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Psalm 89

A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.

Psalm 89:1WEB

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:2WEB

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

Psalm 89:3WEB

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

Psalm 89:4WEB

‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

Psalm 89:5WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:6WEB

For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:7WEB

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Psalm 89:8WEB

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:9WEB

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

Psalm 89:10WEB

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Psalm 89:11WEB

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

Psalm 89:12WEB

You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

Psalm 89:13WEB

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

Psalm 89:14WEB

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

Psalm 89:15WEB

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:16WEB

In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

Psalm 89:17WEB

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

Psalm 89:18WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:19WEB

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

Psalm 89:20WEB

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

Psalm 89:21WEB

with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22WEB

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

Psalm 89:23WEB

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

Psalm 89:24WEB

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

Psalm 89:25WEB

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

Psalm 89:26WEB

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

Psalm 89:27WEB

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

Psalm 89:28WEB

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

Psalm 89:29WEB

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:30WEB

If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

Psalm 89:31WEB

if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

Psalm 89:32WEB

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalm 89:33WEB

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 89:34WEB

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Psalm 89:35WEB

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

Psalm 89:36WEB

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

Psalm 89:37WEB

It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

Psalm 89:38WEB

But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

Psalm 89:39WEB

You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

Psalm 89:40WEB

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Psalm 89:41WEB

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalm 89:42WEB

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

Psalm 89:43WEB

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

Psalm 89:44WEB

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 89:45WEB

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalm 89:46WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:47WEB

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

Psalm 89:48WEB

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

Psalm 89:49WEB

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

Psalm 89:50WEB

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Psalm 89:51WEB

With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:52WEB

Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.

Psalm 89

A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.

Psalm 89:1WEB

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:2WEB

I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

Psalm 89:3WEB

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

Psalm 89:4WEB

‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

Psalm 89:5WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:6WEB

For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:7WEB

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Psalm 89:8WEB

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:9WEB

You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

Psalm 89:10WEB

You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Psalm 89:11WEB

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

Psalm 89:12WEB

You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

Psalm 89:13WEB

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

Psalm 89:14WEB

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

Psalm 89:15WEB

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:16WEB

In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

Psalm 89:17WEB

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

Psalm 89:18WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:19WEB

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

Psalm 89:20WEB

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

Psalm 89:21WEB

with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22WEB

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

Psalm 89:23WEB

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

Psalm 89:24WEB

But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

Psalm 89:25WEB

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

Psalm 89:26WEB

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

Psalm 89:27WEB

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

Psalm 89:28WEB

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

Psalm 89:29WEB

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:30WEB

If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

Psalm 89:31WEB

if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

Psalm 89:32WEB

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalm 89:33WEB

But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 89:34WEB

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Psalm 89:35WEB

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

Psalm 89:36WEB

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

Psalm 89:37WEB

It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

Psalm 89:38WEB

But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

Psalm 89:39WEB

You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

Psalm 89:40WEB

You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Psalm 89:41WEB

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalm 89:42WEB

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

Psalm 89:43WEB

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

Psalm 89:44WEB

You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 89:45WEB

You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalm 89:46WEB

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

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:47WEB

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

Psalm 89:48WEB

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

Psalm 89:49WEB

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

Psalm 89:50WEB

Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Psalm 89:51WEB

With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Psalm 89:52WEB

Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.

“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.