Psalms 89 — KJV

89 Verse 1 I 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.