89:1 A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will always sing about the Lord’s love; I will tell of his loyalty from now on.
89:2 I will say, “Your love continues forever; your loyalty goes on and on like the sky.”
89:3 You said, “I made an agreement with the man of my choice; I made a promise to my servant David.
89:4 I told him, ‘I will make your family continue forever. Your kingdom will go on and on.’” Selah
89:5 Lord, the heavens praise you for your miracles and for your loyalty in the meeting of your holy ones.
89:6 Who in heaven is equal to the Lord? None of the angels is like the Lord.
89:7 When the holy ones meet, it is God they fear. He is more frightening than all who surround him.
89:8 Lord God All-Powerful, who is like you? Lord, you are powerful and completely trustworthy.
89:9 You rule the mighty sea and calm the stormy waves.
89:10 You crushed the sea monster Rahab; by your power you scattered your enemies.
89:11 The skies and the earth belong to you. You made the world and everything in it.
89:12 You created the north and the south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing for joy at your name.
89:13 Your arm has great power. Your hand is strong; your right hand is lifted up.
89:14 Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair. Love and truth are in all you do.
89:15 Happy are the people who know how to praise you. Lord, let them live in the light of your presence.
89:16 In your name they rejoice and continually praise your goodness.
89:17 You are their glorious strength, and in your kindness you honor our king.
89:18 Our king, our shield, belongs to the Lord, to the Holy One of Israel.
89:19 Once, in a vision, you spoke to those who worship you. You said, “I have given strength to a warrior; I have raised up a young man from my people.
89:20 I have found my servant David; I appointed him by pouring holy oil on him.
89:21 I will steady him with my hand and strengthen him with my arm.
89:22 No enemy will make him give forced payments, and wicked people will not defeat him.
89:23 I will crush his enemies in front of him; I will defeat those who hate him.
89:24 My loyalty and love will be with him. Through me he will be strong.
89:25 I will give him power over the sea and control over the rivers.
89:26 He will say to me, ‘You are my father, my God, the Rock, my Savior.’
89:27 I will make him my firstborn son, the greatest king on earth.
89:28 My love will watch over him forever, and my agreement with him will never end.
89:29 I will make his family continue, and his kingdom will last as long as the skies.
89:30 “If his descendants reject my teachings and do not follow my laws,
89:31 if they ignore my demands and disobey my commands,
89:32 then I will punish their sins with a rod and their wrongs with a whip.
89:33 But I will not hold back my love from David, nor will I stop being loyal.
89:34 I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said.
89:35 I have promised by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
89:36 His family will go on forever. His kingdom will last before me like the sun.
89:37 It will continue forever, like the moon, like a dependable witness in the sky.” Selah
89:38 But now you have refused and rejected your appointed king. You have been angry with him.
89:39 You have abandoned the agreement with your servant and thrown his crown to the ground.
89:40 You have torn down all his city walls; you have turned his strong cities into ruins.
89:41 Everyone who passes by steals from him. His neighbors insult him.
89:42 You have given strength to his enemies and have made them all happy.
89:43 You have made his sword useless; you did not help him stand in battle.
89:44 You have kept him from winning and have thrown his throne to the ground.
89:45 You have cut his life short and covered him with shame. Selah
89:46 Lord, how long will this go on? Will you ignore us forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
89:47 Remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?
89:48 What person alive will not die? Who can escape the grave? Selah
89:49 Lord, where is your love from times past, which in your loyalty you promised to David?
89:50 Lord, remember how they insulted your servant; remember how I have suffered the insults of the nations.
89:51 Lord, remember how your enemies insulted you and how they insulted your appointed king wherever he went.
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