89:1 I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. |
89:2 For I have said, "our lovingkindness will last forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." |
89:3 "I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, |
89:4 I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to all generations." Selah. |
89:5 The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
89:6 For who in the skies compares to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty compares to the LORD, |
89:7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him? |
89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who compares to You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. |
89:9 You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. |
89:10 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who suffers destruction; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. |
89:11 The heavens belong to You, the earth also belongs to You; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. |
89:12 The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. |
89:13 You have a strong arm; Your hand has might, Your right hand commands exaltation. |
89:14 Righteousness and justice have become the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. |
89:15 How You have blessed the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. |
89:16 In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they receive exaltation. |
89:17 For they regard You as the glory of their strength, And You exalt our horn by Your favor. |
89:18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
89:19 Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, "I have given help to the 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 With whom My hand will find its place; My arm also will strengthen him. |
89:22 "The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
89:23 "But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. |
89:24 "My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will accompany him, And in My name his horn will receive exaltation. |
89:25 "I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. |
89:26 "He will cry to Me, 'I acknowledge You as my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
89:27 "I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. |
89:28 "My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall have confirmation in him. |
89:29 "So I will establish his descendants 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 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 break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. |
89:34 "My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. |
89:35 " Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. |
89:36 "His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. |
89:37 "It shall have security forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky remains faithful." Selah. |
89:38 But You have cast off and rejected, You have shown wrath against Your anointed. |
89:39 You have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust. |
89:40 You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
89:41 All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become 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 also turn back the edge of his sword And 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 shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. |
89:46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? |
89:47 Remember what my span of life seems; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! |
89:48 What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. |
89:49 Where can we see Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? |
89:50 Remember, O 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 We bless the name of the LORD forever! |