Psalms 89 — KJVA

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

89Verse 1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.^{++
Verse 2}For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
^{Verse 3}I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
^{Verse 4}Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.^{Verse 5}And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
^{Verse 6}For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
^{Verse 7}God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
^{Verse 8}O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
^{Verse 9}Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
^{Verse 10}Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.^{++
Verse 11}The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.^{+
Verse 12}The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
^{Verse 13}Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.^{+
Verse 14}Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.^{+Verse 15}Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
^{Verse 16}In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
^{Verse 17}For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
^{Verse 18}For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.^{+Verse 19}Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
^{Verse 20}I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
^{Verse 21}With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
^{Verse 22}The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
^{Verse 23}And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
^{Verse 24}But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
^{Verse 25}I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
^{Verse 26}He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
^{Verse 27}Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
^{Verse 28}My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
^{Verse 29}His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
^{Verse 30}If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
^{Verse 31}If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;^{+
Verse 32}Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
^{Verse 33}Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.^{++
Verse 34}My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
^{Verse 35}Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.^{+
Verse 36}His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
^{Verse 37}It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.^{Verse 38}But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
^{Verse 39}Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
^{Verse 40}Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
^{Verse 41}All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
^{Verse 42}Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
^{Verse 43}Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
^{Verse 44}Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.^{+
Verse 45}The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
^{Verse 46}How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
^{Verse 47}Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
^{Verse 48}What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
^{Verse 49}Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
^{Verse 50}Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
^{Verse 51}Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
^{Verse 52}Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.