Psalm 89:30–52

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.