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 for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶His line shall endure for ever,

his throne as long as the sun before me.

³⁷Like the moon it shall be established for ever;

it shall stand firm while the skies endure.”^a [Selah

³⁸But now thou hast cast off and rejected,

thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.

³⁹Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant;

thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰Thou hast breached all his walls;

thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.

⁴¹All that pass by despoil him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes;

thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword,

and thou hast not made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand,^b

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵Thou hast cut short the days of his youth;

thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever?

How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember, O Lord,^c what the measure of life is,

for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸What man can live and never see death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old,

which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned;

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

⁵¹with which thy enemies taunt, O Lord,

with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the Lord for ever!

Amen and Amen.