Psalm 89

1. 1

   Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; *
   from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.

2. 2

   For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *
   you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.

3. 3

   "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *
   I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

4. 4

   'I will establish your line for ever, *
   and preserve your throne for all generations.'"

5. 5

   The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O LORD, *
   and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones;

6. 6

   For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? *
   who is like the LORD among the gods?

7. 7

   God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *
   great and terrible to all those round about him.

8. 8

   Who is like you, LORD God of hosts? *
   O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you.

9. 9

   You rule the raging of the sea *
   and still the surging of its waves.

10. 10

    You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; *
    you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11. 11

    Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *
    you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.

12. 12

    You have made the north and the south; *
    Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.

13. 13

    You have a mighty arm; *
    strong is your hand and high is your right hand.

14. 14

    Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *
    love and truth go before your face.

15. 15

    Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *
    they walk, O LORD, in the light of your presence.

16. 16

    They rejoice daily in your Name; *
    they are jubilant in your righteousness.

17. 17

    For you are the glory of their strength, *
    and by your favor our might is exalted.

18. 18

    Truly, the LORD is our ruler; *
    The Holy One of Israel is our King.

19. 19

    You spoke once in a vision and said to your faithful people: *
    "I have set the crown upon a warrior and have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20. 20

    I have found David my servant; *
    with my holy oil have I anointed him.

21. 21

    My hand will hold him fast *
    and my arm will make him strong.

22. 22

    No enemy shall deceive him, *
    nor any wicked man bring him down.

23. 23

    I will crush his foes before him *
    and strike down those who hate him.

24. 24

    My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *
    and he shall be victorious through my Name.

25. 25

    I shall make his dominion extend *
    from the Great Sea to the River.

26. 26

    He will say to me, 'You are my Father, *
    my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

27. 27

    I will make him my firstborn *
    and higher than the kings of the earth.

28. 28

    I will keep my love for him for ever, *
    and my covenant will stand firm for him.

29. 29

    I will establish his line for ever *
    and his throne as the days of heaven."

30. 30

    "If his children forsake my law *
    and do not walk according to my judgments;

31. 31

    If they break my statutes *
    and do not keep my commandments;

32. 32

    I will punish their transgressions with a rod *
    and their iniquities with the lash;

33. 33

    But I will not take my love from him, *
    nor let my faithfulness prove false.

34. 34

    I will not break my covenant, *
    nor change what has gone out of my lips.

35. 35

    Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *
    'I will not lie to David.

36. 36

    His line shall endure for ever *
    and his throne as the sun before me;

37. 37

    It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *
    the abiding witness in the sky.'"

38. 38

    But you have cast off and rejected your anointed; *
    you have become enraged at him.

39. 39

    You have broken your covenant with your servant, *
    defiled his crown, and hurled it to the ground.

40. 40

    You have breached all his walls *
    and laid his strongholds in ruins.

41. 41

    All who pass by despoil him; *
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42. 42

    You have exalted the right hand of his foes *
    and made all his enemies rejoice.

43. 43

    You have turned back the edge of his sword *
    and have not sustained him in battle.

44. 44

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

45. 45

    You have cut short the days of his youth *
    and have covered him with shame.

46. 46

    How long will you hide yourself, O LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? *
    how long will your anger burn like fire?

47. 47

    Remember, LORD, how short life is, *
    how frail you have made all flesh.

48. 48

    Who can live and not see death? *
    who can save himself from the power of the grave?

49. 49

    Where, Lord, are your loving-kindnesses of old, *
    which you promised David in your faithfulness?

50. 50

    Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, *
    how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples,

51. 51

    The taunts your enemies have hurled, O LORD, *
    which they hurled at the heels of your anointed.

52. 52

    Blessed be the LORD for evermore! *
    Amen, I say, Amen.

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