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Psalms 89

¹I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

²Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

³The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

⁴‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

⁵All heaven will praise your great wonders, Lord; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.

⁶For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?

⁷The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

⁸O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord? You are entirely faithful.

⁹You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

¹⁰You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

¹¹The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.

¹²You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

¹³Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.

¹⁵Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.

¹⁶They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.

¹⁷You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.

¹⁸Yes, our protection comes from the Lord, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.

¹⁹Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.

²⁰I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

²¹I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.

²²His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.

²³I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.

²⁵I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.

²⁶And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.

²⁸I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.

²⁹I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

³⁰But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

³¹if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

³²then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.

³³But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.

³⁴No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.

³⁵I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:

³⁶His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.

³⁷It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude

³⁸But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.

³⁹You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.

⁴¹Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

⁴²You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.

⁴³You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

⁴⁴You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.

⁴⁵You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude

⁴⁶O Lord, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

⁴⁸No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude

⁴⁹Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

⁵⁰Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

⁵¹Your enemies have mocked me, O Lord; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

⁵²Praise the Lord forever! Amen and amen!

Psalms 89 (NLT)

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