< Psalms 89 >

1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
A 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.
2 For your love you did promise to build up forever, your faithfulness firm as the heavens themselves.
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3 “I have made with my chosen a covenant, and sworn to David my servant,
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.” (Selah)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”
5 Then the holy assembly in heaven praised your marvelous faithfulness, Lord.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies may compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the gods?
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7 A God to be feared in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round him.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you? Your strength and faithfulness, Lord, surround you.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You are the Lord of the raging sea: when its waves surge, it is you who still them.
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10 It was you who did pierce and crush Rahab in pieces, and scatter your foes by your mighty arm.
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11 Yours are the heavens, yours also the earth, the world and its fulness, it’s you who did found them.
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12 The north and the south, it’s you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout praise to your name.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 You have an arm with the might of a hero; strong is your hand, high uplifted your right hand.
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14 Justice and right are the base of your throne, kindness and faithfulness ever attend you.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15 Happy the people who know the glad shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16 They exult in your name all the day, and your righteousness they extol.
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17 For you are our strength and our pride. Your favor will lift us to honor.
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For the holy Lord of Israel keeps our defender and king.
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 In a vision of old you did speak in this way to the one whom you loved: “A crown I have set on the hero I chose to be over the people
You 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.
20 “I found my servant David, and anointed with holy oil.
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will be with him forever, my arm will give him strength.
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22 “No enemy will dare to assail him, nor the wicked to oppress him;
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 but his foes I will shatter before him, I will strike down those who hate him.
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24 “My loyal love shall attend him, and I will lift him to honor.
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 “As for him, he will call me ‘My father, my God, and my rock of salvation.’
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him my firstborn, highest of kings on the earth.
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 “My love will I keep for him ever, my covenant with him shall stand fast.
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29 His line will I make everlasting, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 “If his children forsake my law, and walk not as I have ordained;
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31 if they profane my statutes, and do not keep my commandments;
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32 “I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with scourges.
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33 But my love will I not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34 “I will not profane my covenant by changing the word that has passed my lips.
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35 Once have I solemnly sworn and I would not lie to David,
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
36 “that his line should endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me,
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37 firm as the moon which for ever and ever is fixed in the sky.” (Selah)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have cast off in contempt, and been furious with your anointed.
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39 You have spurned the covenant with your servant, and his sacred crown dashed to the ground.
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41 All who pass on their way despoil him, the scorn of his neighbors is he now.
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have given his foes the victory, and made all his enemies glad.
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have turned back his sword from the foe, you did not lift him up in the battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44 The sceptre you took from his hand, and his throne you did hurl to the ground.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame. (Selah)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame.
46 How long, Lord will you hide you forever? How long are the fires of your wrath to burn?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47 Remember, Lord, the shortness of life how fleeting you made all people.
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48 Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
49 Where, Lord, is your kindness of old, which you in your faithfulness swore to David?
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, how I bear in my heart the scorn of all nations
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51 The scorn which your enemies hurl, O Lord, which they hurl at the footsteps of your anointed.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52 Blest be the Lord, for ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.

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