Thematic Bible

Psalm 89:1

I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.

Psalm 89:2

For I say, "Forever [your] loyal love is built up. [The] heavens you have established [with] your faithfulness in them."

Psalm 89:3

"I made a covenant with my chosen one; I swore [an oath] to David my servant:

Psalm 89:4

'I will establish your descendants forever, and I will build up your throne {from generation to generation}.'" Selah

Psalm 89:5

And [so the] heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in [the] assembly of [the] holy ones.

Psalm 89:6

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,

Psalm 89:7

a God feared greatly in the council of [the] holy ones, and awesome above all surrounding him?

Psalm 89:8

O Yahweh God [of] hosts, who [is] mighty like you, O Yah, with your faithfulness surrounding you?

Psalm 89:9

You are ruling the surging of the sea. When its waves rise, {you yourself still} them.

Psalm 89:10

{You yourself crushed} Rahab like one [who is] slain; you scattered your enemies with your strong arm.

Psalm 89:11

[The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them.

Psalm 89:12

North and south, you created them; Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully over your name.

Psalm 89:13

You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong; your right hand reaches high.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice [are] the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness come before your face.

Psalm 89:15

Blessed [are] the people who know [the] joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.

Psalm 89:16

In your name they rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they rise up.

Psalm 89:17

For you [are] the glory of their strength, and by your favor our horn rises up,

Psalm 89:18

because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 89:19

Formerly you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed help on a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from [the] people.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him,

Psalm 89:21

with whom my hand will be steadfast. Surely my arm will strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22

[The] enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man} will afflict him.

Psalm 89:23

But I will crush his adversaries before him, and I will strike those who hate him.

Psalm 89:24

And [so] my faithfulness and my loyal love [will be] with him, and in my name his horn will rise up.

Psalm 89:25

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

Psalm 89:26

He will call out [to] me, 'You [are] my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Psalm 89:27

I will also make him [the] firstborn, [the] highest of [the] kings of [the] earth.

Psalm 89:28

Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant [will be] reliable for him.

Psalm 89:29

I will also establish his offspring forever, and his throne as [the] days of [the] heavens.

Psalm 89:30

If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

Psalm 89:31

if they defile my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

Psalm 89:32

then I will punish their transgression with rod, and their guilt with wounds.

Psalm 89:33

But I will not break off my loyal love from him, and I will not be false against my faithfulness.

Psalm 89:34

I will not defile my covenant, or alter what proceeded from my lips.

Psalm 89:35

Once I have sworn by my holiness, 'I will surely not lie to David,

Psalm 89:36

His offspring will endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalm 89:37

Like [the] moon it will be steadfast forever, and [like] an enduring witness in the sky.'" Selah

Psalm 89:38

But you have spurned and rejected; you are very angry with your anointed one.
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Psalm 89:39

You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dirt.
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Psalm 89:40

You have broken down all his walls; you have made his fortifications a ruin.
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Psalm 89:41

All passing along [the] road plunder him; he has become a taunt to his neighbors.
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Psalm 89:42

You have raised the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 89:43

You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand [his ground] in the battle.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 89:44

You have made his splendor to cease, and cast his throne to the ground.
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Psalm 89:45

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
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Psalm 89:46

How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire [forever]?

Psalm 89:47

Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live [on] and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the {power} of Sheol? Selah

Psalm 89:49

Where [are] your former acts of loyal love, O Lord, [that] you swore to David by your faithfulness?

Psalm 89:50

Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, [how] I bear in my bosom [the taunts of] all [the] many peoples,
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Psalm 89:51

[by] which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, [by] which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.

Psalm 89:52

Blessed be Yahweh forever. Amen and Amen.