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89:1  I will sing of the loving-kindness of the Lord forever. I will make known with my mouth how faithful You are to all people.
89:2  For I said, “Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will make known how faithful You are in the heavens.”
89:3  You said, “I have made an agreement with My chosen one. I have promised to David, Your servant.
89:4  I will make your seed last forever. I will build up your throne for all the children-to-come.”
89:5  O Lord, the heavens will praise Your great works and how faithful You are in the meeting of the holy ones.
89:6  For who in the heavens is like the Lord? Who among the sons of the powerful is like the Lord?
89:7  God is honored with fear in the meeting of the holy ones. He is honored with fear more than all who are around Him.
89:8  Lord God of all, powerful Lord, who is like You? All around You we see how faithful You are.
89:9  You rule over the rising sea. When its waves rise, You quiet them.
89:10  You have crushed Rahab like one who is killed. You have destroyed those who hate You with Your powerful arm.
89:11  The heavens are Yours; and the earth is Yours. You have made the world and all that is in it.
89:12  You have made from nothing the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon call out for joy at Your name.
89:13  You have a strong arm. Your hand is powerful. Your right hand is honored.
89:14  Your throne stands on what is right and fair. Loving-kindness and truth go before You.
89:15  How happy are the people who know the sound of joy! They walk in the light of Your face, O Lord.
89:16  They are full of joy in Your name all day long. And by being right with You, they are honored.
89:17  For You are the shining-greatness of their strength. And our horn is lifted high by Your favor.
89:18  For our safe-covering belongs to the Lord. And our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
89:19  Once You spoke in a special dream to Your faithful ones, saying: “I have given help to a powerful one. I have honored a chosen one from among the people.
89:20  I have found David, Your servant. I have poured My holy oil upon him.
89:21  My hand will stay with him. And My arm will give him strength.
89:22  Those who hate him will not fool him. No sinful man will bring trouble to him.
89:23  But he will see Me crush those who fight against him. I will kill those who hate him.
89:24  I will be faithful and My loving-kindness will be with him. And in My name he will become great.
89:25  I will set his hand on the sea also, and his right hand on the rivers.
89:26  He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock that saves me.’
89:27  I will make him My first-born also, the highest of the kings of the earth.
89:28  I will keep My loving-kindness for him forever. And My agreement with him will be made strong.
89:29  I will make his seed last forever. And his throne will last as long as heaven.
89:30  “If his sons leave My Law and do not do what I say,
89:31  and if they break My Laws and do not obey My Word,
89:32  then I will punish their sin with the stick, and their wrong-doing with the whip.
89:33  But I will not take my loving-kindness from him. I will always be faithful to him.
89:34  I will not break My agreement, or change what was spoken by My lips.
89:35  Once I have promised by My holy name, I will not lie to David.
89:36  His seed will last forever. And his throne will last before Me like the sun.
89:37  It will last forever like the moon, which may always be seen in the sky.”
89:38  But You have thrown off and turned away from Your chosen one. You have been full of anger against him.
89:39  You have hated the agreement with Your servant. You have made his crown dirty in the dust.
89:40  You have broken down all his walls. You have destroyed his strong places.
89:41  All who pass on the road rob him. He has become a shame to his neighbors.
89:42  You have honored the right hand of those who fight against him. You have made all who hate him glad.
89:43  You have turned away the sharp part of his sword. And You have not made him stand in a fight.
89:44  You have put an end to what shows of his greatness, and have thrown his throne to the ground.
89:45  You have made him old before his time, and have covered him with shame.
89:46  How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger burn like fire?
89:47  Remember how fast my life is passing. You have made all men for nothing.
89:48  What man can live and not see death? Can he save himself from the power of the grave?
89:49  O Lord, where is the loving-kindness You used to have, that You promised in faith to David?
89:50  O Lord, remember the shame of those who work for You. Remember how I carry near my heart the shame of all the nations.
89:51  Those who hate You have put us to shame, O Lord. They have put to shame the footsteps of Your chosen one.
89:52  Praise the Lord forever! Let it be so.