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Psalms 89

¹O LORD, I will always sing of your constant love; I will proclaim your faithfulness forever.

²I know that your love will last for all time, that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky.

³You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

⁴'A descendant of yours will always be king; I will preserve your dynasty forever.' "

⁵The heavens sing of the wonderful things you do; the holy ones sing of your faithfulness, LORD.

⁶No one in heaven is like you, LORD; none of the heavenly beings is your equal.

⁷You are feared in the council of the holy ones; they all stand in awe of you.

⁸LORD God Almighty, none is as mighty as you; in all things you are faithful, O LORD.

⁹You rule over the powerful sea; you calm its angry waves.

¹⁰You crushed the monster Rahab and killed it; with your mighty strength you defeated your enemies.

¹¹Heaven is yours, the earth also; you made the world and everything in it.

¹²You created the north and the south; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing to you for joy.

¹³How powerful you are! How great is your strength!

¹⁴Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice; love and faithfulness are shown in all you do.

¹⁵How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!

¹⁶Because of you they rejoice all day long, and they praise you for your goodness.

¹⁷You give us great victories; in your love you make us triumphant.

¹⁸You, O LORD, chose our protector; you, the Holy God of Israel, gave us our king.

¹⁹In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.

²⁰I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.

²¹My strength will always be with him, my power will make him strong.

²²His enemies will never succeed against him; the wicked will not defeat him.

²³I will crush his foes and kill everyone who hates him.

²⁴I will love him and be loyal to him; I will make him always victorious.

²⁵I will extend his kingdom from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River.

²⁶He will say to me, 'You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.'

²⁷I will make him my first-born son, the greatest of all kings.

²⁸I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

²⁹His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.

³⁰"But if his descendants disobey my law and do not live according to my commands,

³¹if they disregard my instructions and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish them for their sins; I will make them suffer for their wrongs.

³³But I will not stop loving David or fail to keep my promise to him.

³⁴I will not break my covenant with him or take back even one promise I made him.

³⁵"Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.

³⁶He will always have descendants, and I will watch over his kingdom as long as the sun shines.

³⁷It will be as permanent as the moon, that faithful witness in the sky."

³⁸But you are angry with your chosen king; you have deserted and rejected him.

³⁹You have broken your covenant with your servant and thrown his crown in the dirt.

⁴⁰You have torn down the walls of his city and left his forts in ruins.

⁴¹All who pass by steal his belongings; all his neighbors laugh at him.

⁴²You have given the victory to his enemies; you have made them all happy.

⁴³You have made his weapons useless and let him be defeated in battle.

⁴⁴You have taken away his royal scepter and knocked his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have made him old before his time and covered him with disgrace.

⁴⁶LORD, will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!

⁴⁸Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

⁴⁹Lord, where are the former proofs of your love? Where are the promises you made to David?

⁵⁰Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted, how I endure all the curses of the heathen.

⁵¹Your enemies insult your chosen king, O LORD! They insult him wherever he goes.

⁵²Praise the LORD forever! Amen! Amen!