Psalm 89:1–52

¹I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;^q

I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations

with my mouth.^r

²For I will declare,

“Faithful love is built up forever;

you establish your faithfulness in the heavens.”^s

³The Lord said,

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

⁴‘I will establish your offspring forever

and build up your throne for all generations.’ ”^t

Selah

⁵Lord, the heavens praise your wonders^u—

your faithfulness also—

in the assembly of the holy ones.^v

⁶For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings^A is like the Lord?^w

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

more awe-inspiring than^B all who surround him.^x

⁸Lord God of Armies,

who is strong like you, Lord?^y

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹You rule the raging sea;

when its waves surge, you still them.^z

¹⁰You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^aa

you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.^ab

¹¹The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.

The world and everything in it—you founded them.^ac

¹²North and south—you created them.^ad

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.^ae

¹³You have a mighty arm;

your hand is powerful;

your right hand is lifted high.^af

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation

of your throne;^ag

faithful love and truth go before you.^ah

¹⁵Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^ai

Lord, they walk in the light from your face.^aj

¹⁶They rejoice in your name all day long,

and they are exalted by your righteousness.^ak

¹⁷For you are their magnificent strength;^al

by your favor our horn is exalted.^a

¹⁸Surely our shield^C belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.^b

¹⁹You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones

and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;

I have exalted one chosen^D from the people.^c

²⁰I have found David my servant;

I have anointed him with my sacred oil.^d

²¹My hand will always be with him,

and my arm will strengthen him.^e

²²The enemy will not oppress^E him;

the wicked will not afflict him.^f

²³I will crush his foes before him

and strike those who hate him.^g

²⁴My faithfulness and love will be with him,

and through my name

his horn will be exalted.^h

²⁵I will extend his power to the sea

and his right hand to the rivers.ⁱ

²⁶He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,^j

my God, the rock of my salvation.’^k

²⁷I will also make him my firstborn,

greatest of the kings of the earth.^l

²⁸I will always preserve my faithful love for him,

and my covenant with him will endure.^m

²⁹I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as heaven lasts.^An

³⁰If his sons abandon my instruction

and do not live by my ordinances,^o

³¹if they dishonor my statutes

and do not keep my commands,^p

³²then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.^q

³³But I will not withdraw

my faithful love from him

or betray my faithfulness.^r

³⁴I will not violate my covenant

or change what my lips have said.^s

³⁵Once and for all

I have sworn an oath by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.^t

³⁶His offspring will continue forever,

his throne like the sun before me,^u

³⁷like the moon, established forever,

a faithful witness in the sky.”^v

Selah

³⁸But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.^w

³⁹You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have completely dishonored his crown.^Bx

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls;

you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^y

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him;^z

he has become an object of ridicule

to his neighbors.^aa

⁴²You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.^ab

⁴³You have also turned back his sharp sword

and have not let him stand in battle.^ac

⁴⁴You have made his splendor^C cease

and have overturned his throne.^ad

⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.^ae

Selah

⁴⁶How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?

Will your anger keep burning like fire?^af

⁴⁷Remember how short my life is.

Have you created everyone for nothing?^ag

⁴⁸What courageous person can live and never see death?

Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^ah

Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love

that you swore to David in your faithfulness?^ai

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—

in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

⁵¹how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,

how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.^aj

⁵²Blessed be the Lord forever.

Amen and amen.^ak