Psalm 89:30–52

³⁰“If his sons forsake my law

and do not follow my statutes,

³¹if they violate my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

³²I will punish their sin with the rod,

their iniquity with flogging;^c

³³but I will not take my love from him,^d

nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate my covenant

or alter what my lips have uttered.^e

³⁵Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—

and I will not lie to David—

³⁶that his line will continue forever

and his throne endure before me like the sun;^f

³⁷it will be established forever like the moon,

the faithful witness in the sky.”^g

³⁸But you have rejected,^h you have spurned,

you have been very angry with your anointed one.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant with your servant

and have defiled his crown in the dust.ⁱ

⁴⁰You have broken through all his walls^j

and reduced his strongholds^k to ruins.

⁴¹All who pass by have plundered^l him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^m

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.ⁿ

⁴³Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword

and have not supported him in battle.^o

⁴⁴You have put an end to his splendor

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut short^p the days of his youth;

you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^q

⁴⁶How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath burn like fire?^r

⁴⁷Remember how fleeting is my life.^s

For what futility you have created all humanity!

⁴⁸Who can live and not see death,

or who can escape the power of the grave?^t

⁴⁹Lord, where is your former great love,

which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, how your servant has^g been mocked,^u

how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

⁵¹the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,

with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^v

⁵²Praise be to the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.^w