Psalm 89:30–52

³⁰If his sons forsake my law

and do not walk in my judgments,

³¹if they defileⁿ my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with a rod,

and their guilt with wounds.

³³But I will not break off my loyal love from him,

and I will not be false against my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not defile^o my covenant,

or alter what proceeded from my lips.

³⁵Once^p I have sworn by my holiness,

‘I will surely not lie to David,

³⁶His offspring will endure^q forever,

and his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷Like the moon it will be steadfast forever,

and like an enduring witness in the sky.’ ” Selah

³⁸But you have spurned and rejected;

you are very angry with your anointed one.

³⁹You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled^r his crown in^s the dirt.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls;

you have made his fortifications a ruin.

⁴¹All passing along the road plunder him;

he has become a taunt to his neighbors.

⁴²You have raised the right hand^t of his adversaries.

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword

and have not helped him stand his ground in the battle.

⁴⁴You have made his splendor to cease,

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame. Selah

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

Will your wrath burn like fire forever?

⁴⁷Remember what my lifespan is.

Remember for what vanity

you have created all the children of humankind.

⁴⁸What man can live on and not see death?

Can he deliver his life from the power^u of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Where are your former acts of loyal love, O Lord,

that you swore to David by your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants,

how I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many peoples,

⁵¹by which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh,

by which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.

⁵²Blessed be Yahweh forever.

Amen and Amen.