89:1 O Lord, I will always sing of your constant love; I will proclaim your faithfulness forever.
89:2 I know that your love will last for all time, that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky.
89:3 You said, “I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,
89:4 ‘A descendant of yours will always be king; I will preserve your dynasty forever.’”
89:5 The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do; the holy ones sing of your faithfulness, Lord.
89:6 No one in heaven is like you, Lord; none of the heavenly beings is your equal.
89:7 You are feared in the council of the holy ones; they all stand in awe of you.
89:8 Lord God Almighty, none is as mighty as you; in all things you are faithful, O Lord.
89:9 You rule over the powerful sea; you calm its angry waves.
89:10 You crushed the monster Rahab and killed it; with your mighty strength you defeated your enemies.
89:11 Heaven is yours, the earth also; you made the world and everything in it.
89:12 You created the north and the south; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing to you for joy.
89:13 How powerful you are! How great is your strength!
89:14 Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice; love and faithfulness are shown in all you do.
89:15 How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!
89:16 Because of you they rejoice all day long, and they praise you for your goodness.
89:17 You give us great victories; in your love you make us triumphant.
89:18 You, O Lord, chose our protector; you, the Holy God of Israel, gave us our king.
89:19 In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, “I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
89:20 I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.
89:21 My strength will always be with him, my power will make him strong.
89:22 His enemies will never succeed against him; the wicked will not defeat him.
89:23 I will crush his foes and kill everyone who hates him.
89:24 I will love him and be loyal to him; I will make him always victorious.
89:25 I will extend his kingdom from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River.
89:26 He will say to me, ‘You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.’
89:27 I will make him my first-born son, the greatest of all kings.
89:28 I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.
89:29 His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.
89:30 “But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,
89:31 if they disregard my instructions and do not keep my commandments,
89:32 then I will punish them for their sins; I will make them suffer for their wrongs.
89:33 But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him.
89:34 I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.
89:35 “Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.
89:36 He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.
89:37 It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky.”
89:38 But you are angry with your chosen king; you have deserted and rejected him.
89:39 You have broken your covenant with your servant and thrown his crown in the dirt.
89:40 You have torn down the walls of his city and left his forts in ruins.
89:41 All who pass by steal his belongings; all his neighbors laugh at him.
89:42 You have given the victory to his enemies; you have made them all happy.
89:43 You have made his weapons useless and let him be defeated in battle.
89:44 You have taken away his royal scepter and knocked his throne to the ground.
89:45 You have made him old before his time and covered him with disgrace.
89:46 Lord, will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
89:47 Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!
89:48 Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?
89:49 Lord, where are the former proofs of your love? Where are the promises you made to David?
89:50 Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted, how I endure all the curses of the heathen.
89:51 Your enemies insult your chosen king, O Lord! They insult him wherever he goes.
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