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89 : 1 I will sing of the LORD`s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
89 : 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
89 : 3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
89 : 4 `I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.` " Selah
89 : 5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
89 : 6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
89 : 7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
89 : 8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
89 : 9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
89 : 10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
89 : 11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
89 : 12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
89 : 13 Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
89 : 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
89 : 15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
89 : 16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
89 : 17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
89 : 18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
89 : 19 Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.
89 : 20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
89 : 21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
89 : 22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
89 : 23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
89 : 24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
89 : 25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
89 : 26 He will call out to me, `You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.`
89 : 27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
89 : 28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
89 : 29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
89 : 30 If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
89 : 31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
89 : 32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
89 : 33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
89 : 34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
89 : 35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-
89 : 36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
89 : 37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah
89 : 38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
89 : 39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
89 : 40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
89 : 41 All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
89 : 42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
89 : 43 You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
89 : 44 You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
89 : 45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah
89 : 46 How long, O LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
89 : 47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
89 : 48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? Selah
89 : 49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
89 : 50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
89 : 51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
89 : 52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.