Psalm 89:30–52

³⁰ⁿIf his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,⁵

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with ^othe rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate my ^kcovenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^pby my holiness;

I will not ^qlie to David.

³⁶His ^loffspring shall endure forever,

^rhis ^lthrone as long as ^sthe sun before me.

³⁷Like ^sthe moon it shall be established forever,

^ta faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸But now you have ^ucast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your ^vanointed.

³⁹You have ^wrenounced ^xthe covenant with your servant;

you have ^ydefiled his ^zcrown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have ^abreached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

^41aAll who pass by plunder him;

he has become ^bthe scorn of his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have made his splendor to cease

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut short ^cthe days of his youth;

you have ^dcovered him with shame. Selah

^46eHow long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath ^fburn like fire?

^47gRemember ^hhow short my ⁱtime is!

For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

^48jWhat man can live and never ^ksee death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^lSheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your ^msteadfast love of old,

which by your ^mfaithfulness you swore to David?

⁵⁰ⁿRemember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,

and how I bear in my ^oheart the insults⁶ of all the many nations,

⁵¹with which your enemies mock, O Lord,

with which they mock ^pthe footsteps of your ^qanointed.

^52rBlessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.

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