Book of Psalms, No. 89
Psalms 89 ASV - American Standard VersionNo. 89 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:
¶ With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. - ¶ For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever;
¶ Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens. - ¶ I have made a covenant with my chosen,
¶ I have sworn unto David my servant: - ¶ Thy seed will I establish for ever,
¶ And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah - ¶ And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;
¶ Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. - ¶ For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?
¶ Who among the [a]sons of the [b]1mighty is like unto Jehovah, - ¶ A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones,
¶ And to be feared above all them that are round about him? - ¶ O Jehovah God of hosts,
¶ Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O [c]Jehovah?
¶ And thy faithfulness is round about thee. - ¶ Thou rulest the pride of the sea:
¶ When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. - ¶ Thou hast broken [d]Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
¶ Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. - ¶ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
¶ The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. - ¶ The north and the south, thou hast created them:
¶ Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. - ¶ Thou hast [e]a mighty arm;
¶ Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. - ¶ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:
¶ Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face. - ¶ Blessed is the people that know the [f]joyful sound:
¶ They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance. - ¶ In thy name do they rejoice all the day;
¶ And in thy righteousness are they exalted. - ¶ For thou art the glory of their strength;
¶ And in thy favor [g]our horn shall be exalted. - ¶ For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;
¶ [h]And our king to the Holy One of Israel. - ¶ Then thou spakest in vision to thy [i]saints,
¶ And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty;
¶ I have exalted one chosen out of the people. - ¶ I have found David my servant;
¶ With my holy oil have I anointed him: - ¶ With whom my hand shall be established;
¶ Mine arm also shall strengthen him. - ¶ The enemy shall not [j]exact from him,
¶ Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. - ¶ And I will beat down his adversaries before him,
¶ And smite them that hate him. - ¶ But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;
¶ And in my name shall his horn be exalted. - ¶ I will set his hand also on the sea,
¶ And his right hand on the rivers. - ¶ He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,
¶ My God, and the rock of my salvation. - ¶ I also will make him my first-born,
¶ The highest of the kings of the earth. - ¶ My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;
¶ And my covenant shall [k]stand fast with him. - ¶ His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
¶ And his throne as the days of heaven. - ¶ If his children forsake my law,
¶ And walk not in mine ordinances; - ¶ If they [l]break my statutes,
¶ And keep not my commandments; - ¶ Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
¶ And their iniquity with stripes. - ¶ But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
¶ Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. - ¶ My covenant will I not [m]break,
¶ Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. - ¶ [n]Once have I sworn by my holiness:
¶ I will not lie unto David: - ¶ His seed shall endure for ever,
¶ And his throne as the sun before me. - ¶ [o]It shall be established for ever as the moon,
¶ [p]And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah - ¶ But thou hast cast off and rejected,
¶ Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. - ¶ Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:
¶ Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. - ¶ Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
¶ Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. - ¶ All that pass by the way rob him:
¶ He is become a reproach to his neighbors. - ¶ Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
¶ Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. - ¶ Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,
¶ And hast not made him to stand in the battle. - ¶ Thou hast made his brightness to cease,
¶ And cast his throne down to the ground. - ¶ The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
¶ Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah - ¶ How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
¶ How long shall thy wrath burn like fire? - ¶ Oh remember how short my time is:
¶ For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! - ¶ What man is he that shall live and not see death,
¶ That shall deliver his soul from the [q]power of Sheol? Selah - ¶ Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,
¶ Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? - ¶ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;
¶ How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the [r]mighty peoples, - ¶ Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,
¶ Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. - ¶ Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.
¶ Amen, and Amen.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, sons of God
- ^ Or, gods. See 29:1.
- ^ Hebrew Jah.
- ^ Or, Egypt
- ^ Hebrew an arm with might.
- ^ Or, trumpet sound
- ^ Another reading is, thou shalt exalt our horn.
- ^ Or, Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
- ^ Or, as otherwise read, saint
- ^ Or, do him violence
- ^ Or, be faithful
- ^ Hebrew profane.
- ^ Hebrew profane.
- ^ Or, One thing
- ^ Or, As the moon which is established for ever
- ^ Or, And the witness in the sky is faithful
- ^ Hebrew hand.
- ^ Or, many
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 29:1
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