89:2 I will sing about Adonai’s acts of grace forever, with my mouth proclaim your faithfulness to all generations;
89:3 because I said, “Grace is built to last forever; in the heavens themselves you established your faithfulness.”
89:4 You said, “I made a covenant with the one I chose, I swore to my servant David,
89:5 ‘I will establish your dynasty forever, build up your throne through all generations.’” (Selah)
89:6 Let the heavens praise your wonders, Adonai, your faithfulness in the assembly of the angels.
89:7 For who in the skies can be compared with Adonai? Which of these gods can rival Adonai,
89:8 a God dreaded in the great assembly of the holy ones and feared by all around him?
89:9 Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Who is as mighty as you, Yah? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
89:10 You control the raging of the sea; when its waves rear up, you calm them.
89:11 You crushed Rahav like a carcass; with your strong arm you scattered your foes.
89:12 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; you founded the world and everything in it.
89:13 You created north and south; Tavor and Hermon take joy in your name.
89:14 Your arm is mighty, your hand is strong, your right hand is lifted high.
89:15 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; grace and truth attend you.
89:16 How happy are the people who know the joyful shout! They walk in the light of your presence, Adonai.
89:17 They rejoice in your name all day and are lifted up by your righteousness,
89:18 for you yourself are the strength in which they glory. Our power grows by pleasing you,
89:19 for our shield comes from Adonai — our king is from the Holy One of Isra’el.
89:20 There was a time when you spoke in a vision; you declared to your loyal [prophets], “I have given help to a warrior, I have raised up someone chosen from the people.
89:21 I have found David my servant and anointed him with my holy oil.
89:22 My hand will always be with him, and my arm will give him strength.
89:23 No enemy will outwit him, no wicked man overcome him.
89:24 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
89:25 My faithfulness and grace will be with him; through my name his power will grow.
89:26 I will put his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
89:27 He will call to me, ‘You are my father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
89:28 I will give him the position of firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
89:29 I will keep my grace for him forever, and in my covenant be faithful with him.
89:30 I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as the heavens last.
89:31 “If his descendants abandon my Torah and fail to live by my rulings,
89:32 if they profane my regulations and don’t obey my mitzvot,
89:33 I will punish their disobedience with the rod and their guilt with lashes.
89:34 But I won’t withdraw my grace from him or be false to my faithfulness.
89:35 I will not profane my covenant or change what my lips have spoken.
89:36 I have sworn by my holiness once and for all; I will not lie to David —
89:37 his dynasty will last forever, his throne like the sun before me.
89:38 It will be established forever, like the moon, which remains a faithful witness in the sky.” (Selah)
89:39 But you spurned your anointed one, rejected and vented your rage on him.
89:40 You renounced the covenant with your servant and defiled his crown in the dust.
89:41 You broke through all his defenses and left his strongholds in ruins.
89:42 All who pass by plunder him; he is an object of scorn to his neighbors.
89:43 You raised up the right hand of his foes and made all his enemies rejoice.
89:44 You drive back his drawn sword and fail to support him in battle.
89:45 You brought an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground.
89:46 You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. (Selah)
89:47 How long, Adonai? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your fury burn like fire?
89:48 Remember how little time I have! Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?
89:49 Who can live and not see death? Who can save himself from the power of the grave? (Selah)
89:50 Where, Adonai, are the acts of grace you once did, those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?
89:51 Remember, Adonai, the taunts hurled at your servants, which I carry in my heart [from] so many peoples!
89:52 Your enemies, Adonai, have flung their taunts, flung them in the footsteps of your anointed one.
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