Psalm 89:30–52

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