Psalm 89

The Lord’s Covenant with David and Israel’s Afflictions.

¹I will sing of the graciousness of the Lord forever;

To all generations I will make Your faithfulness known with my mouth.

²For I have said, “Graciousness will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

³“I have made a covenant with My chosen;

I have sworn to My servant David,

⁴I will establish your descendants forever[#89:4 Lit seed]

And build up your throne to all generations.” Selah

⁵¶The heavens will praise Your wonders, Lord ;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord ?

Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord ,

⁷A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,

And awesome above all those who are around Him?

⁸Lord God of armies, who is like You, mighty Lord ?[#89:8 Heb Yah]

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

⁹You rule the surging of the sea;

When its waves rise, You calm them.

¹⁰You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain;[#89:10 I.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2]

You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

¹¹¶The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and all it contains, You have established them.

¹²The north and the south, You have created them;

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

¹³You have a strong arm;[#89:13 Lit an arm with strength]

Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Mercy and truth go before You.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound![#89:15 Or blast of the trumpet, shout of joy]

Lord , they walk in the light of Your face.

¹⁶In Your name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength,

And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord ,

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹¶Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,[#89:19 Or At that time; #89:19 Some mss one]

And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰“I have found My servant David;

With My holy oil I have anointed him,

²¹With whom My hand will be established;

My arm also will strengthen him.

²²“The enemy will not deceive him,[#89:22 Or exact usury from him]

Nor will the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³“But I will crush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

²⁴“My faithfulness and My favor will be with him,

And in My name his horn will be exalted.

²⁵“I will also place his hand on the sea,

And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶“He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,

My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

²⁷“I will also make him My firstborn,

The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸“I will maintain My favor for him forever,

And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

²⁹“So I will establish his descendants forever,[#89:29 Lit seed]

And his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰¶“If his sons abandon My Law

And do not walk in My judgments,

³¹If they violate My statutes[#89:31 Lit profane]

And do not keep My commandments,

³²Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the rod,

And their guilt with afflictions.

³³“But I will not withhold My favor from him,[#89:33 Lit break]

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

³⁴“I will not violate My covenant,[#89:34 Lit profane]

Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

³⁵“Once I have sworn by My holiness;[#89:35 Or One thing]

I will not lie to David.

³⁶“His descendants shall endure forever,[#89:36 Lit seed]

And his throne as the sun before Me.

³⁷“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And a witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah

³⁸¶But You have rejected and refused,

You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

³⁹You have repudiated the covenant of Your servant;[#89:39 I.e., scornfully rejected]

You have profaned his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls;

You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All who pass along the way plunder him;

He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³You also turn back the edge of his sword,

And have not made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴You have put an end to his splendor[#89:44 Lit clearness, luster]

And cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth;

You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶¶How long, Lord ?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember what my lifespan is;[#89:47 Lit of what duration I am]

For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!

⁴⁸What man can live and not see death?

Can he save his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹¶Where are Your former acts of favor, Lord,

Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the taunt against Your servants;

How I carry in my heart the taunts of all the many peoples,

⁵¹With which Your enemies have taunted, Lord ,

With which they have taunted the footsteps of Your anointed.

⁵²¶Blessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.