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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 Hosts, 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; Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.
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 loyal 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 afflict him; no wicked man will oppress 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 forsake 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 sin 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 Yourself 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 man 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.
89:52  May the LORD be praised forever. Amen and amen.