22No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.

23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

23I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.

24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.

24My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.

25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

25I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.

26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'

26He will announce to me 'You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

27"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

28I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.

29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

29I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

30"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

30"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,

31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

31if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,

32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

32then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.

33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

33But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

34I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David--

35I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.

36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

36His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.

37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky."

37It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky." Interlude

38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

38But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.

39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

39You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground.

40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.

41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

41All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.

43Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

44You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.

45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

45You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude

46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

46How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?

47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!

47Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!

48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?

48What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

49Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

49Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?

50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,

51the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

51when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

52Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

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