89:1  A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

89:2  For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”

89:3  “I have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have sworn to My servant David:

89:4  ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah

89:5  And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

89:6  For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

89:7  God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

89:8  O LORD God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O LORD?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

89:9  You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

89:10  You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

89:11  The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.

89:12  The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.

89:13  You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.

89:14  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.

89:15  Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.

89:16  In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

89:17  For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.

89:18  For our shield belongs to the LORD,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

89:19  Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

89:20  I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,

89:21  With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.

89:22  The enemy shall not outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

89:23  I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

89:24  'But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.

89:25  Also I will set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.

89:26  He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.'

89:27  Also I will make him My firstborn,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

89:28  My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

89:29  His seed also I will make to endure forever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.

89:30  “If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

89:31  If they break 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  Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

89:34  My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

89:35  Once I have sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:

89:36  His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne as the sun before Me;

89:37  It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

89:38  But You have cast off and abhorred,
You have been furious with Your anointed.

89:39  You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

89:40  You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

89:41  All who pass by the way plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.

89:42  You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.

89:43  You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.

89:44  You have made his glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.

89:45  The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

89:46  How long, LORD?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?

89:47  Remember how short my time is;
For what futility have You created all the children of men?

89:48  What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah

89:49  Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You swore to David in Your truth?

89:50  Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

89:51  With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

89:52  Blessed be the LORD forevermore!
Amen and Amen.