Psalm

Chapter 89

New King James Version

1A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations. 2For I have said, "Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens." 3"I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: 4'Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.' " Selah 5And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints. 6For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? [Who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? 7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all [those] around Him. 8O LORD God of hosts, Who [is] mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. 9You rule the raging of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. 10You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. 11The heavens [are] Yours, the earth also [is] Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them. 12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name. 13You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, [and] high is Your right hand. 14Righteousness and justice [are] the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face. 15Blessed [are] the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance. 16In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted. 17For You [are] the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted. 18For our shield [belongs] to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. 19Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: "I have given help to [one who is] mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him, 21With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him. 22The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him. 24"But My faithfulness and My mercy [shall be] with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted. 25Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers. 26He shall cry to Me, 'You [are] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' 27Also I will make him [My] firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. 28My mercy I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall stand firm with him. 29His seed also I will make [to endure] forever, And his throne as the days of heaven. 30"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, 31If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments, 32Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. 34My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. 35Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: 36His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me; 37It shall be established forever like the moon, Even [like] the faithful witness in the sky." Selah 38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. 39You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground. 40You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors. 42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice. 43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle. 44You have made his glory cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. 45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah 46How long, LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? 47Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men? 48What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah 49Lord, where [are] Your former lovingkindnesses, [Which] You swore to David in Your truth? 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants -- [How] I bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the many peoples, 51With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. 52Blessed [be] the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.

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