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 ^{b89:4 Or confirm} 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 ^{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.” 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 ^{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. 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! ^{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} 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 ^{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