Thematic Bible

Psalm 89:1

([Psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite]) I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 89:2

For I have said: Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will establish your faithfulness in the heavens.

Psalm 89:3

I made a covenant with my chosen; I swore to David my servant:

Psalm 89:4

I will establish your seed forever and build up your throne to all generations.'

Psalm 89:5

The heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

Psalm 89:6

For who in the heavens is comparable to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah?

Psalm 89:7

He is a God greatly reverenced in the council of the holy ones. He is awesome above all those who are around Him?

Psalm 89:8

O Jehovah God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Jehovah? Your faithfulness also surrounds you.

Psalm 89:9

You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

Psalm 89:10

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm (power).

Psalm 89:11

The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.

Psalm 89:13

You have a strong arm! Your hand is mighty (power by Holy Spirit); your right hand is exalted.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before you.

Psalm 89:15

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Jehovah, they walk in the light of your countenance.

Psalm 89:16

They rejoice in your name all the day. They are exalted in your righteousness.

Psalm 89:17

For you are the glory of their strength and by your favor our horn (strength) is exalted (increased).

Psalm 89:18

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

Psalm 89:19

Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Psalm 89:20

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

Psalm 89:21

With him my hand will be established; my arm also will strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22

No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

Psalm 89:23

I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him.

Psalm 89:24

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn (power) (strength) will be exalted (increased).

Psalm 89:25

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

Psalm 89:26

He will call to me: You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!

Psalm 89:27

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalm 89:28

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

Psalm 89:29

I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:30

If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules,

Psalm 89:31

if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments,

Psalm 89:32

then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings.

Psalm 89:33

But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted.

Psalm 89:34

I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement.

Psalm 89:35

On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David.

Psalm 89:36

His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

Psalm 89:37

It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.

Psalm 89:38

But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one.
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Psalm 89:39

You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt.
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Psalm 89:40

You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.
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Psalm 89:41

Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn.
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Psalm 89:42

You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice.
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Psalm 89:43

You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.
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Psalm 89:44

You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground.
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Psalm 89:45

You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame.
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Psalm 89:46

How long, O Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?

Psalm 89:48

Can man go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave?

Psalm 89:49

Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? You swore an oath to David on the basis of your faithfulness.

Psalm 89:50

Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people.
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Psalm 89:51

Your enemies insulted me. They insulted your anointed every step he took.

Psalm 89:52

Blessed be Jehovah forevermore! Amen and Amen.