89:1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens; in them thou shalt establish thy truth.
89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn unto David my slave, saying,
89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also in the congregation of the saints.
89:6 For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.
89:8 O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.
89:9 Thou dost rule the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou dost still them.
89:10 Thou hast broken Egypt in pieces as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and its fullness, thou didst found.
89:12 Thou hast created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon shall sing in thy name.
89:13 The mighty arm is thine; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
89:14 Thy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.
89:15 Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice each day; and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength, and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
89:18 For the LORD is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
89:19 Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
89:20 I have found David my slave; I anointed him with the oil of my holiness,
89:21 with whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.
89:22 The enemy shall not overcome him, nor the son of iniquity break him down.
89:23 But I will break down his foes before his face and smite those that hate him.
89:24 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
89:25 In the same manner I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.
89:26 He shall call me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my saving health.
89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
89:28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
89:29 I will also make his seed to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.
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 visit their rebellion with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
89:33 Nevertheless I will not take my mercy from him, neither will I falsify my truth.
89:34 I will not profane my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
89:36 His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me.
89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred thine anointed; thou hast been wroth with him.
89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy slave; thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him; he is a reproach to his neighbours.
89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
89:43 Thou hast also blunted the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
89:44 Thou hast made his clarity to cease and cast his throne down to the ground.
89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
89:46 How long, O LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
89:47 Remember how short my time is; why hast thou made all men subject to vanity?
89:48 What man is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.
89:49 Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou didst sware unto David in thy truth?
89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy slaves; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of many peoples,
89:51 because thine enemies have dishonoured, O LORD; they have dishonoured the footsteps of thine anointed.
89:52 Blessed be the LORD for ever. Amen and Amen.
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