89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.
89:2 For I will declare, “Faithful love is built up forever; you establish your faithfulness in the heavens.”
89:3 The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
89:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”Selah
89:5 Lord, the heavens praise your wonders— your faithfulness also— in the assembly of the holy ones.
89:6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
89:7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround him.
89:8 Lord God of Armies, who is strong like you, Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
89:9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, you still them.
89:10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.
89:11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours. The world and everything in it—you founded them.
89:12 North and south—you created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.
89:13 You have a mighty arm; your hand is powerful; your right hand is lifted high.
89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; faithful love and truth go before you.
89:15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; Lord, they walk in the light from your face.
89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and they are exalted by your righteousness.
89:17 For you are their magnificent strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
89:18 Surely our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
89:19 You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said, “I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
89:20 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him with my sacred oil.
89:21 My hand will always be with him, and my arm will strengthen him.
89:22 The enemy will not oppress him; the wicked will not afflict him.
89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.
89:24 My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
89:25 I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.
89:26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.’
89:27 I will also make him my firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.
89:28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him, and my covenant with him will endure.
89:29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.
89:30 If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,
89:31 if they dishonor my statutes and do not keep my commands,
89:32 then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their iniquity with blows.
89:33 But I will not withdraw my faithful love from him or betray my faithfulness.
89:34 I will not violate my covenant or change what my lips have said.
89:35 Once and for all I have sworn an oath by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
89:36 His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before me,
89:37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah
89:38 But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed.
89:39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown.
89:40 You have broken down all his walls; you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
89:41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.
89:42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
89:43 You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.
89:44 You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.
89:45 You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame.Selah
89:46 How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire?
89:47 Remember how short my life is. Have you created everyone for nothing?
89:48 What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
89:49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness?
89:50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants— in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
89:51 how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord, how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
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