Psalm 89:5-37

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.^(A)
6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,^(B)
7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
    great and awesome^[a] above all who are around him?^(C)
8 O Lord God of hosts,
    who is as mighty as you, O Lord?
    Your faithfulness surrounds you.^(D)
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you still them.^(E)
10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
    you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.^(F)
11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    the world and all that is in it—you founded them.^(G)
12 The north and the south^[b]—you created them;
    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.^(H)
13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.^(I)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.^(J)
15 Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;^(K)
16 they exult in your name all day long
    and extol^[c] your righteousness.
¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our horn is exalted.^(L)
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(M)

¹⁹ Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one and said,
    “I have set the crown^[d] on one who is mighty;
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.^(N)
20 I have found my servant David;
    with my holy oil I have anointed him;^(O)
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    the wicked shall not humble him.^(P)
23 I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.^(Q)
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name his horn shall be exalted.^(R)
25 I will set his hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’^(S)
27 I will make him the firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.^(T)
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
    and my covenant with him will stand firm.^(U)
29 I will establish his line forever
    and his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(V)
30 If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my ordinances,^(W)
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with the rod
    and their iniquity with scourges,^(X)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.^(Y)
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.^(Z)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
    I will not lie to David.^(AA)
36 His line shall continue forever,
    and his throne endure before me like the sun.^(AB)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
    an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah