Psalms 89:1 (BSB)
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 89:2 (BSB)
For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”

Psalms 89:3 (BSB)
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

Psalms 89:4 (BSB)
‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Psalms 89:5 (BSB)
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.

Psalms 89:6 (BSB)
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

Psalms 89:7 (BSB)
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Psalms 89:8 (BSB)
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

Psalms 89:9 (BSB)
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

Psalms 89:10 (BSB)
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Psalms 89:11 (BSB)
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

Psalms 89:12 (BSB)
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Psalms 89:13 (BSB)
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Psalms 89:14 (BSB)
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.

Psalms 89:15 (BSB)
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

Psalms 89:16 (BSB)
They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

Psalms 89:17 (BSB)
For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Psalms 89:18 (BSB)
Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 89:19 (BSB)
You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Psalms 89:20 (BSB)
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

Psalms 89:21 (BSB)
My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

Psalms 89:22 (BSB)
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

Psalms 89:23 (BSB)
I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

Psalms 89:24 (BSB)
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.

Psalms 89:25 (BSB)
I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

Psalms 89:26 (BSB)
He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

Psalms 89:27 (BSB)
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:28 (BSB)
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

Psalms 89:29 (BSB)
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

Psalms 89:30 (BSB)
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

Psalms 89:31 (BSB)
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

Psalms 89:32 (BSB)
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:33 (BSB)
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

Psalms 89:34 (BSB)
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Psalms 89:35 (BSB)
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—

Psalms 89:36 (BSB)
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

Psalms 89:37 (BSB)
like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

Psalms 89:38 (BSB)
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

Psalms 89:39 (BSB)
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.

Psalms 89:40 (BSB)
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

Psalms 89:41 (BSB)
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalms 89:42 (BSB)
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Psalms 89:43 (BSB)
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

Psalms 89:44 (BSB)
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

Psalms 89:45 (BSB)
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

Psalms 89:46 (BSB)
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Psalms 89:47 (BSB)
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Psalms 89:48 (BSB)
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Psalms 89:49 (BSB)
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Psalms 89:50 (BSB)
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

Psalms 89:51 (BSB)
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

Psalms 89:52 (BSB)
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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