Psalm Chapter 89 Back NextPsalm 89 A contemplation by Ethan, the
Ezrahite.
{89:1} I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your
faithfulness to all generations.
{89:2} I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the
heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
{89:3} "I have made a
covenant with my chosen one, 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, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
{89:6} For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
{89:7} a very awesome God in the
council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
{89:8} Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
{89:9} You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
{89:10} You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
{89:11} The heavens are yours. The
earth also is yours; the world and 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. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
{89:14} Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
{89:15}
Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.
{89:16} In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
{89:17} For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our
horn will be exalted.
{89:18} For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of
Israel.
{89:19} Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
{89:20} I have found David, my servant. I have
anointed him with my holy oil,
{89:21} with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
{89:22} No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
{89:23} I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
{89:24} But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
{89:25} I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
{89:26} He will call to me, 'You are my
Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
{89:27} I will also appoint him my
firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
{89:28} I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
{89:29} I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
{89:30} If his children forsake my
law, and don't walk in my ordinances;
{89:31} if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;
{89:32} then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
{89:33} But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
{89:34} I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
{89:35} Once have I sworn by my
holiness, I will not lie to David.
{89:36} His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
{89:37} It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah.
{89:38} But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
{89:39} You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his
crown in the
dust.
{89:40} You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
{89:41} All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
{89:42} You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
{89:43} Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
{89:44} You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
{89:45} You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
{89:46} How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like
fire?
{89:47} Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
{89:48} What man is he who shall live and not see
death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of
Sheol? Selah.
{89:49} Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
{89:50} Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my
heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
{89:51} With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your
anointed one.
{89:52} Blessed be Yahweh forevermore.
Amen, and Amen.
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