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CHAPTER 89

1
A Maskil
of Ethan
the Ezrahite.
I will sing
of the LORD’s
loving devotion
forever;
with my mouth
I will proclaim
Your faithfulness
to all
generations.
2
For
I have said,
“Loving devotion
is built up
forever;
in the heavens
You establish
Your faithfulness.”
3
You said, “I have made
a covenant
with My chosen one,
I have sworn
to David
My servant:
4
‘I will establish
your offspring
forever
and build up
your throne
for all generations.’”
Selah
5
The heavens
praise
Your wonders,
O LORD—
Your faithfulness
as well—
in the assembly
of the holy ones.
6
For
who
in the skies
can compare
with the LORD?
Who among the heavenly beings
is like
the LORD?
7
In the council
of the holy ones,
God
is greatly
feared,
and awesome
above
all
who surround Him.
8
O LORD
God
of Hosts,
who
is like You?
O mighty
LORD,
Your faithfulness
surrounds You.
9
You
rule
the raging
sea;
when its waves
mount up,
You
still them.
10
You
crushed
Rahab
like a carcass;
You scattered
Your enemies
with Your mighty
arm.
11
The heavens are Yours,
and also
the earth.
The world
and its fullness
You
founded.
12
North
and south
You
created;
Tabor
and Hermon
shout for joy
at Your name.
13
Mighty
is Your
arm,
strong is
Your hand;
Your right hand
is exalted.
14
Righteousness
and justice
are the foundation
of Your throne;
loving devotion
and truth
go
before You.
15
Blessed
are those
who know
the joyful sound,
who walk,
O LORD,
in the light
of Your presence.
16
They rejoice
in Your name
all day long,
and in Your righteousness
they exult.
17
For
You
are the glory
of their strength,
and by Your favor
our horn
is exalted.
18
Surely
our shield
belongs to the LORD,
and our king
to the Holy
One of Israel.
19
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.
20
I have found
David
My servant;
with My sacred
oil
I have anointed him.
21
My hand
will sustain him;
surely
My arm
will strengthen him.
22
No
enemy
will exact tribute;
no
wicked
man
will oppress him.
23
I will crush
his foes
before him
and strike down
those who hate him.
24
My faithfulness
and loving devotion
will be with him,
and through My name
his horn
will be exalted.
25
I will set
his hand
over the sea,
and his right hand
upon the rivers.
26
He
will call to Me,
‘You
are my Father,
my God,
the rock
of my salvation.’
27
I
will indeed
appoint him as
My firstborn,
the highest
of the kings
of the earth.
28
I will forever
preserve
My loving devotion for him,
and My covenant
with him
will stand fast.
29
I will establish
his line forever,
his throne
as long as
the heavens endure.
30
If
his sons
forsake
My law
and do not
walk
in My judgments,
31
if
they violate
My statutes
and fail
to keep
My commandments,
32
I will attend to
their transgression
with the rod,
and to their iniquity
with stripes.
33
But I will not
withdraw
My loving devotion
from him,
nor ever
betray
My faithfulness.
34
I will not
violate
My covenant
or
alter
the utterance
of My lips.
35
Once and for all
I have sworn
by My holiness—
I will not
lie
to David—
36
his offspring
will endure
forever,
and his throne
will be like the sun
before Me,
37
like the moon,
established
forever,
a faithful
witness
in the sky.”
Selah
38
But You
have spurned
and rejected him;
You are enraged
by
Your anointed one.
39
You have renounced
the covenant
with Your servant
and sullied
his crown
in the dust.
40
You have broken down
all
his walls;
You have reduced
his strongholds
to rubble.
41
All
who pass by
plunder him;
he has become
a reproach
to his neighbors.
42
You have exalted
the right hand
of his foes;
You have made all
his enemies
rejoice.
43
You have
bent
the edge
of his sword
and have not
sustained him
in battle.
44
You have ended
his splendor
and cast
his throne
to the ground.
45
You have shortened
the days
of his youth;
You have covered
him
with shame.
Selah
46
How long,
O LORD?
Will You hide Yourself
forever?
Will Your wrath
keep burning
like
fire?
47
Remember
how
short
is my lifespan.
For
what
futility
You have created
all
men!
48
What
man
can live
and never
see
death?
Can he deliver
his soul
from the power
of Sheol?
Selah
49
Where,
O Lord,
is Your loving devotion
of old,
which You swore
steadfastly
to David?
50
Remember,
O Lord,
the reproach
of Your servants,
which I bear
in my heart
from so
many
people,
51
how
Your enemies
have taunted,
O LORD,
how
they have mocked
every step
of Your anointed one.
52
Blessed be
the LORD
forever!
Amen
and amen.
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