Psalm 89

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
⁴ ‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”^(E)Selah

⁵ Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders^(F)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(G)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord?^(H)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^[b] all who surround Him.^(I)
8 Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?^(J)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
⁹ You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(K)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(L)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(M)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(N)
12 North and south—You created them.^(O)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(P)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(Q)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(R)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(S)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(T)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(U)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(V)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;^(W)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(X)
18 Surely our shield^[c] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(Y)

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[d] from the people.^(Z)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(AA)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(AB)
22 The enemy will not afflict^[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(AC)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(AD)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(AE)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(AF)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(AG)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(AH)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(AI)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(AJ)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[f](AK)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(AL)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(AM)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(AN)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(AO)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(AP)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(AQ)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(AR)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(AS)Selah

³⁸ But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(AT)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^[g](AU)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(AV)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(AW)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(AX)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AY)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(AZ)
44 You have made his splendor^[h] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(BA)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
You have covered him with shame.^(BB)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(BC)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(BD)
48 What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(BE)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(BF)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(BG)

⁵² May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(BH)