Passage

Psalm 89

52 verses

1

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

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2

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

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3

“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 to all generations.’” Selah.

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5

The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

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For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

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a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

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Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

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9

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

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10

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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11

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

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12

You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

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13

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

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14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

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15

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

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16

In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

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For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

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18

For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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19

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

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20

I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

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with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

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22

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

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23

I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

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24

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

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25

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

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26

He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

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27

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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28

I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.

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29

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

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30

If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

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31

if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

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32

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

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33

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

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34

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

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35

Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

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36

His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

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37

It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

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38

But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

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39

You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

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40

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

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41

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

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42

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

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43

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

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44

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

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45

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

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46

How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

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47

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

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48

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

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49

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

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50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

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51

With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

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52

Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.

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