Psalms - Chapter 89 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
  • 2. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
  • 3. I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
  • 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. {cf15i Selah.}
  • 5. And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
  • 6. For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
  • 7. A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?
  • 8. O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
  • 9. Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
  • 10. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
  • 11. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
  • 12. The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
  • 13. Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
  • 14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.
  • 15. Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
  • 16. In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.
  • 17. For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
  • 18. For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
  • 19. Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
  • 20. I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:
  • 21. With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
  • 22. The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
  • 23. And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
  • 24. But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
  • 25. I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
  • 26. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
  • 27. I also will make him {cf15i my} first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.
  • 28. My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
  • 29. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
  • 30. If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;
  • 31. If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;
  • 32. Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
  • 33. But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
  • 34. My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
  • 35. Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
  • 36. His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
  • 37. It shall be established for ever as the moon, And {cf15i as} the faithful witness in the sky. {cf15i Selah.}
  • 38. But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
  • 39. Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown {cf15i by casting it} to the ground.
  • 40. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
  • 41. All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
  • 42. Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
  • 43. Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
  • 44. Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
  • 45. The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. {cf15i Selah.}
  • 46. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? {cf15i How long} shall thy wrath burn like fire?
  • 47. Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
  • 48. What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {cf15i Selah.}
  • 49. Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
  • 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom {cf15i the reproach of} all the mighty peoples,
  • 51. Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
  • 52. Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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