Psalms 89

1 A maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of Yahweh's acts of covenant faithfulness forever. I will proclaim your truthfulness to future generations.⋮

2 For I have said, “Covenant faithfulness has been established forever; your truthfulness you have established in the heavens.”⋮

3 “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have made an oath to David my servant.⋮

4 I will establish your descendants forever, and I will establish your throne through all generations.” Selah⋮

5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh; your truthfulness is praised in the assembly of the holy ones.⋮

6 For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the gods is like Yahweh?⋮

7 He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones and is awesome among all who surround him.⋮

8 Yahweh God of hosts, who is strong like you, Yahweh? Your truthfulness surrounds you.⋮

9 You rule the raging sea; when the waves surge, you calm them.⋮

10 You crushed Rahab as one who is killed. You scattered your enemies with your strong arm.⋮

11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also. You made the world and all it contains.⋮

12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.⋮

13 You have a mighty arm and a strong hand, and your right hand is high.⋮

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness come before you.⋮

15 Blessed are the people who worship you! Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.⋮

16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and in your righteousness they exalt you.⋮

17 You are their majestic strength, and by your favor we are victorious.⋮

18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.⋮

19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones; you said, “I have set a crown on a mighty one.” I have raised up one chosen from among the people.⋮

20 I have chosen David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.⋮

21 My hand will support him; my arm will strengthen him.⋮

22 No enemy will deceive him; no son of wickedness will oppress him.⋮

23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will kill those who hate him.⋮

24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him; by my name he will be victorious.⋮

25 I will place his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers.⋮

26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'⋮

27 I also will place him as my firstborn son, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.⋮

28 I will extend my covenant faithfulness to him forever; and my covenant with him will be secure.⋮

29 I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne as enduring as the skies above.⋮

30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my regulations,⋮

31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commands,⋮

32 then will I punish their rebellion with a rod and their iniquity with blows.⋮

33 But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be unfaithful to my promise.⋮

34 I will not break my covenant or change the words of my lips.⋮

35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness— I will not lie to David:⋮

36 his descendants will continue forever and his throne as long as the sun before me.⋮

37 It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah⋮

38 But you have refused and rejected; you have been angry with your anointed king.⋮

39 You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have desecrated his crown on the ground.⋮

40 You have broken down all his walls. You have ruined his strongholds.⋮

41 All who pass by have robbed him. He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.⋮

42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies rejoice.⋮

43 You turn back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand when in battle.⋮

44 You have brought his splendor to an end; you have brought down his throne to the ground.⋮

45 You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah⋮

46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself, forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?⋮

47 Oh, think about how short my time is, and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!⋮

48 Who can live and not die, or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol? Selah⋮

49 Lord, where are your former acts of covenant faithfulness that you swore to David in your truthfulness?⋮

50 Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations.⋮

51 Your enemies hurl insults, Yahweh; they mock the footsteps of your anointed one.⋮

52 Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.⋮