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 b89:4 Or confirm your throne from generation to generation.” Interlude ISV — 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 c89:9 Lit. roaring sea; when its waves surge, you calm them. ISV — Psalm 89:9
10 You crushed the proud one d89:10 Lit. Rahab 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. e89:13 Lit. lifted up 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! f89:15 Lit. who know the joyful shout 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. g89:16 Or righteousness ISV — Psalm 89:16
17 For you are their strength’s grandeur; by your favor you exalted our power. h89:17 Lit. horn 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 i89:19 Or godly; so MT LXX; DSS 4Q98 reads chosen ones through a vision: j89:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4Q98 reads vision; you said “I will set a helper over k89:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4Q98 reads I have lent support to 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 l89:21 Lit. hand will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him. ISV — Psalm 89:21
22 No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person m89:22 Lit. no son of iniquity 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 n89:24 Lit. horn will be exalted. ISV — Psalm 89:24
25 I will place his hand o89:25 i.e. his authority over the sea, and his right hand p89:25 i.e. his authority 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 q89:28 Lit. keep my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. ISV — Psalm 89:28
29 I will establish his dynasty r89:29 Lit. seed forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures. s89:29 Lit. as the days of the heavens 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 t89:33 Lit. break 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. u89:34 Lit. what goes out of my lips 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 v89:36 Lit. seed 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.” Interlude ISV — 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 w89:40 Or its 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 x89:44 Or luster 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. Interlude ISV — 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! y89:47 Lit. all sons of Adam ISV — Psalm 89:47
48 What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself z89:48 Lit. deliver his soul from the power aa89:48 Lit. hand of Sheol. bb89:48 i.e. the realm of the dead Interlude ISV — 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 cc89:51 Lit. the hind part of your anointed. ISV — Psalm 89:51
52 Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! ISV — Psalm 89:52