Psalm 86-89

New International Version

⁵ You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love^(F) to all who call to you.
⁶ Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry^(G) for mercy.
⁷ When I am in distress,^(H) I call^(I) to you,
    because you answer^(J) me.

⁸ Among the gods^(K) there is none like you,^(L) Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.
⁹ All the nations you have made
    will come^(M) and worship^(N) before you, Lord;
    they will bring glory^(O) to your name.
¹⁰ For you are great^(P) and do marvelous deeds;^(Q)
    you alone^(R) are God.

¹¹ Teach me your way,^(S) Lord,
    that I may rely on your faithfulness;^(T)
give me an undivided^(U) heart,
    that I may fear^(V) your name.
¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;^(W)
    I will glorify your name forever.
¹³ For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me^(X) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.^(Y)

¹⁴ Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;
    ruthless people are trying to kill me—
    they have no regard for you.^(Z)
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious^(AA) God,
    slow to anger,^(AB) abounding^(AC) in love and faithfulness.^(AD)
16 Turn to me^(AE) and have mercy^(AF) on me;
    show your strength^(AG) in behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you
    just as my mother did.^(AH)
17 Give me a sign^(AI) of your goodness,
    that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
    for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:^[a](AL)
4 “I will record Rahab^[b](AM) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia^(AN) too, and Tyre^(AO), along with Cush^[c]—
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”^[d](AP)
5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register^(AQ) of the peoples:
    “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music^(AR) they will sing,
    “All my fountains^(AS) are in you.”

³ I am overwhelmed with troubles^(AV)
    and my life draws near to death.^(AW)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;^(AX)
    I am like one without strength.^(AY)
5 I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off^(AZ) from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(BA)
7 Your wrath^(BB) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^[h](BC)
8 You have taken from me my closest friends^(BD)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(BE) and cannot escape;^(BF)
9     my eyes^(BG) are dim with grief.

I call^(BH) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(BI) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(BJ)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(BK) in Destruction^[i]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(BL) Lord;
    in the morning^(BM) my prayer comes before you.^(BN)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(BO) me
    and hide your face^(BP) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(BQ) I have suffered^(BR) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(BS) and am in despair.^(BT)
16 Your wrath^(BU) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(BV) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(BW)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(BX) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

⁵ The heavens^(CC) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(CD) of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(CE)
7 In the council^(CF) of the holy ones^(CG) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(CH)
8 Who is like you,^(CI) Lord God Almighty?^(CJ)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹ You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(CK)
10 You crushed Rahab^(CL) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(CM) your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours,^(CN) and yours also the earth;^(CO)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(CP)
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(CQ) and Hermon^(CR) sing for joy^(CS) at your name.
¹³ Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(CT)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(CU)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(CV)
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(CW) in the light^(CX) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶ They rejoice in your name^(CY) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are their glory and strength,^(CZ)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[m](DA)
18 Indeed, our shield^[n](DB) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(DC) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I have found David^(DD) my servant;^(DE)
    with my sacred oil^(DF) I have anointed^(DG) him.
²¹ My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(DH)
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;^(DI)
    the wicked will not oppress^(DJ) him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him^(DK)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(DL)
24 My faithful love will be with him,^(DM)
    and through my name his horn^[o] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(DN)
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(DO)
    my God, the Rock^(DP) my Savior.’^(DQ)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(DR)
    the most exalted^(DS) of the kings^(DT) of the earth.
²⁸ I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(DU)
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(DV)

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(DW)
33 but I will not take my love from him,^(DX)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(DY)
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(DZ)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(EA)

³⁸ But you have rejected,^(EB) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.^(EC)
40 You have broken through all his walls^(ED)
    and reduced his strongholds^(EE) to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered^(EF) him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(EG)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(EH)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.^(EI)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short^(EJ) the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.^(EK)

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(EL)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.^(EM)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?^(EN)
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has^[p] been mocked,^(EO)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.^(EP)

⁵² Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.^(EQ)