Psalms 89 : 1 (ESV)
A MASKIL OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 89 : 2 (ESV)
For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness."
Psalms 89 : 3 (ESV)
You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
Psalms 89 : 4 (ESV)
'I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'"Selah
Psalms 89 : 5 (ESV)
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
Psalms 89 : 6 (ESV)
For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
Psalms 89 : 7 (ESV)
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
Psalms 89 : 8 (ESV)
O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?
Psalms 89 : 9 (ESV)
You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
Psalms 89 : 10 (ESV)
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
Psalms 89 : 11 (ESV)
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
Psalms 89 : 12 (ESV)
The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
Psalms 89 : 13 (ESV)
You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
Psalms 89 : 14 (ESV)
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Psalms 89 : 15 (ESV)
Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,
Psalms 89 : 16 (ESV)
who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
Psalms 89 : 17 (ESV)
For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
Psalms 89 : 18 (ESV)
For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 89 : 19 (ESV)
Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Psalms 89 : 20 (ESV)
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
Psalms 89 : 21 (ESV)
so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
Psalms 89 : 22 (ESV)
The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.
Psalms 89 : 23 (ESV)
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
Psalms 89 : 24 (ESV)
My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psalms 89 : 25 (ESV)
I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
Psalms 89 : 26 (ESV)
He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
Psalms 89 : 27 (ESV)
And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 89 : 28 (ESV)
My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
Psalms 89 : 29 (ESV)
I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
Psalms 89 : 30 (ESV)
If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
Psalms 89 : 31 (ESV)
if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
Psalms 89 : 32 (ESV)
then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
Psalms 89 : 33 (ESV)
but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
Psalms 89 : 34 (ESV)
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
Psalms 89 : 35 (ESV)
Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
Psalms 89 : 36 (ESV)
His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
Psalms 89 : 37 (ESV)
Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah
Psalms 89 : 38 (ESV)
But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Psalms 89 : 39 (ESV)
You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
Psalms 89 : 40 (ESV)
You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
Psalms 89 : 41 (ESV)
All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
Psalms 89 : 42 (ESV)
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
Psalms 89 : 43 (ESV)
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.
Psalms 89 : 44 (ESV)
You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
Psalms 89 : 45 (ESV)
You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
Psalms 89 : 46 (ESV)
How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 89 : 47 (ESV)
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
Psalms 89 : 48 (ESV)
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Psalms 89 : 49 (ESV)
Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
Psalms 89 : 50 (ESV)
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
Psalms 89 : 51 (ESV)
with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Psalms 89 : 52 (ESV)
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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