LITV - Psalms - 89

89:1  A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; I will declare with my mouth Your faithfulness to all generations.

89:2  For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.

89:3  I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

89:4  I will establish Your seed forever, and build up Your throne to all generations. Selah.

89:5  And the heavens shall thank Your wonders, O Jehovah; also Your faithfulness in the assembly of the saints.

89:6  For who in the sky shall be ranked with Jehovah, who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah?

89:7  God is greatly to be feared in the congregation of the saints, and to be adored by all around Him.

89:8  O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a strong Jehovah like You? And Your faithfulness is all around You.

89:9  You rule the pride of the sea; when its waves rise high, You still them.

89:10  You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

89:11  The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours; the world and its fullness, You founded them.

89:12  You have created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.

89:13  You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong, Your right hand is high.

89:14  Justice and righteousness are Your throne's foundation; mercy and truth go before Your face.

89:15  Blessed is the people knowing the joyful sound; O Jehovah, they shall walk in the light of Your face.

89:16  They shall rejoice in Your name always; and they are exalted in Your righteousness.

89:17  For You are the glory of their strength; and by Your favor You lift up our horn.

89:18  For Jehovah is our shield, yea, the Holy One of Israel our King.

89:19  Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one; and You said, I have laid help on a mighty one. I have exalted a chosen one from the people.

89:20  I have found My servant David; I have anointed him with My holy oil.

89:21  My hand shall be fixed with him; and My arm shall make him strong.

89:22  An enemy will not exact against him; nor the son of iniquity afflict him.

89:23  And I will beat down his foes before him, and plague those hating him.

89:24  But My faithfulness and My mercy is with him; and his horn shall be exalted in My name.

89:25  And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

89:26  He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are My God, and the rock of my salvation.

89:27  And I will make him My first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

89:28  I will keep My mercy for Him forever, and My covenant shall hold fast with Him.

89:29  And I have established his Seed forever, and His throne as the days of the heavens.

89:30  If his children forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments;

89:31  if they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments;

89:32  then I will visit their transgressions with the rod, and their sins with stripes.

89:33  But I will not annul My mercy from him, and I will not be false in My faithfulness.

89:34  I will not profane My covenant, nor change what goes from My lips.

89:35  Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David.

89:36  His seed shall be forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

89:37  Like the moon, it shall be forever; and a faithful witness in the sky. Selah.

89:38  But You have cast off and rejected us ; You have been angry with Your anointed.

89:39  You have turned away from the covenant of your servant; You have defiled his crown on the ground.

89:40  You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

89:41  All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a curse to his neighbors.

89:42  You have set up the right hand of his enemies; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

89:43  And you have turned back the edge of his sword, and have not held him up in battle.

89:44  You have made his glory to cease and have hurled his throne to the ground.

89:45  You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah.

89:46  O Jehovah, until when will You hide Yourself? Shall Your wrath burn like fire forever?

89:47  Remember, I pray, the time of life; for what vanity have you created all the sons of men?

89:48  What man lives and never sees death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.

89:49  Lord, where are Your former kindnesses that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

89:50  Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, my bearing in my bosom the insults of the many peoples;

89:51  with which Your enemies have cursed, O Jehovah; with which they have cursed the footsteps of Your anointed.

89:52  Blessed be Jehovah forever. Amen and amen!