Psalm 89

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Psalm 89

The Lord’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.

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I will ^(A)sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will ^(B)make known Your ^(C)faithfulness with my mouth.

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For I have said, “^(D)Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your ^(E)faithfulness.”

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“I have made a covenant with ^(F)My chosen;
I have ^(G)sworn to David My servant,

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I will establish your ^(H)seed forever
And build up your ^(I)throne to all generations.” ^(d)Selah.

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The ^(J)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also ^(K)in the assembly of the ^(L)holy ones.

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For ^(M)who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the ^(e)^(N)sons of the mighty is like the Lord,

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A God ^(O)greatly feared in the council of the ^(P)holy ones,
And ^(Q)awesome above all those who are around Him?

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O Lord God of hosts, ^(R)who is like You, O mighty ^(f)Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You ^(S)still them.

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You Yourself crushed ^(g)^(T)Rahab like one who is slain;
You ^(U)scattered Your enemies with ^(h)Your mighty arm.

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The ^(V)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The ^(W)world and ⁽ⁱ⁾all it contains, You have founded them.

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The ^(X)north and the south, You have created them;
^(Y)Tabor and ^(Z)Hermon ^(AA)shout for joy at Your name.

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You have ^(j)a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your ^(AB)right hand is exalted.

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^(AC)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
^(AD)Lovingkindness and ^(k)truth go before You.

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How blessed are the people who know the ^(l)^(AE)joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the ^(AF)light of Your countenance.

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In ^(AG)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

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For You are the glory of ^(AH)their strength,
And by Your favor ^(m)our ^(AI)horn is exalted.

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For our ^(AJ)shield belongs to the Lord,
⁽ⁿ⁾And our king to the ^(AK)Holy One of Israel.

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^(o)Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ^(p)ones,
And said, “I have ^(q)given help to one who is ^(AL)mighty;
I have exalted one ^(AM)chosen from the people.

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“I have ^(AN)found David My servant;
With My holy ^(AO)oil I have anointed him,

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With whom ^(AP)My hand will be established;
My arm also will ^(AQ)strengthen him.

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“The enemy will not ^(r)deceive him,
Nor the ^(s)^(AR)son of wickedness afflict him.

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“But I shall ^(AS)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.

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“My ^(AT)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his ^(AU)horn will be exalted.

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“I shall also set his hand ^(AV)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.

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“He will cry to Me, ‘You are ^(AW)my Father,
My God, and the ^(AX)rock of my salvation.’

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“I also shall make him My ^(AY)firstborn,
The ^(AZ)highest of the kings of the earth.

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“My ^(BA)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My ^(BB)covenant shall be confirmed to him.

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“So I will establish his ^(t)^(BC)descendants forever
And his ^(BD)throne ^(BE)as the days of heaven.

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“If his sons ^(BF)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

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If they ^(u)violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,

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Then I will punish their transgression with the ^(BG)rod
And their iniquity with stripes.

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“But I will not break off ^(BH)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

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“My ^(BI)covenant I will not ^(v)violate,
Nor will I ^(BJ)alter ^(w)the utterance of My lips.

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“^(x)Once I have ^(BK)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

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“His ^(y)^(BL)descendants shall endure forever
And his ^(BM)throne ^(BN)as the sun before Me.

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“It shall be established forever ^(BO)like the moon,
And the ^(BP)witness in the sky is faithful.” ^(z)Selah.

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But You have ^(BQ)cast off and ^(BR)rejected,
You have been full of wrath ^(aa)against Your ^(BS)anointed.

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You have ^(BT)spurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have ^(BU)profaned ^(BV)his crown ^(ab)in the dust.

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You have ^(BW)broken down all his walls;
You have ^(BX)brought his strongholds to ruin.

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^(BY)All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a ^(BZ)reproach to his neighbors.

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You have ^(CA)exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have ^(CB)made all his enemies rejoice.

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You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have ^(CC)not made him stand in battle.

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You have made his ^(ac)^(CD)splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.

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You have ^(CE)shortened the days of his youth;
You have ^(CF)covered him with shame. Selah.

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^(CG)How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your ^(CH)wrath burn like fire?

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^(CI)Remember ^(ad)what my span of life is;
For what ^(CJ)vanity ^(ae)You have created all the sons of men!

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What man can live and not ^(CK)see death?
Can he ^(CL)deliver his soul from the ^(af)power of ^(ag)Sheol? Selah.

