Thematic Bible

Psalm 89:1

{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

Psalm 89:2

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

Psalm 89:3

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Psalm 89:4

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

Psalm 89:5

And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

Psalm 89:6

For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

Psalm 89:7

God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.

Psalm 89:8

Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

Psalm 89:9

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

Psalm 89:10

Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

Psalm 89:11

Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

Psalm 89:13

Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

Psalm 89:15

Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Psalm 89:16

In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

Psalm 89:17

For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

Psalm 89:18

For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.

Psalm 89:19

Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalm 89:21

With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22

No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

Psalm 89:23

But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.

Psalm 89:24

And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalm 89:25

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalm 89:26

He shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation;

Psalm 89:27

And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalm 89:28

My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;

Psalm 89:29

And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:30

If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;

Psalm 89:31

If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:

Psalm 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalm 89:33

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;

Psalm 89:34

My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalm 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

Psalm 89:36

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

Psalm 89:37

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.

Psalm 89:38

But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
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Psalm 89:39

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
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Psalm 89:40

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
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Psalm 89:41

All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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Psalm 89:42

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
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Psalm 89:43

Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
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Psalm 89:44

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
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Psalm 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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Psalm 89:46

How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

Psalm 89:47

Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

Psalm 89:48

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

Psalm 89:49

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Psalm 89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples --
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Psalm 89:51

Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Psalm 89:52

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.