1. (89-1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89-2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2. (89-3) For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
3. (89-4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:
4. (89-5) For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah
5. (89-6) So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6. (89-7) For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,
7. (89-8) A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?
8. (89-9) O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.
9. (89-10) Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.
10. (89-11) Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.
11. (89-12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.
12. (89-13) The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
13. (89-14) Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.
14. (89-15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee.
15. (89-16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
16. (89-17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted.
17. (89-18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
18. (89-19) For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19. (89-20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20. (89-21) I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him;
21. (89-22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22. (89-23) The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23. (89-24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.
24. (89-25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted.
25. (89-26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.
26. (89-27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27. (89-28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28. (89-29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.
29. (89-30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30. (89-31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances;
31. (89-32) If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments;
32. (89-33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
33. (89-34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
34. (89-35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
35. (89-36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;
36. (89-37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.
37. (89-38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah
38. (89-39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
39. (89-40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
40. (89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41. (89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
42. (89-43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43. (89-44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44. (89-45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45. (89-46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah
46. (89-47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
47. (89-48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
48. (89-49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah
49. (89-50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?
50. (89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
51. (89-52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
52. (89-53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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