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Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You ^(CM)swore to David in Your faithfulness?

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Remember, O Lord, the ^(CN)reproach of Your servants;
^(ah)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

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With which ^(CO)Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of ^(CP)Your anointed.

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^(CQ)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 89:1: ['Possibly, ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]

b. Psalm 89:1: ['1 Kin 4:31']

c. Psalm 89:1: ['Ps 88: title']

d. Psalm 89:4: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

e. Psalm 89:6: ['Or ', sons of gods]

f. Psalm 89:8: ['Heb ', Yah]

g. Psalm 89:10: ['I.e. Egypt']

h. Psalm 89:10: ['Lit ', the arm of Your might]

i. Psalm 89:11: ['Lit ', its fullness]

j. Psalm 89:13: ['Lit ', an arm with strength]

k. Psalm 89:14: ['Or ', faithfulness]

l. Psalm 89:15: ['Or ', blast of the trumpet, shout of joy]

m. Psalm 89:17: ['Another reading is ', You exalt our horn]

n. Psalm 89:18: ['Or ', Even to the Holy One of Israel our King]

o. Psalm 89:19: ['Or ', At that time]

p. Psalm 89:19: ['Some mss read ', one]

q. Psalm 89:19: ['Lit ', placed help upon]

r. Psalm 89:22: ['Or ', exact usury from him]

s. Psalm 89:22: ['Or ', wicked man]

t. Psalm 89:29: ['Lit ', seed]

u. Psalm 89:31: ['Lit ', profane]

v. Psalm 89:34: ['Lit ', profane]

w. Psalm 89:34: ['Lit ', that which goes forth]

x. Psalm 89:35: ['Or ', One thing]

y. Psalm 89:36: ['Lit ', seed]

z. Psalm 89:37: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

aa. Psalm 89:38: ['Lit ', with]

ab. Psalm 89:39: ['Lit ', to the ground]

ac. Psalm 89:44: ['Lit ', clearness, luster]

ad. Psalm 89:47: ['Lit ', of what duration I am]

ae. Psalm 89:47: ['Or ', have You...men, '?']

af. Psalm 89:48: ['Lit ', hand]

ag. Psalm 89:48: ['I.e. the nether world']

ah. Psalm 89:50: ['Lit ', My bearing in my bosom]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 89:1: Psalm 59:16; Psalm 101:1

B. Psalm 89:1: Psalm 40:10

C. Psalm 89:1: Psalm 36:5; Psalm 88:11; Psalm 89:5; Psalm 89:8; Psalm 89:24; Psalm 89:33; Psalm 89:49; Psalm 92:2; Psalm 119:90; Isaiah 25:1; Lamentations 3:23

D. Psalm 89:2: Psalm 103:17

E. Psalm 89:2: Psalm 36:5; Psalm 119:90

G. Psalm 89:3: Psalm 132:11

H. Psalm 89:4: 2 Samuel 7:16

I. Psalm 89:4: 2 Samuel 7:13; Isaiah 9:7; Luke 1:33

J. Psalm 89:5: Psalm 19:1; Psalm 97:6

K. Psalm 89:5: Psalm 149:1

L. Psalm 89:5: Job 5:1

M. Psalm 89:6: Psalm 86:8; Psalm 113:5

N. Psalm 89:6: Psalm 29:1; Psalm 82:1

O. Psalm 89:7: Psalm 47:2; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 76:11

P. Psalm 89:7: Psalm 89:5

Q. Psalm 89:7: Psalm 96:4

R. Psalm 89:8: Psalm 35:10; Psalm 71:19

S. Psalm 89:9: Psalm 65:7; Psalm 107:29

T. Psalm 89:10: Psalm 87:4; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 51:9

U. Psalm 89:10: Psalm 18:14; Psalm 68:1; Psalm 144:6

V. Psalm 89:11: Genesis 1:1; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Psalm 96:5

W. Psalm 89:11: Psalm 24:1

X. Psalm 89:12: Job 26:7

Y. Psalm 89:12: Joshua 19:22; Judges 4:6; Jeremiah 46:18

Z. Psalm 89:12: Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:1; Psalm 133:3; Song of Solomon 4:8

AA. Psalm 89:12: Psalm 98:8

AB. Psalm 89:13: Psalm 98:1; Psalm 118:16

AC. Psalm 89:14: Psalm 97:2

AD. Psalm 89:14: Psalm 85:13

AE. Psalm 89:15: Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 10:10; Psalm 98:6

