# Psalms 89 [[Psalms 88|←]] • [[Psalms 90|→]] --- Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. ### 1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. ### 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. ### 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, ### 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. ### 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. ### 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? ### 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all about him. ### 8 O Lord God of hosts, who a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? ### 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. ### 10 Thou hast broken pieces, Rahab in as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. ### 11 The heavens thine, the earth also thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. ### 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. ### 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. ### 14 Justice and judgment the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. ### 15 Blessed the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. ### 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. ### 17 For thou the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. ### 18 For the Lord our defence; and the Holy One of Israel our king. ### 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon mighty; I have exalted chosen out of the people. ### 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: ### 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. ### 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ### 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. ### 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. ### 25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. ### 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ### 27 Also I will make him firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. ### 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. ### 29 His seed also will I make for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ### 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; ### 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; ### 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. ### 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ### 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ### 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. ### 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. ### 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. ### 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. ### 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown to the ground. ### 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. ### 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. ### 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. ### 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. ### 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast down his throne to the ground. ### 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. ### 46 How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? ### 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? ### 48 What man liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. ### 49 Lord, where thy former lovingkindnesses, thou swarest unto David in thy truth? ### 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; I do bear in my bosom all the mighty people; ### 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. ### 52 Blessed the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.