Psalm 89

Psalm 89

A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite.

¹I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

²For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;

^bYour faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

³“I ^chave made a covenant with My chosen,

I have ^dsworn to My servant David:

⁴‘Your seed I will establish forever,

And build up your throne ^eto all generations.’ ”

Selah

⁵And ^fthe heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

^6gFor who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?

^7hGod is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,

And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

⁸O Lord God of hosts,

Who is mighty like You, O Lord?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹ⁱYou rule the raging of the sea;

When its waves rise, You still them.

^10jYou have broken ²Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;

You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

^11kThe heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.

¹²The north and the south, You have created them;

^lTabor and ^mHermon rejoice in Your name.

¹³You have a mighty arm;

Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Mercy and truth go before Your face.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the ⁿjoyful sound!

They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

¹⁶In Your name they rejoice all day long,

And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength,

And in Your favor our ³horn is ^oexalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord,

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Then You spoke in a vision to Your ⁴holy one,

And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;

I have exalted one ^pchosen from the people.

^20qI have found My servant David;

With My holy oil I have anointed him,

^21rWith whom My hand shall be established;

Also My arm shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not ⁵outwit him,

Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³I will beat down his foes before his face,

And plague those who hate him.

²⁴“But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,

And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

²⁵Also I will ^sset his hand over the sea,

And his right hand over the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^tmy Father,

My God, and ^uthe rock of my salvation.’

²⁷Also I will make him ^vMy firstborn,

^wThe highest of the kings of the earth.

^28xMy mercy I will keep for him forever,

And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

²⁹His seed also I will make to endure forever,

^yAnd his throne ^zas the days of heaven.

³⁰“If ^ahis sons ^bforsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹If they ⁶break My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,

And their iniquity with stripes.

^33cNevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ⁷utterly take from him,

Nor ⁸allow My faithfulness to fail.

³⁴My covenant I will not break,

Nor ^dalter the word that has gone out of My lips.

³⁵Once I have sworn ^eby My holiness;

I will not lie to David:

^36fHis seed shall endure forever,

And his throne ^gas the sun before Me;

³⁷It shall be established forever like the moon,

Even like the faithful witness in the sky.”

Selah

³⁸But You have ^hcast off and ⁱabhorred, ⁹

You have been furious with Your ¹anointed.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;

^jYou have ²profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his hedges;

You have brought his ³strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All who pass by the way ^kplunder him;

He is a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

And have not sustained him in the battle.

⁴⁴You have made his ⁴glory cease,

And cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵The days of his youth You have shortened;

You have covered him with shame.

Selah

⁴⁶How long, Lord?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short my time ^lis;

For what ^mfutility have You created all the children of men?

⁴⁸What man can live and not ⁵see ⁿdeath?

Can he deliver his life from the power of ⁶the grave?

Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,

Which You ^oswore to David ^pin Your truth?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants

^qHow I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

^51rWith which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ⁷anointed.

^52sBlessed be the Lord forevermore!

Amen and Amen.