Psalm 86-89

English Standard Version

⁸ There is ^(M)none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    ^(N)nor are there any works like yours.
^9 (O)All the nations you have made shall come
    and worship before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.
¹⁰ For ^(P)you are great and ^(Q)do wondrous things;
    ^(R)you alone are God.
^11 (S)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may ^(T)walk in your truth;
    ^(U)unite my heart to fear your name.
¹² I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name forever.
^13 (V)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have ^(W)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴ O God, insolent men have ^(X)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.
¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God ^(Y)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
^16 (Z)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to ^(AA)your servant,
    and save ^(AB)the son of your maidservant.
^17 (AC)Show me a sign of your ^(AD)favor,
    that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

⁴ Among those who ^(AK)know me I mention ^(AL)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(AM)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(AN)establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he ^(AO)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

^7 (AP)Singers and ^(AQ)dancers alike say,
    “All my ^(AR)springs are in you.”

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(AY)my life draws near to ^(AZ)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ^(BA)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(BB)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(BC)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(BD)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(BE)regions dark and ^(BF)deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(BG)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(BH)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(BI)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(BJ)a horror^[c] to them.
I am ^(BK)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (BL)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(BM)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(BN)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(BO)wonders known in ^(BP)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(BQ)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(BR)to you;
    ^(BS)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(BT)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(BU)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[d]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(BV)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(BW)surround me like a flood ^(BX)all day long;
    they ^(BY)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(BZ)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[e]

⁵ Let ^(CM)the heavens praise your ^(CN)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(CO)the holy ones!
⁶ For ^(CP)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(CQ)Who among the heavenly beings^[g] is like the Lord,
⁷ a God greatly ^(CR)to be feared in the council of ^(CS)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(CT)who are around him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(CU)who is mighty as you are, O ^(CV)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹ You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(CW)still them.
¹⁰ You ^(CX)crushed ^(CY)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(CZ)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
^11 (DA)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(DB)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(DC)founded them.
^12 (DD)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(DE)Tabor and ^(DF)Hermon ^(DG)joyously praise your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
^14 (DH)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(DI)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know ^(DJ)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(DK)the light of your face,
¹⁶ who exult in your ^(DL)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(DM)exalted.
¹⁷ For you are ^(DN)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(DO)horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our ^(DP)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(DQ)the Holy One of Israel.

^19 (DR)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[h] and said:
    “I have ^(DS)granted help to one who is ^(DT)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(DU)chosen from the people.
^20 (DV)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(DW)anointed him,
²¹ so that my ^(DX)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(DY)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(DZ)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(EA)faithfulness and my ^(EB)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(EC)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(ED)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(EE)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(EF)Father,
    my God, and ^(EG)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(EH)firstborn,
    ^(EI)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(EJ)covenant will stand firm^[i] for him.
²⁹ I will establish his ^(EK)offspring forever
    and his ^(EL)throne as ^(EM)the days of the heavens.
^30 (EN)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[j]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(EO)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my ^(EP)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(EQ)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(ER)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(ES)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(ET)his ^(EU)throne as long as ^(EV)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(EW)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(EX)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸ But now you have ^(EY)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(EZ)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(FA)renounced ^(FB)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(FC)defiled his ^(FD)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(FE)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
^41 (FF)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(FG)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short ^(FH)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(FI)covered him with shame. Selah

^46 (FJ)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(FK)burn like fire?
^47 (FL)Remember ^(FM)how short my ^(FN)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
^48 (FO)What man can live and never ^(FP)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(FQ)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your ^(FR)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(FS)faithfulness you swore to David?
^50 (FT)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(FU)heart the insults^[k] of all the many nations,
⁵¹ with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(FV)the footsteps of your ^(FW)anointed.

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