Psalm 89

¹I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever;

with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.

²I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;

your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

³You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,

I have sworn to my servant David:

⁴‘I will establish your descendants forever,

and build your throne for all generations.’ ”   Selah

⁵Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,

your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁶For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

⁷a God feared in the council of the holy ones,

great and awesome above all that are around him?

⁸O Lord God of hosts,

who is as mighty as you, O Lord?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹You rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, you still them.

¹⁰You crushed Rahab like a carcass;

you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

¹¹The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours;

the world and all that is in it—you have founded them.

¹²The north and the south—you created them;

Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

¹³You have a mighty arm;

strong is your hand, high your right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

¹⁵Happy are the people who know the festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

¹⁶they exult in your name all day long,

and extol your righteousness.

¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength;

by your favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:

“I have set the crown on one who is mighty,

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

²⁰I have found my servant David;

with my holy oil I have anointed him;

²¹my hand shall always remain with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not outwit him,

the wicked shall not humble him.

²³I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.

²⁴My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;

and in my name his horn shall be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’

²⁷I will make him the firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,

and my covenant with him will stand firm.

²⁹I will establish his line forever,

and his throne as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my ordinances,

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with scourges;

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,

or be false to my faithfulness.

³⁴I will not violate my covenant,

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶His line shall continue forever,

and his throne endure before me like the sun.

³⁷It shall be established forever like the moon,

an enduring witness in the skies.”   Selah

³⁸But now you have spurned and rejected him;

you are full of wrath against your anointed.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant with your servant;

you have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰You have broken through all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

⁴¹All who pass by plunder him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not supported him in battle.

⁴⁴You have removed the scepter from his hand,

and hurled his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth;

you have covered him with shame.   Selah

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?

How long will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is—

for what vanity you have created all mortals!

⁴⁸Who can live and never see death?

Who can escape the power of Sheol?   Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,

which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted;

how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,

⁵¹with which your enemies taunt, O Lord,

with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the Lord forever.

Amen and Amen.