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Psalms 89

Psalm 89

The L ord ’ s Covenant with David and Israel’s Afflictions.

¹I will sing of the graciousness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make Your faithfulness known with my mouth.

²For I have said, “Graciousness 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 My servant David,

⁴I will establish your descendants forever And build up your throne to all generations.” Selah

⁵¶The heavens will praise Your wonders, Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord,

⁷A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him?

⁸Lord God of armies, who is like You, mighty Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹You rule the surging of the sea; When its waves rise, You calm them.

¹⁰You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹¶The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have established them.

¹²The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹³You have a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before You.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! Lord, they walk in the light of Your face.

¹⁶In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

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

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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 My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

²¹With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him.

²²“The enemy will not deceive him, Nor will the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³“But I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

²⁴“My faithfulness and My favor will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted.

²⁵“I will also place his hand on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶“He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

²⁷“I will also make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸“I will maintain My favor 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.

³⁰¶“If his sons abandon My Law And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the rod, And their guilt with afflictions.

³³“But I will not withhold My favor from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴“I will not violate My covenant, 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 a witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah

³⁸¶But You have rejected and refused, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

³⁹You have repudiated the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.

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

⁴³You also turn back the edge of his sword, And have not made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have put an end to his splendor And cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶¶How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember what my lifespan is; For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!

⁴⁸What man can live and not see death? Can he save his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹¶Where are Your former acts of favor, Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the taunt against Your servants; How I carry in my heart the taunts of all the many peoples,

⁵¹With which Your enemies have taunted, Lord, With which they have taunted the footsteps of Your anointed.

⁵²¶Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.

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