Psalm 89
1 I will sing forever about the gracious love of the LORD; from generation to generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.ISV — Psalm 89:1
2 I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.ISV — Psalm 89:2
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise to David, my servant.ISV — Psalm 89:3
4 “I will establish your dynasty forever, and I will lift up one who will build your throne from generation to generation.” InterludeISV — Psalm 89:4
5 Even the heavens praise your awesome deeds, LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.ISV — Psalm 89:5
6 For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the divine beings?ISV — Psalm 89:6
7 God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.ISV — Psalm 89:7
8 LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.ISV — Psalm 89:8
9 You rule over the majestic sea; when its waves surge, you calm them.ISV — Psalm 89:9
10 You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.ISV — Psalm 89:10
11 Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains— you established them.ISV — Psalm 89:11
12 The north and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.ISV — Psalm 89:12
13 Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious. ISV — Psalm 89:13
14 Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of your throne; gracious love and truth meet before you.ISV — Psalm 89:14
15 How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.ISV — Psalm 89:15
16 In your name they rejoice all day long; they exult in your justice. ISV — Psalm 89:16
17 For you are their strength’s grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. ISV — Psalm 89:17
18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.ISV — Psalm 89:18
19 You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: “I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.ISV — Psalm 89:19
20 I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,ISV — Psalm 89:20
21 with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.ISV — Psalm 89:21
22 No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.ISV — Psalm 89:22
23 I will crush his enemies before him and strike those who hate him.ISV — Psalm 89:23
24 My faithfulness and gracious love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted.ISV — Psalm 89:24
25 I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers.ISV — Psalm 89:25
26 He will announce to me ‘You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ISV — Psalm 89:26
27 “Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.ISV — Psalm 89:27
28 I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him.ISV — Psalm 89:28
29 I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. ISV — Psalm 89:29
30 “But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,ISV — Psalm 89:30
31 if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands,ISV — Psalm 89:31
32 then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.ISV — Psalm 89:32
33 But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.ISV — Psalm 89:33
34 I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken. ISV — Psalm 89:34
35 I have sworn by my holiness once for all: I will not lie to David.ISV — Psalm 89:35
36 His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.ISV — Psalm 89:36
37 It will be established forever like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky.” InterludeISV — Psalm 89:37
38 But you have spurned, rejected, and became angry with your anointed one.ISV — Psalm 89:38
39 You have dishonored the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown on the ground.ISV — Psalm 89:39
40 You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.ISV — Psalm 89:40
41 All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.ISV — Psalm 89:41
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice.ISV — Psalm 89:42
43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.ISV — Psalm 89:43
44 You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.ISV — Psalm 89:44
45 You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. InterludeISV — Psalm 89:45
46 How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?ISV — Psalm 89:46
47 Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings! ISV — Psalm 89:47
48 What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. InterludeISV — Psalm 89:48
49 Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?ISV — Psalm 89:49
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servant! I carry inside me all the insults of many people,ISV — Psalm 89:50
51 when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.ISV — Psalm 89:51
52 Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen!ISV — Psalm 89:52