Psalm 89

¹I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord, for ever;

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

²For thy steadfast love was established for ever,

thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.

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

I have sworn to David my servant:

⁴‘I will establish your descendants for ever,

and build your throne for all generations.’ ”   Selah

⁵Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O Lord,

thy 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 terrible above all that are round about him?

⁸O Lord God of hosts,

who is mighty as thou art, O Lord,

with thy faithfulness round about thee?

⁹Thou dost rule the raging of the sea;

when its waves rise, thou stillest them.

¹⁰Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass,

thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.

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

the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.

¹²The north and the south, thou hast created them;

Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm;

strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne;

steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,

who walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance,

¹⁶who exult in thy name all the day,

and extol thy righteousness.

¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength;

by thy favor our horn is exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to the Lord,

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Of 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.

²⁰I have found David, my servant;

with my holy oil I have anointed him;

²¹so that my hand shall ever abide 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 my steadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁷And I will make him the first-born,

the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever,

and my covenant will stand firm for him.

²⁹I will establish his line for ever

and his throne as the days of the heavens.

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 for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.

³⁶His line shall endure for ever,

his throne as long as the sun before me.

³⁷Like the moon it shall be established for ever;

it shall stand firm while the skies endure.”   Selah

³⁸But now thou hast cast off and rejected,

thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.

³⁹Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant;

thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰Thou hast breached all his walls;

thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.

⁴¹All that pass by despoil him;

he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes;

thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.

⁴³Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword,

and thou hast not made him stand in battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand,

and cast his throne to the ground.

⁴⁵Thou hast cut short the days of his youth;

thou hast covered him with shame.   Selah

⁴⁶How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever?

How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is,

for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!

⁴⁸What man can live and never see death?

Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?   Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old,

which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?

⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned;

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

⁵¹with which thy enemies taunt, O Lord,

with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the Lord for ever!

Amen and Amen.