Psalm 89
Psalm 89
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A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
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For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
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You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
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‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
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The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
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For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
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In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
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O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
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You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
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You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
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The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
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North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
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Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
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Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
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They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
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For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
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Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
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My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
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No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
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I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
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He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
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I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
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I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
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if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
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I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
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But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
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I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
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Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
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his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
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like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
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You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
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You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
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You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
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How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
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What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
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Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
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how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
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Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.