Psalm 89

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Psalm 89

Perplexity about God’s Promises

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1} A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.^(A)

I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;^(B)
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.^(C)

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For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”^(D)

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The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

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‘I will establish your offspring forever
and build up your throne for all generations.’”^(E)Selah

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Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders^(F)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.^(G)

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For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings^(a) is like the Lord?^(H)

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God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than^(b) all who surround Him.^(I)

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Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?^(J)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.

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You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.^(K)

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You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;^(L)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.^(M)

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The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.^(N)

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North and south—You created them.^(O)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.^(P)

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You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.^(Q)

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Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;^(R)
faithful love and truth go before You.^(S)

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Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;^(T)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.^(U)

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They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.^(V)

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For You are their magnificent strength;^(W)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.^(X)

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Surely our shield^(c) belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.^(Y)

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You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^(d) from the people.^(Z)

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I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.^(AA)

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My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.^(AB)

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The enemy will not afflict^(e) him;
no wicked man will oppress him.^(AC)

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I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(AD)

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My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.^(AE)

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I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(AF)

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He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,^(AG)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(AH)

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I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(AI)

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I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.^(AJ)

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I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^(f)^(AK)

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If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,^(AL)

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if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,^(AM)

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then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.^(AN)

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But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.^(AO)

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I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.^(AP)

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Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(AQ)

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His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,^(AR)

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like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(AS)Selah

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But You have spurned and rejected him;
You have become enraged with Your anointed.^(AT)

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You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant;
You have completely dishonored his crown.^(g)^(AU)

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You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(AV)

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All who pass by plunder him;^(AW)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(AX)

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You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.^(AY)

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You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(AZ)

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You have made his splendor^(h) cease
and have overturned his throne.^(BA)

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

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How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?^(BC)

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Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?^(BD)

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What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(BE)Selah

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Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?^(BF)

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Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

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how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.^(BG)

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May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.^(BH)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 89:6: Or the angels, or the sons of the mighty

b. Psalm 89:7: Or ones, revered by

c. Psalm 89:18: the king

d. Psalm 89:19: Or exalted a young man

e. Psalm 89:22: Or not exact tribute from

f. Psalm 89:29: Lit as days of heaven

g. Psalm 89:39: Lit have dishonored his crown to the ground

h. Psalm 89:44: Hb obscure

Cross references:

B. Psalm 89:1: Psalm 101:1

C. Psalm 89:1: Psalm 92:2; Psalm 119:90

D. Psalm 89:2: Psalm 36:5

E. Psalm 89:3: 1 Chronicles 17:7-14; Jeremiah 33:17-21

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

G. Psalm 89:5: Psalm 149:1

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

I. Psalm 89:7: Psalm 89:5; Psalm 96:4

J. Psalm 89:8: Exodus 15:11

K. Psalm 89:9: Job 38:11; Psalm 104:9; Matthew 8:23-27

L. Psalm 89:10: Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 51:9-10

M. Psalm 89:10: Psalm 68:1; Psalm 92:9

N. Psalm 89:11: 1 Chronicles 29:11; Psalm 24:1

O. Psalm 89:12: Job 26:7

P. Psalm 89:12: Psalm 133:3; Jeremiah 46:18

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

R. Psalm 89:14: Psalm 97:2

S. Psalm 89:14: Psalm 85:13

T. Psalm 89:15: Psalm 98:6

U. Psalm 89:15: Psalm 56:13; 1 John 1:7

V. Psalm 89:16: Psalm 20:5; Psalm 105:3

W. Psalm 89:17: Psalm 28:8

X. Psalm 89:17: Psalm 148:14

Y. Psalm 89:18: Psalm 84:9

Z. Psalm 89:19: Psalm 78:70

AA. Psalm 89:20: Psalm 47:9; Acts 13:22

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

AC. Psalm 89:22: 2 Samuel 7:10

AD. Psalm 89:23: Psalm 2:9

AE. Psalm 89:24: Psalm 21:7; Psalm 132:17

AF. Psalm 89:25: Psalm 72:8

AG. Psalm 89:26: 1 Chronicles 22:10

AH. Psalm 89:26: Psalm 18:2

AI. Psalm 89:27: Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9; Colossians 1:15

AJ. Psalm 89:28: 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalm 105:8

AK. Psalm 89:29: Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 33:17

AL. Psalm 89:30: 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Kings 2:4

AM. Psalm 89:31: 1 Samuel 12:15

AN. Psalm 89:32: Job 9:34

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

AP. Psalm 89:34: Leviticus 26:44; Judges 2:1

AQ. Psalm 89:35: Amos 4:2

AR. Psalm 89:36: Psalm 72:5; Psalm 72:17

AS. Psalm 89:37: Job 16:19; Luke 1:33

AT. Psalm 89:38: 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 44:9

AU. Psalm 89:39: Psalm 74:7

AV. Psalm 89:40: Psalm 80:12; Psalm 80:5

AW. Psalm 89:41: Jeremiah 30:16

AX. Psalm 89:41: Psalm 44:13; Psalm 79:4

AY. Psalm 89:42: Psalm 13:4; Psalm 80:6

AZ. Psalm 89:43: Psalm 44:10

BA. Psalm 89:44: Ezekiel 28:7

BB. Psalm 89:45: Isaiah 54:4; Ezekiel 7:18; Obadiah 1:10

BC. Psalm 89:46: Psalm 6:3; Psalm 13:1; Psalm 35:17; Psalm 79:5

BD. Psalm 89:47: Psalm 39:6-7; Psalm 90:5-6; Psalm 90:9-10

BE. Psalm 89:48: Psalm 16:10; Psalm 22:29

BF. Psalm 89:49: Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23

BG. Psalm 89:50: Psalm 69:9; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:22

BH. Psalm 89:52: Psalm 41:13; Psalm 72:19-20; Psalm 106:48