Psalm 89
1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD 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 shalt 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 LORD: thy
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to
be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to
thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging 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 thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world
and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy
right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our
horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, 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 upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them
that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock
of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
28 My mercy 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 my judgments;
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 Nevertheless 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 that 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 a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void 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
strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast
made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made
him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory 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, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath
burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men
in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest
unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in
my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they
have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
