PSALMS 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.⋮

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.⋮

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;⋮

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah⋮

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.⋮

6 For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the LORD,⋮

7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round about him?⋮

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.⋮

9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.⋮

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.⋮

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.⋮

12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.⋮

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.⋮

14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.⋮

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.⋮

16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted.⋮

17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.⋮

18 For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.⋮

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.⋮

20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:⋮

21 With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.⋮

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.⋮

23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.⋮

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.⋮

25 I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.⋮

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.⋮

27 I also will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.⋮

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.⋮

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.⋮

30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;⋮

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;⋮

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.⋮

33 But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.⋮

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.⋮

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David;⋮

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.⋮

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah⋮

38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.⋮

39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.⋮

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.⋮

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.⋮

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.⋮

43 Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.⋮

44 Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.⋮

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah⋮

46 How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? how long shall thy wrath burn like fire?⋮

47 O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!⋮

48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah⋮

49 Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?⋮

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples:⋮

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.⋮

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.⋮