Psalms 89 / 150
- 1I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
- 2I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
- 3You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
- 4'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' " Selah
- 5The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD , your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 6For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
- 7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
- 8O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD , and your faithfulness surrounds you.
- 9You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
- 10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
- 11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
- 12You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
- 13Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
- 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
- 15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD .
- 16They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
- 17For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
- 18Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD , our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- 19Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.
- 20I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
- 21My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
- 22No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
- 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
- 24My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
- 25I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
- 26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
- 27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
- 28I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
- 29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- 30"If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
- 31if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
- 32I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
- 33but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
- 34I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
- 35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness- and I will not lie to David-
- 36that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
- 37it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah
- 38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
- 40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
- 41All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
- 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
- 43You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
- 44You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah
- 46How long, O LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- 47Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
- 48What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? Selah
- 49O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
- 50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
- 51the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD , with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
- 52Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. BOOK IV Psalms 90-106