Psalms 89
1 Ref > I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
2 Ref I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
3 Ref "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
4 Ref 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
5 Ref The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 Ref For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
7 Ref A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
8 Ref Yahweh, God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
9 Ref You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
10 Ref You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 Ref The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.
12 Ref The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13 Ref You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
14 Ref Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15 Ref Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
16 Ref In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
17 Ref For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
18 Ref For our shield belongs to Yahweh; Our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Ref Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
20 Ref I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
21 Ref With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
22 Ref No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
23 Ref I will beat down his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.
24 Ref But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
25 Ref I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
26 Ref He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
27 Ref I will also appoint him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
28 Ref I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
29 Ref I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
30 Ref If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;
31 Ref If they break my statutes, And don't keep my commandments;
32 Ref Then I will punish their sin with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
33 Ref But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
34 Ref I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.
35 Ref Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
36 Ref His seed will endure forever, His throne like the sun before me.
37 Ref It will be established forever like the moon, The faithful witness in the sky." Selah.
38 Ref But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
39 Ref You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 Ref You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41 Ref All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Ref You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
43 Ref Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, And haven't supported him in battle.
44 Ref You have ended his splendor, And thrown his throne down to the ground.
45 Ref You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
46 Ref How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Ref Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
48 Ref What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
49 Ref Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
50 Ref Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
51 Ref With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.
