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 wilt thou establish in the very heavens.⋮

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to 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 congregation of the saints.⋮

6 For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?⋮

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.⋮

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?⋮

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

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

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.⋮

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

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

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.⋮

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

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

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

18 For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.⋮

19 Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, 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: my 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 foes before his face, and afflict 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 in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.⋮

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

27 Also I will make him my first-born, higher than 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 Nevertheless my loving-kindness 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 hath gone out of my lips.⋮

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to 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 a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.⋮

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.⋮

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.⋮

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

41 All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.⋮

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

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.⋮

44 Thou hast made his glory 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, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?⋮

47 Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?⋮

48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.⋮

49 LORD, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?⋮

50 Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;⋮

51 With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed⋮

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