Psalm 89:30–52

³⁰“If his descendants reject my teachings

and do not follow my laws,

³¹if they ignore my demands

and disobey my commands,

³²then I will punish their sins with a rod

and their wrongs with a whip.

³³But I will not hold back my love from David,

nor will I stop being loyal.

³⁴I will not break my agreement

nor change what I have said.

³⁵I have promised by my holiness,

I will not lie to David.

³⁶His family will go on forever.

His kingdom will last before me like the sun.

³⁷It will continue forever, like the moon,

like a dependable witness in the sky.”

Selah

³⁸But now you have refused and rejected your appointed king.

You have been angry with him.

³⁹You have abandoned the agreement with your servant

and thrown his crown to the ground.

⁴⁰You have torn down all his city walls;

you have turned his strong cities into ruins.

⁴¹Everyone who passes by steals from him.

His neighbors insult him.

⁴²You have given strength to his enemies

and have made them all happy.

⁴³You have made his sword useless;

you did not help him stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have kept him from winning

and have thrown his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut his life short

and covered him with shame.Selah

⁴⁶Lord, how long will this go on?

Will you ignore us forever?

How long will your anger burn like a fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short my life is.

Why did you create us? For nothing?

⁴⁸What person alive will not die?

Who can escape the grave?

Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your love from times past,

which in your loyalty you promised to David?

⁵⁰Lord, remember how they insulted your servant;

remember how I have suffered the insults of the nations.

⁵¹Lord, remember how your enemies insulted you

and how they insulted your appointed king wherever he went.

⁵²Praise the Lord forever!

Amen and amen.