AF. Psalm 89:15: Psalm 4:6; Psalm 44:3; Psalm 67:1; Psalm 80:3; Psalm 90:8

AG. Psalm 89:16: Psalm 105:3

AH. Psalm 89:17: Psalm 28:8

AI. Psalm 89:17: Psalm 75:10; Psalm 92:10; Psalm 148:14

AJ. Psalm 89:18: Psalm 47:9

AK. Psalm 89:18: Psalm 71:22; Psalm 78:41

AL. Psalm 89:19: 2 Samuel 17:10

AM. Psalm 89:19: Psalm 78:70

AN. Psalm 89:20: 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 16:1-12; Acts 13:22

AO. Psalm 89:20: 1 Samuel 16:13

AP. Psalm 89:21: Psalm 18:35; Psalm 80:17

AQ. Psalm 89:21: Psalm 18:32

AR. Psalm 89:22: 2 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 125:3

AS. Psalm 89:23: 2 Samuel 7:9; Psalm 18:40

AT. Psalm 89:24: Psalm 89:1

AU. Psalm 89:24: Psalm 132:17

AV. Psalm 89:25: Psalm 72:8

AW. Psalm 89:26: 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 22:10; Jeremiah 3:19

AX. Psalm 89:26: 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalm 95:1

AY. Psalm 89:27: Exodus 4:22; Psalm 2:7; Jeremiah 31:9; Colossians 1:15; Colossians 1:18

AZ. Psalm 89:27: Numbers 24:7; Psalm 72:11; Revelation 19:16

BA. Psalm 89:28: Psalm 89:33

BB. Psalm 89:28: Psalm 89:3; Psalm 89:34

BC. Psalm 89:29: Psalm 18:50; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:36

BD. Psalm 89:29: Psalm 89:4; Psalm 132:12; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 33:17

BE. Psalm 89:29: Deuteronomy 11:21

BF. Psalm 89:30: 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 119:53

BG. Psalm 89:32: Job 9:34; Job 21:9

BH. Psalm 89:33: 2 Samuel 7:15

BI. Psalm 89:34: Deuteronomy 7:9; Jeremiah 33:20; Jeremiah 33:21

BJ. Psalm 89:34: Numbers 23:19

BK. Psalm 89:35: Psalm 60:6; Amos 4:2

BL. Psalm 89:36: Psalm 89:29; Luke 1:33

BM. Psalm 89:36: Psalm 72:5

BN. Psalm 89:36: Psalm 72:17

BO. Psalm 89:37: Psalm 72:5

BP. Psalm 89:37: Job 16:19

BQ. Psalm 89:38: Psalm 44:9

BR. Psalm 89:38: Deuteronomy 32:19; 1 Chronicles 28:9

BS. Psalm 89:38: Psalm 20:6; Psalm 89:20; Psalm 89:51

BT. Psalm 89:39: Psalm 78:59; Lamentations 2:7

BU. Psalm 89:39: Psalm 74:7

BV. Psalm 89:39: Lamentations 5:16

BW. Psalm 89:40: Psalm 80:12

BX. Psalm 89:40: Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:5

BY. Psalm 89:41: Psalm 80:12

BZ. Psalm 89:41: Psalm 44:13; Psalm 69:9; Psalm 69:19; Psalm 79:4

CA. Psalm 89:42: Psalm 13:2

CB. Psalm 89:42: Psalm 80:6

CC. Psalm 89:43: Psalm 44:10

CD. Psalm 89:44: Ezekiel 28:7

CE. Psalm 89:45: Psalm 102:23

CF. Psalm 89:45: Psalm 44:15; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 109:29

CG. Psalm 89:46: Psalm 13:1; Psalm 44:24

CH. Psalm 89:46: Psalm 79:5; Psalm 80:4

CI. Psalm 89:47: Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Job 14:1

CJ. Psalm 89:47: Psalm 39:5; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 2:11

CK. Psalm 89:48: Psalm 22:29; Psalm 49:9

CL. Psalm 89:48: Psalm 49:15

CM. Psalm 89:49: 2 Samuel 7:15; Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23

CN. Psalm 89:50: Psalm 69:9; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:22

CO. Psalm 89:51: Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:22

CP. Psalm 89:51: Psalm 89:38

CQ. Psalm 89:52: Psalm 41:13; Psalm 72:19; Psalm 106:48