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89:1  A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever; With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
89:2  For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”
89:3  [God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn to David My servant,
89:4  I will establish your seed forever And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.
89:5  The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
89:6  For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the divine beings is like the Lord,
89:7  A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him?
89:8  O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].
89:9  You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.
89:10  You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
89:11  The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.
89:12  The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
89:13  You have a strong arm; Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.
89:14  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
89:15  Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]! They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!
89:16  In Your name they rejoice all the day, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
89:17  For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], And by Your favor our horn is exalted.
89:18  For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
89:19  Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel]; 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 shall be established and steadfast; My arm also shall strengthen him.
89:22  “The enemy will not outwit him, Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him.
89:23  “I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
89:24  “My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him, And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].
89:25  “I will also set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea, And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].
89:26  “He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
89:27  “I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent), The highest of the kings of the earth.
89:28  “My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, And My covenant will be confirmed to him.
89:29  “His descendants I will establish forever, And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.
89:30  “If his children turn away from My law And do not walk in My ordinances,
89:31  If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,
89:32  Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline], And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.
89:33  “Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
89:34  “My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.
89:35  “Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated]; I will not lie to David.
89:36  “His descendants shall endure forever And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.
89:37  “It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.
89:38  But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.
89:39  You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.
89:40  You have broken down all his [city] walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
89:41  All who pass along the road rob him; He has become the scorn of his neighbors.
89:42  You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
89:43  Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.
89:44  You have put an end to his splendor And have hurled his throne to the ground.
89:45  You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah.
89:46  How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
89:47  Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
89:48  What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.
89:49  O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon], Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
89:50  Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,
89:51  With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.
89:52  Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.