89:1  A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of thy steadfast love, O LORD, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations.

89:2  For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.

89:3  Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:

89:4  'I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah]

89:5  Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy 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 feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?

89:8  O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, with thy faithfulness round about thee?

89:9  Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.

89:10  Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.

89:11  The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.

89:12  The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.

89:13  Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.

89:14  Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.

89:15  Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance,

89:16  who exult in thy name all the day, and extol thy righteousness.

89:17  For thou art the glory of their strength; by thy 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 thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one, and say: "I have set the crown upon 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 ever abide 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, 'Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'

89:27  And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.

89:28  My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

89:29  I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

89:30  If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,

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 scourges;

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 line shall endure for ever, his throne as long as the sun before me.

89:37  Like the moon it shall be established for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies endure." [Selah]

89:38  But now thou hast cast off and rejected, thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.

89:39  Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.

89:40  Thou hast breached all his walls; thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.

89:41  All that pass by despoil him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

89:42  Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes; thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.

89:43  Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and thou hast not made him stand in battle.

89:44  Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand, and cast his throne to the ground.

89:45  Thou hast cut short the days of his youth; thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah]

89:46  How long, O LORD? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

89:47  Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!

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 thy steadfast love of old, which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?

89:50  Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,

89:51  with which thy enemies taunt, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.

89:52  Blessed be the LORD for ever! Amen and Amen.