Psalm 89

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³ You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
    I have sworn to my servant David:^(C)
4 ‘I will establish your descendants forever
    and build your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah^(D)

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

¹⁹ Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one and said,
    “I have set the crown^[e] on one who is mighty;
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.^(R)
20 I have found my servant David;
    with my holy oil I have anointed him;^(S)
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.^(T)
23 I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.^(U)
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name his horn shall be exalted.^(V)
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!’^(W)
27 I will make him the firstborn,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.^(X)
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
    and my covenant with him will stand firm.^(Y)
29 I will establish his line forever
    and his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(Z)
30 If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my ordinances,^(AA)
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,^(AB)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.^(AC)
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.^(AD)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
    I will not lie to David.^(AE)
36 His line shall continue forever,
    and his throne endure before me like the sun.^(AF)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
    an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸ But now you have spurned and rejected him;
    you are full of wrath against your anointed.^(AG)
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
    you have defiled his crown in the dust.^(AH)
40 You have broken through all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.^(AI)
41 All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.^(AJ)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AK)
43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not supported him in battle.^(AL)
44 You have removed the scepter from his hand^[f]
    and hurled his throne to the ground.^(AM)
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with shame. Selah^(AN)

⁴⁶ How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?^(AO)
47 Remember how short my time is—^[g]
    for what vanity you have created all mortals!^(AP)
48 Who can live and never see death?
    Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah^(AQ)

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
    which by your faithfulness you swore to David?^(AR)
50 Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted,
    how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,^[h](AS)
51 with which your enemies taunt, O Lord,
    with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.^(AT)

⁵² Blessed be the Lord forever.
                Amen and Amen.^(AU)