Psalm 89

Psalm LXXXIX.

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

^aI will sing of the ^bcmercies of the Lord for ever:

With my mouth will I make known ^cdthy faithfulness to all generations.

²For I have said, Mercy shall be ⁱbuilt up for ever:

^dThy faithfulness ^eshalt thou establish in the very heavens.

³I have made a covenant with ^fmy chosen,

I have ^gsworn unto David my servant,

^4hThy seed will I stablish for ever,

And ⁱbuild up ^kthy throne ^lto all generations. Selah.

⁵And ^mthe heavens shall praise ⁿthy wonders, O Lord:

^dThy faithfulness also ⁿⁿin the congregation ^oof the saints.

⁶For who in the heaven ^pcan be compared unto the Lord?

Who among ^qthe sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

⁷God is greatly to be feared in ^qqthe assembly ^oof the saints,

And ^rto be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

⁸O Lord God of hosts,

Who is a strong ^sLord ^tlike unto thee?

Or to ^dthy faithfulness round about thee?

⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea:

When the waves thereof arise, thou ^ustillest them.

^10xThou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;

Thou hast ^yscattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

^11zThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:

As for ^athe world and ^athe fulness thereof, thou hast ^bfounded them.

^12cThe north and the south thou hast created them:

^dTabor and ^eHermon shall ^frejoice in thy name.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm:

Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

^14gJustice and judgment are the ^ghabitation of thy throne:

^hMercy and truth shall ⁱgo before thy face.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the ^kjoyful sound:

They shall walk, O Lord, in the ^llight of thy countenance.

¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:

And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

¹⁷For thou art the glory ^mof their strength:

And in thy favour ⁿour horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸For the Lord is our defence;

And ^pthe Holy One of Israel is ^qour king.

^19qThen thou spakest in vision to ^rthy holy one,

And saidst, I have ^slaid help upon one that is ^tmighty;

I have exalted one ^uchosen out of the people.

^20xI have found David my servant;

^yWith my holy oil have I anointed him:

^21zWith whom my hand shall be established:

Mine arm also shall ^zstrengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not exact upon him;

Nor ^athe son of wickedness afflict him.

²³And I will ^bbeat down his foes before his face,

And plague them that hate him.

²⁴But ^cmy faithfulness and ^cmy mercy shall be with him:

And in my name ^dshall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand also in ^ethe sea,

And his right hand in ^ethe rivers.

²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art ^fmy Father,

My God, and ^gthe rock of my salvation.

²⁷Also I will make him ^hmy firstborn,

ⁱHigher than the kings of the earth.

^28kMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore,

And ^lmy covenant shall stand fast with him.

^29mHis seed also will I make to endure for ever,

And ⁿhis throne ^oas the days of heaven.

^30pIf his children ^qforsake my law,

And walk not in my judgments;

³¹If they break my statutes,

And keep not my commandments;

³²Then will I ^rvisit their transgression with ^sthe rod,

And their iniquity with ^sstripes.

³³Nevertheless ^cmy lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

Nor suffer ^cmy faithfulness to fail.

^34lMy covenant will I not ^tbreak,

Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵Once have I ^usworn ^vby my holiness

That I will not lie unto David.

^36mHis seed shall endure for ever,

And ⁿhis throne ^xas the sun before me.

³⁷It shall be established for ever as ^xthe moon,

And as a faithful ^ywitness in heaven. Selah.

³⁸But thou hast ^zcast off and ^ababhorred,

Thou ^achast been wroth with ^dthine anointed.

³⁹Thou hast ^emade void the covenant of thy servant:

^fThou hast profaned ^ghis crown by casting it ^hto the ground.

⁴⁰ⁱThou hast broken down all his hedges;

Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

⁴¹ⁱAll that pass by the way spoil him:

He is ^ja reproach to his neighbours.

⁴²Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;

Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword,

And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast made his glory to cease,

And cast his throne down ^hto the ground.

^45kThe days of his youth hast thou shortened:

Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

^46lmHow long, Lord? ^mwilt thou hide thyself, ^mfor ever?

Shall thy wrath ⁿburn like fire?

^47oRemember how short ^pmy time is:

Wherefore hast thou made all ^qmen in vain?

^48rWhat man is he that liveth, and shall not ^ssee death?

Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former ^tlovingkindnesses,

Which thou ^uswarest unto David in thy ^tvtruth?

^50wRemember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;

How I do bear ^xin my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

⁵¹Wherewith ^wthine enemies have reproached, O Lord;

Wherewith they have reproached the ^yfootsteps of ^dthine anointed.

^52zBlessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.