Psalm 89:1–52

¹I will ^asing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;

To all generations I will ^bmake known Your ^cfaithfulness with my mouth.

²For I have said, “^aLovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your ^bfaithfulness.”

³“I have made a covenant with ^aMy chosen;

I have ^bsworn to David My servant,

⁴I will establish your ^aseed forever

And build up your ^bthrone to all generations.”

¹Selah.

⁵The ^aheavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also ^bin the assembly of the ^choly ones.

⁶For ^awho in the skies is comparable to the Lord?

Who among the ^1bsons of the mighty is like the Lord,

⁷A God ^agreatly feared in the council of the ^bholy ones,

And ^cawesome above all those who are around Him?

⁸O Lord God of hosts, ^awho is like You, O mighty ¹Lord?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You ^astill them.

¹⁰You Yourself crushed ^1aRahab like one who is slain;

You ^bscattered Your enemies with ²Your mighty arm.

¹¹The ^aheavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The ^bworld and ¹all it contains, You have founded them.

¹²The ^anorth and the south, You have created them;

^bTabor and ^cHermon ^dshout for joy at Your name.

¹³You have ¹a strong arm;

Your hand is mighty, Your ^aright hand is exalted.

^14aRighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

^bLovingkindness and ¹truth go before You.

¹⁵How blessed are the people who know the ^1ajoyful sound!

O Lord, they walk in the ^blight of Your countenance.

¹⁶In ^aYour name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷For You are the glory of ^atheir strength,

And by Your favor ¹our ^bhorn is exalted.

¹⁸For our ^ashield belongs to the Lord,

¹And our king to the ^bHoly One of Israel.

¹⁹¹Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ²ones,

And said, “I have ³given help to one who is ^amighty;

I have exalted one ^bchosen from the people.

²⁰“I have ^afound David My servant;

With My holy ^boil I have anointed him,

²¹With whom ^aMy hand will be established;

My arm also will ^bstrengthen him.

²²“The enemy will not ¹deceive him,

Nor the ^2ason of wickedness afflict him.

²³“But I shall ^acrush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

²⁴“My ^afaithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,

And in My name his ^bhorn will be exalted.

²⁵“I shall also set his hand ^aon the sea

And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶“He will cry to Me, ‘You are ^amy Father,

My God, and the ^brock of my salvation.’

²⁷“I also shall make him My ^afirstborn,

The ^bhighest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸“My ^alovingkindness I will keep for him forever,

And My ^bcovenant shall be confirmed to him.

²⁹“So I will establish his ^1adescendants forever

And his ^bthrone ^cas the days of heaven.

³⁰“If his sons ^aforsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹If they ¹violate My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their transgression with the ^arod

And their iniquity with stripes.

³³“But I will not break off ^aMy lovingkindness from him,

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴“My ^acovenant I will not ¹violate,

Nor will I ^balter ²the utterance of My lips.

³⁵“¹Once I have ^asworn by My holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶“His ^1adescendants shall endure forever

And his ^bthrone ^cas the sun before Me.

³⁷“It shall be established forever ^alike the moon,

And the ^bwitness in the sky is faithful.”

¹Selah.

³⁸But You have ^acast off and ^brejected,

You have been full of wrath ¹against Your ^canointed.

³⁹You have ^aspurned the covenant of Your servant;

You have ^bprofaned ^chis crown ¹in the dust.

⁴⁰You have ^abroken down all his walls;

You have ^bbrought his strongholds to ruin.

^41aAll who pass along the way plunder him;

He has become a ^breproach to his neighbors.

⁴²You have ^aexalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have ^bmade all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You also turn back the edge of his sword

And have ^anot made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have made his ^1asplendor to cease

And cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have ^ashortened the days of his youth;

You have ^bcovered him with shame.

Selah.

^46aHow long, O Lord?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your ^bwrath burn like fire?

^47aRemember ¹what my span of life is;

For what ^bvanity ²You have created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸What man can live and not ^asee death?

Can he ^bdeliver his soul from the ¹power of ²Sheol?

Selah.

⁴⁹Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,

Which You ^aswore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the ^areproach of Your servants;

¹How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

⁵¹With which ^aYour enemies have reproached, O Lord,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of ^bYour anointed.

^52aBlessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.