Psalm 89

Psalm 89

A maskil by Ethan the Ezrahite. 

¹I will sing forever about the evidence of your mercy, O Lord. 

I will tell about your faithfulness to every generation. 

²I said, “Your mercy will last forever. 

Your faithfulness stands firm in the heavens.” 

³⸤You said,⸥ “I have made a promise^ato my chosen one. 

I swore this oath to my servant David: 

⁴‘I will make your dynasty continue forever. 

I built your throne to last throughout every generation.’ ” 

Selah 

⁵O Lord, the heavens praise your miracles 

and your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. 

⁶Who in the skies can compare with the Lord? 

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord? 

⁷God is terrifying in the council of the holy ones. 

He is greater and more awe-inspiring than those who surround him. 

⁸O Lord God of Armies, who is like you? 

Mighty Lord, even your faithfulness surrounds you. 

⁹You rule the raging sea. 

When its waves rise, you quiet them. 

¹⁰You crushed Rahab;^bit was like a corpse. 

With your strong arm you scattered your enemies. 

¹¹The heavens are yours. 

The earth is also yours. 

You made the world and everything in it. 

¹²You created north and south. 

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing your name joyfully. 

¹³Your arm is mighty. 

Your hand is strong. 

Your right hand is lifted high. 

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne. 

Mercy and truth stand in front of you. 

¹⁵Blessed are the people who know how to praise you. 

They walk in the light of your presence, O Lord. 

¹⁶They find joy in your name all day long. 

They are joyful in your righteousness 

¹⁷because you are the glory of their strength. 

By your favor you give us victory. 

¹⁸Our shield belongs to the Lord. 

Our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel. 

¹⁹Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones: 

“I set a boy above warriors. 

I have raised up one chosen from the people. 

²⁰I found my servant David. 

I anointed him with my holy oil. 

²¹My hand is ready to help him. 

My arm will also give him strength. 

²²No enemy will take him by surprise. 

No wicked person will mistreat him. 

²³I will crush his enemies in front of him 

and defeat those who hate him. 

²⁴My faithfulness and mercy will be with him, 

and in my name he will be victorious. 

²⁵I will put his ⸤left⸥ hand on the sea 

and his right hand on the rivers. 

²⁶He will call out to me, 

‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ 

²⁷Yes, I will make him the firstborn. 

He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth. 

²⁸My mercy will stay with him forever. 

My promise to him is unbreakable. 

²⁹I will make his dynasty endure forever 

and his throne like the days of heaven. 

³⁰“If his descendants abandon my teachings 

and do not live by my rules, 

³¹if they violate my laws 

and do not obey my commandments, 

³²then with a rod I will punish their rebellion 

and their crimes with beatings. 

³³But I will not take my mercy away from him 

or allow my truth to become a lie. 

³⁴I will not dishonor my promise 

or alter my own agreement. 

³⁵On my holiness I have taken an oath once and for all: 

I will not lie to David. 

³⁶His dynasty will last forever. 

His throne will be in my presence like the sun. 

³⁷Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever. 

It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.” 

³⁸But you have despised, rejected, 

and become angry with your anointed one. 

³⁹You have refused to recognize the promise to your servant 

and have thrown his crown into the dirt. 

⁴⁰You have broken through all his walls 

and have laid his fortified cities in ruins. 

⁴¹(Everyone who passed by robbed him. 

He has become the object of his neighbors’ scorn.) 

⁴²You held the right hand of his enemies high 

and made all of his adversaries rejoice. 

⁴³You even took his sword out of his hand 

and failed to support him in battle. 

⁴⁴You put an end to his splendor 

and hurled his throne to the ground. 

⁴⁵You cut short the days of his youth 

and covered him with shame. 

Selah 

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? 

How long will your anger continue to burn like fire? 

⁴⁷Remember how short my life is! 

Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason? 

⁴⁸Can a mortal go on living and never see death? 

Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? 

Selah 

⁴⁹Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? 

You swore an oath to David 

on ⸤the basis of⸥ your faithfulness. 

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord,^fhow your servant^ghas been insulted. 

Remember how I have carried in my heart ⸤the insults⸥ from so many people. 

⁵¹Your enemies insulted ⸤me⸥. 

They insulted your Messiah^hevery step he took. 

⁵²Thank the Lord forever. 

Amen and amen!