Psalms 89
Webster's Bible (1833)
2Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
3For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
4I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
5Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
6And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
7For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
8God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.
9O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?
10Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
11Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
12The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.
13The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
14Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
15Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
16Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
17In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
18For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
19For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
20Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
21I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
22With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
23The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
24And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
25But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
26I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
27He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
28Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
29My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
30His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
31If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
32If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
33Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
34Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
35My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
36Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
37His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
38It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
39But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.
40Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
41Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
42All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
43Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
44Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
45Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
46The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
47How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
48Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
49What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
50Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
51Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
52With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed
53Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.