Psalms Chapter 89 of 150 about 4 min read

Psalm 89

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Verse 1. 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.

Verse 2. For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

Verse 3. You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

Verse 4. ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Verse 5. The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.

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

Verse 7. In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Verse 8. O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

Verse 9. You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

Verse 10. You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Verse 11. The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

Verse 12. North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Verse 13. Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Verse 14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

Verse 15. Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

Verse 16. They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

Verse 17. For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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

Verse 19. 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.

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

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

Verse 22. No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

Verse 23. I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

Verse 24. My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

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

Verse 26. He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

Verse 27. I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Verse 28. I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

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

Verse 30. If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

Verse 31. if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

Verse 32. I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

Verse 33. But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

Verse 34. I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Verse 35. Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—

Verse 36. his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

Verse 37. like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

Verse 38. Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

Verse 39. You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Verse 40. You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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

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

Verse 43. You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

Verse 44. You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

Verse 45. You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

Verse 46. How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Verse 47. Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Verse 48. What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Verse 49. Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Verse 50. Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

Verse 51. how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

Verse 52. Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.