Psalm 89

¹ MY SONG shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord * with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another.

² For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever * thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.

³ I have made a covenant with my chosen * I have sworn unto David my servant;

⁴ Thy seed will I stablish for ever * and set up thy throne from one generation to another.

⁵ O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works * and thy truth in the congregation of the saints.

⁶ For who is he among the clouds * that shall be compared unto the Lord?

⁷ And what is he among the gods * that shall be like unto the Lord?

⁸ God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints * and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him.

⁹ O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee * thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side.

¹⁰ Thou rulest the raging of the sea * thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.

¹¹ Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it * thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

¹² The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine * thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is.

¹³ Thou hast made the north and the south * Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name.

¹⁴ Thou hast a mighty arm * strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁵ Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat * mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

¹⁶ Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee * they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁷ Their delight shall be daily in thy Name * and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast.

¹⁸ For thou art the glory of their strength * and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns.

¹⁹ For the Lord is our defence * the Holy One of Israel is our King.

²⁰ Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst * I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²¹ I have found David my servant * with my holy oil have I anointed him.

²² My hand shall hold him fast * and my arm shall strengthen him.

²³ The enemy shall not be able to do him violence * the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.

²⁴ I will smite down his foes before his face * and plague them that hate him.

²⁵ My truth also and my mercy shall be with him * and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁶ I will set his dominion also in the sea * and his right hand in the floods.

²⁷ He shall call me, Thou art my Father * my God, and my strong salvation.

²⁸ And I will make him my first-born * higher than the kings of the earth.

²⁹ My mercy will I keep for him for evermore * and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

³⁰ His seed also will I make to endure for ever * and his throne as the days of heaven.

³¹ But if his children forsake my law * and walk not in my judgements;

³² If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments * I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges.

³³ Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him * nor suffer my truth to fail.

³⁴ My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips * I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David.

³⁵ His seed shall endure for ever * and his seat is like as the sun before me.

³⁶ He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon * and as the faithful witness in heaven.

³⁷ But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed * and art displeased at him.

³⁸ Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant * and cast his crown to the ground.

³⁹ Thou hast overthrown all his hedges * and broken down his strong holds.

⁴⁰ All they that go by spoil him * and he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴¹ Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies * and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

⁴² Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword * and givest him not victory in the battle.

⁴³ Thou hast put out his glory * and cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁴ The days of his youth hast thou shortened * and covered him with dishonour.

⁴⁵ Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever * and shall thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁶ O remember how short my time is * wherefore hast thou made all men for nought?

⁴⁷ What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death * and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

⁴⁸ Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses * which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

⁴⁹ Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have * and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people.

⁵⁰ Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed * Praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.