Psalm 89:30–52

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.