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Psalms 89

¹A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the LORD forever; With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

²For I have said, "Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness."

³[God has said] "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn to David My servant,

⁴I will establish your seed forever And I will build up your throne for all generations." Selah.

⁵The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O LORD, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the divine beings is like the LORD,

⁷A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him?

⁸O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

⁹You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them.

¹⁰You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like 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 that is in it, You have founded and established them.

¹²The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹³You have a strong arm; Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

¹⁵Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet's blast]! They walk, O LORD, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

¹⁶In Your name they rejoice all the day, And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones, And said, "I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,

²¹With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast; My arm also shall strengthen him.

²²"The enemy will not outwit him, Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him.

²³"I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him.

²⁴"My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him, And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].

²⁵"I will also[1] set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea, And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].

²⁶"He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

²⁷"I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent), The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸"My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

²⁹"His descendants I will establish forever, And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.

³⁰"If his children[2] turn away from My law And do not walk in My ordinances,

³¹If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline], And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.

³³"Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

³⁴"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

³⁵"Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated]; I will not lie to David.

³⁶"His[3] descendants shall endure forever And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.

³⁷"It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful." Selah.

³⁸But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful LORD] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

³⁹You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his [city] walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All who pass along the road rob him; He has become the scorn of his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have put an end to his splendor And have hurled his throne to the ground.

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

⁴⁶How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

⁴⁹O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon], Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in[4] my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

⁵¹With which Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.