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89:1  A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever; From generation to generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
89:2  For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”
89:3  “I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,
89:4  I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne from generation to generation.” Selah.
89:5  The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
89:6  For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,
89:7  A God greatly dreaded in the council of the holy ones, And fearsome above all those who are around Him?
89:8  O Yahweh God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Yah? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
89:9  You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.
89:10  You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.
89:11  The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and its fullness, You have founded them.
89:12  The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon sing with joy at Your name.
89:13  You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong, Your right hand is exalted.
89:14  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
89:15  How blessed are the people who know the loud shout of joy! O Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your face.
89:16  In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
89:17  For You are the beauty of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted.
89:18  For our shield belongs to Yahweh, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
89:19  Formerly You spoke in vision to Your holy ones, And said, “I have bestowed help to a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
89:20  I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,
89:21  With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him.
89:22  The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of unrighteousness afflict him.
89:23  But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
89:24  My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted.
89:25  I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers.
89:26  He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
89:27  I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
89:28  My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.
89:29  So I will set up his seed to endure forever And his throne as the days of heaven.
89:30  “If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,
89:31  If they profane My statutes And do not keep My commandments,
89:32  Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with striking.
89:33  But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
89:34  My covenant I will not profane, Nor will I alter what comes forth from My lips.
89:35  Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David.
89:36  His seed shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me.
89:37  It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.
89:38  But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.
89:39  You have spurned the covenant of Your slave; You have profaned his crown to the ground.
89:40  You have broken down all his walls; You have beset his strongholds with ruin.
89:41  All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
89:42  You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies be glad.
89:43  You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him arise in battle.
89:44  You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground.
89:45  You have shortened the days of his youth; You have wrapped him up with shame. Selah.
89:46  How long, O Yahweh? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
89:47  Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!
89:48  What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah.
89:49  Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
89:50  Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your slaves; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
89:51  With which Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
89:52  Blessed be Yahweh forever! Amen and Amen.