Psalm 89

Psa. 89:0   A  Maskil of  Ethan  the Ezrahite. 

Psa. 89:1    I will  sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; 

To all generations I will  make known Your  faithfulness with my mouth. 

2  For I have said, “ Lovingkindness will be built up forever; 

In the heavens You will establish Your  faithfulness.” 

3  “I have made a covenant with  My chosen; 

I have  sworn to David My servant, 

4  I will establish your  seed forever 

And build up your  throne to all generations.” Selah. 

Psa. 89:5    The  heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; 

Your faithfulness also  in the assembly of the  holy ones. 

6  For  who in the skies is comparable to the LORD? 

Who among the   sons of the mighty is like the LORD, 

7  A God  greatly feared in the council of the  holy ones, 

And  awesome above all those who are around Him? 

8  O LORD God of hosts,  who is like You, O mighty  LORD? 

Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 

9  You rule the swelling of the sea; 

When its waves rise, You  still them. 

10  You Yourself crushed   Rahab like one who is slain; 

You  scattered Your enemies with  Your mighty arm. 

Psa. 89:11    The  heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; 

The  world and  all it contains, You have founded them. 

12  The  north and the south, You have created them; 

Tabor and  Hermon  shout for joy at Your name. 

13  You have  a strong arm; 

Your hand is mighty, Your  right hand is exalted. 

14   Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; 

Lovingkindness and  truth go before You. 

15  How blessed are the people who know the   joyful sound! 

O LORD, they walk in the  light of Your countenance. 

16  In  Your name they rejoice all the day, 

And by Your righteousness they are exalted. 

17  For You are the glory of  their strength, 

And by Your favor  our  horn is exalted. 

18  For our  shield belongs to the LORD, 

And our king to the  Holy One of Israel. 

Psa. 89:19     Once You spoke in vision to Your godly  ones, 

And said, “I have  given help to one who is  mighty; 

I have exalted one  chosen from the people. 

20  “I have  found David My servant; 

With My holy  oil I have anointed him, 

21  With whom  My hand will be established; 

My arm also will  strengthen him. 

22  “The enemy will not  deceive him, 

Nor the   son of wickedness afflict him. 

23  “But I shall  crush his adversaries before him, 

And strike those who hate him. 

24  “My  faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, 

And in My name his  horn will be exalted. 

25  “I shall also set his hand  on the sea 

And his right hand on the rivers. 

26  “He will cry to Me, ‘You are  my Father, 

My God, and the  rock of my salvation.’ 

27  “I also shall make him My  firstborn, 

The  highest of the kings of the earth. 

28  “My  lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, 

And My  covenant shall be confirmed to him. 

29  “So I will establish his   descendants forever 

And his  throne  as the days of heaven. 

Psa. 89:30    “If his sons  forsake My law 

And do not walk in My judgments, 

31  If they  violate My statutes 

And do not keep My commandments, 

32  Then I will punish their transgression with the  rod 

And their iniquity with stripes. 

33  “But I will not break off  My lovingkindness from him, 

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. 

34  “My  covenant I will not  violate, 

Nor will I  alter  the utterance of My lips. 

35  “ Once I have  sworn by My holiness; 

I will not lie to David. 

36  “His   descendants shall endure forever 

And his  throne  as the sun before Me. 

37  “It shall be established forever  like the moon, 

And the  witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah. 

Psa. 89:38    But You have  cast off and  rejected, 

You have been full of wrath  against Your  anointed. 

39  You have  spurned the covenant of Your servant; 

You have  profaned  his crown  in the dust. 

40  You have  broken down all his walls; 

You have  brought his strongholds to ruin. 

41   All who pass along the way plunder him; 

He has become a  reproach to his neighbors. 

42  You have  exalted the right hand of his adversaries; 

You have  made all his enemies rejoice. 

43  You also turn back the edge of his sword 

And have  not made him stand in battle. 

44  You have made his   splendor to cease 

And cast his throne to the ground. 

45  You have  shortened the days of his youth; 

You have  covered him with shame.  Selah. 

Psa. 89:46     How long, O LORD? 

Will You hide Yourself forever? 

Will Your  wrath burn like fire? 

47   Remember  what my span of life is; 

For what  vanity  You have created all the sons of men! 

48  What man can live and not  see death? 

Can he  deliver his soul from the  power of  Sheol?  Selah. 

Psa. 89:49    Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, 

Which You  swore to David in Your faithfulness? 

50  Remember, O Lord, the  reproach of Your servants; 

How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, 

51  With which  Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, 

With which they have reproached the footsteps of  Your anointed. 

Psa. 89:52     Blessed be the LORD forever! 

Amen and Amen.