Psalm 89:1–26

I will always sing about the Lord’s love;

I will tell of his loyalty from now on.

²I will say, “Your love continues forever;

your loyalty goes on and on like the sky.”

³You said, “I made an agreement with the man of my choice;

I made a promise to my servant David.

⁴I told him, ‘I will make your family continue forever.

Your kingdom will go on and on.’ ”

Selah

⁵Lord, the heavens praise you for your miracles

and for your loyalty in the meeting of your holy ones.

⁶Who in heaven is equal to the Lord?

None of the angels is like the Lord.

⁷When the holy ones meet, it is God they fear.

He is more frightening than all who surround him.

⁸Lord God All-Powerful, who is like you?

Lord, you are powerful and completely trustworthy.

⁹You rule the mighty sea

and calm the stormy waves.

¹⁰You crushed the sea monster Rahab;

by your power you scattered your enemies.

¹¹The skies and the earth belong to you.

You made the world and everything in it.

¹²You created the north and the south.

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing for joy at your name.

¹³Your arm has great power.

Your hand is strong; your right hand is lifted up.

¹⁴Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair.

Love and truth are in all you do.

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

Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.

¹⁶In your name they rejoice

and continually praise your goodness.

¹⁷You are their glorious strength,

and in your kindness you honor our king.

¹⁸Our king, our shield, belongs to the Lord,

to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Once, in a vision, you spoke

to those who worship you.

You said, “I have given strength to a warrior;

I have raised up a young man from my people.

²⁰I have found my servant David;

I appointed him by pouring holy oil on him.

²¹I will steady him with my hand

and strengthen him with my arm.

²²No enemy will make him give forced payments,

and wicked people will not defeat him.

²³I will crush his enemies in front of him;

I will defeat those who hate him.

²⁴My loyalty and love will be with him.

Through me he will be strong.

²⁵I will give him power over the sea

and control over the rivers.

²⁶He will say to me, ‘You are my father,

my God, the Rock, my Savior.’