Psalms - Chapter 89 | New International Version

  • 1. {A 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.
  • 2. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
  • 3. You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
  • 4. 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' " Selah
  • 5. The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
  • 6. For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
  • 7. In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
  • 8. O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
  • 9. You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
  • 10. You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
  • 11. The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
  • 12. You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
  • 13. Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
  • 14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
  • 15. Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
  • 16. They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
  • 17. For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
  • 18. Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
  • 19. Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.
  • 20. I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
  • 21. My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
  • 22. No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
  • 23. I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
  • 24. My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
  • 25. I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
  • 26. He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
  • 27. I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
  • 28. I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
  • 29. I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  • 30. If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
  • 31. if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
  • 32. I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
  • 33. but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
  • 34. I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
  • 35. Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David--
  • 36. that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
  • 37. it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah
  • 38. But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
  • 39. You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
  • 40. You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
  • 41. All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
  • 42. You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
  • 43. You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
  • 44. You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
  • 45. You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah
  • 46. How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
  • 47. Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
  • 48. What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah
  • 49. O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
  • 50. Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
  • 51. the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
  • 52. Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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