Psalms 89 — WEBBE
A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
89Verse 1I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever.With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.Verse 2I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever.You established the heavens.Your faithfulness is in them.”Verse 3“I have made a covenant with my chosen one,I have sworn to David, my servant,Verse 4‘I will establish your offspring forever,and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.Verse 5The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD,your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.Verse 6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?Who amongst the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,Verse 7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones,to be feared above all those who are around him?Verse 8LORD,+God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you?LORD,+your faithfulness is around you.Verse 9You rule the pride of the sea.When its waves rise up, you calm them.Verse 10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.Verse 11The heavens are yours.The earth also is yours,
the world and its fullness.
You have founded them.Verse 12You have created the north and the south.Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.Verse 13You have a mighty arm.Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.Verse 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.Loving kindness and truth go before your face.Verse 15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you.They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.Verse 16In your name they rejoice all day.In your righteousness, they are exalted.Verse 17For you are the glory of their strength.In your favour, our horn will be exalted.Verse 18For our shield belongs to the LORD,our king to the Holy One of Israel.Verse 19Then you spoke in vision to your saints,and said, “I have given strength to the warrior.
I have exalted a young man from the people.Verse 20I have found David, my servant.I have anointed him with my holy oil,Verse 21with whom my hand shall be established.My arm will also strengthen him.Verse 22No enemy will tax him.No wicked man will oppress him.Verse 23I will beat down his adversaries before him,and strike those who hate him.Verse 24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him.In my name, his horn will be exalted.Verse 25I will set his hand also on the sea,and his right hand on the rivers.Verse 26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,my God, and the rock of my salvation!’Verse 27I will also appoint him my firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.Verse 28I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more.My covenant will stand firm with him.Verse 29I will also make his offspring endure forever,and his throne as the days of heaven.Verse 30If his children forsake my law,and don’t walk in my ordinances;Verse 31if they break my statutes,and don’t keep my commandments;Verse 32then I will punish their sin with the rod,and their iniquity with stripes.Verse 33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him,nor allow my faithfulness to fail.Verse 34I will not break my covenant,nor alter what my lips have uttered.Verse 35Once I have sworn by my holiness,I will not lie to David.Verse 36His offspring will endure forever,his throne like the sun before me.Verse 37It will be established forever like the moon,the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.Verse 38But you have rejected and spurned.You have been angry with your anointed.Verse 39You have renounced the covenant of your servant.You have defiled his crown in the dust.Verse 40You have broken down all his hedges.You have brought his strongholds to ruin.Verse 41All who pass by the way rob him.
He has become a reproach to his neighbours.
Verse 42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.You have made all of his enemies rejoice.Verse 43Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword,and haven’t supported him in battle.Verse 44You have ended his splendour,and thrown his throne down to the ground.Verse 45You have shortened the days of his youth.You have covered him with shame. Selah.Verse 46How long, LORD?Will you hide yourself forever?
Will your wrath burn like fire?Verse 47Remember how short my time is,for what vanity you have created all the children of men!Verse 48What man is he who shall live and not see death,who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?+Selah.Verse 49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses,which you swore to David in your faithfulness?Verse 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants,how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,Verse 51With which your enemies have mocked, LORD,with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.Verse 52Blessed be the LORD forever more.
Amen, and Amen.