Psalm 89:30–52

³⁰If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my ordinances,^*

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with scourges,^*

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.^*

³⁴I will not violate my covenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.^*

³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.^*

³⁶His line shall continue forever,

and his throne endure before me like the sun.^*

³⁷It shall be established forever like the moon,

an enduring witness in the skies.”   Selah

³⁸But now you have spurned and rejected him;

you are full of wrath against your anointed.^*

³⁹You have renounced the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dust.^*

⁴⁰You have broken through all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.^*

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^*

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.^*

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

and you have not supported him in battle.^*

⁴⁴You have removed the scepter from his hand^a

and hurled his throne to the ground.^*

⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.   Selah^*

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

How long will your wrath burn like fire?^*

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is—^b

for what vanity you have created all mortals!^*

⁴⁸Who can live and never see death?

Who can escape the power of Sheol?   Selah^*

⁴⁹Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,

which by your faithfulness you swore to David?^*

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted,

how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,^c*

⁵¹with which your enemies taunt, O Lord,

with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.^*

⁵²Blessed be the Lord forever.

Amen and Amen.^*

Book IV

(Psalms 90–106)