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