89:1 [A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 89:2 For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness." 89:3 You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: 89:4 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah 89:5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! 89:6 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, 89:7 a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you 89:9 You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. 89:10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 89:11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. 89:12 The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. 89:13 You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand. 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. 89:15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face, 89:16 who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. 89:17 For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. 89:18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel. 89:19 Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 89:20 I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, 89:21 so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. 89:22 The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. 89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. 89:24 My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 89:25 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. 89:26 He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' 89:27 And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. 89:28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. 89:29 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. 89:30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, 89:31 if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, 89:32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, 89:33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness. 89:34 I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. 89:35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. 89:36 His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. 89:37 Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah 89:38 But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. 89:40 You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. 89:41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. 89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. 89:43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle. 89:44 You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. 89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah 89:46 How long, O LORD Will you hide yourself forever How long will your wrath burn like fire 89:47 Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! 89:48 What man can live and never see death Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol Selah 89:49 Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David 89:50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, 89:51 with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. 89:52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.