Psalms 89
New International Version - Psalms 89 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 89:1 I will sing of the Lord 's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 89:2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. 89:3 You said, 'I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 89:4 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' ' 89:5 The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord , your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. 89:6 For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord ? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings? 89:7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. 89:8 O Lord God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O Lord , and your faithfulness surrounds you. 89:9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them. 89:10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. 89:11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. 89:12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. 89:13 Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. 89:15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O Lord. 89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness. 89:17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. 89:18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord , our king to the Holy One of Israel. 89:19 Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: 'I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people. 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. 89:21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. 89:22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. 89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. 89:24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. 89:25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. 89:26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.' 89:27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. 89:28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. 89:29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. 89:30 'If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, 89:31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, 89:32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; 89:33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. 89:34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. 89:35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness- and I will not lie to David- 89:36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun; 89:37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.' 89:38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. 89:40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. 89:41 All who pass by have plundered 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 turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle. 89:44 You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. 89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. 89:46 How long, O Lord ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? 89:47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! 89:48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? 89:49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? 89:50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, 89:51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O Lord , with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. 89:52 Praise be to the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.