Psalm 89

1 A maskil by Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing forever about the evidence of your mercy, O Lord.I will tell about your faithfulness to every generation.2 I said, “Your mercy will last forever.Your faithfulness stands firm in the heavens.”3 You said, “I have made a promiset to my chosen one.I swore this oath to my servant David:4 ‘I will make your dynasty continue forever.I built your throne to last throughout every generation.’ ”Selah5 O Lord, the heavens praise your miraclesand your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.6 Who in the skies can compare with the Lord?Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?7 God is terrifying in the council of the holy ones.He is greater and more awe-inspiring than those who surround him.8 O Lord God of Armies, who is like you?Mighty Lord, even your faithfulness surrounds you.9 You rule the raging sea.When its waves rise, you quiet them.10 You crushed Rahab;t it was like a corpse.With your strong arm you scattered your enemies.11 The heavens are yours.The earth is also yours.You made the world and everything in it.12 You created north and south.Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing your name joyfully.13 Your arm is mighty.Your hand is strong.Your right hand is lifted high.14 Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne.Mercy and truth stand in front of you.15 Blessed are the people who know how to praise you.They walk in the light of your presence, O Lord.16 They find joy in your name all day long.They are joyful in your righteousness17 because you are the glory of their strength.By your favor you give us victory.t18 Our shield belongs to the Lord.Our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.19 Once in a vision you said to your faithful ones:“I set a boy above warriors.tI have raised up one chosen from the people.20 I found my servant David.I anointed him with my holy oil.21 My hand is ready to help him.My arm will also give him strength.22 No enemy will take him by surprise.No wicked person will mistreat him.23 I will crush his enemies in front of himand defeat those who hate him.24 My faithfulness and mercy will be with him,and in my name he will be victorious.t25 I will put his left hand on the seaand his right hand on the rivers.26 He will call out to me,‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’27 Yes, I will make him the firstborn.He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.28 My mercy will stay with him forever.My promise to him is unbreakable.29 I will make his dynasty endure foreverand his throne like the days of heaven.30 “If his descendants abandon my teachingsand do not live by my rules,31 if they violate my lawsand do not obey my commandments,32 then with a rod I will punish their rebellionand their crimes with beatings.33 But I will not take my mercy away from himor allow my truth to become a lie.34 I will not dishonor my promiseor alter my own agreement.35 On my holiness I have taken an oath once and for all:I will not lie to David.36 His dynasty will last forever.His throne will be in my presence like the sun.37 Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever.It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.”38 But you have despised, rejected,and become angry with your anointed one.39 You have refused to recognize the promise to your servantand have thrown his crown into the dirt.40 You have broken through all his wallsand have laid his fortified cities in ruins.41 (Everyone who passed by robbed him.He has become the object of his neighbors’ scorn.)42 You held the right hand of his enemies highand made all of his adversaries rejoice.43 You even took his sword out of his handand failed to support him in battle.44 You put an end to his splendorand hurled his throne to the ground.45 You cut short the days of his youthand covered him with shame.Selah46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?47 Remember how short my life is!Have you created Adam’s descendants for no reason?48 Can a mortal go on living and never see death?Who can set himself free from the power of the grave?Selah49 Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord?You swore an oath to Davidon the basis of your faithfulness.50 Remember, O Lord,t how your servantt has been insulted.Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people.51 Your enemies insulted me.They insulted your Messiaht every step he took.52 Thank the Lord forever.Book Four—Psalms 90-106

Psalm 89

1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah 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 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 Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

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

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 Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? 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 justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, 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 favor our horn shall be exalted.

18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; 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 from 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 lovingkindness 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 first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

28 My lovingkindness 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 mine ordinances;

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 lovingkindness 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 by casting it to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

41 All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

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 of 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 Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Oh 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 lovingkindnesses, 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 Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV