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Psalm 89

	Psa 89:1	A Maskil [fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord , forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
	Psa 89:2	For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness."
	Psa 89:3	You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
	Psa 89:4	'"I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
	Psa 89:5	Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord , your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
	Psa 89:6	For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord ? Who among the heavenly beings [fn] is like the Lord ,
	Psa 89:7	a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
	Psa 89:8	O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord , with your faithfulness all around you?
	Psa 89:9	You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
	Psa 89:10	You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
	Psa 89:11	The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
	Psa 89:12	The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
	Psa 89:13	You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
	Psa 89:14	Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
	Psa 89:15	Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord , in the light of your face,
	Psa 89:16	who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
	Psa 89:17	For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
	Psa 89:18	For our shield belongs to the Lord , our king to the Holy One of Israel.
	Psa 89:19	Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, [fn] and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
	Psa 89:20	"I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
	Psa 89:21	"so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
	Psa 89:22	"The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.
	Psa 89:23	"I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
	Psa 89:24	"My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
	Psa 89:25	"I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
	Psa 89:26	"He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
	Psa 89:27	"And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
	Psa 89:28	"My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm [fn] for him.
	Psa 89:29	"I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
	Psa 89:30	"If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
	Psa 89:31	"if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
	Psa 89:32	"then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
	Psa 89:33	"but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
	Psa 89:34	"I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
	Psa 89:35	"Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
	Psa 89:36	"His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
	Psa 89:37	"Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." Selah
	Psa 89:38	But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
	Psa 89:39	You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
	Psa 89:40	You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
	Psa 89:41	All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
	Psa 89:42	You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
	Psa 89:43	You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.
	Psa 89:44	You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
	Psa 89:45	You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
	Psa 89:46	How long, O Lord ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
	Psa 89:47	Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
	Psa 89:48	What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
	Psa 89:49	Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
	Psa 89:50	Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults [fn] of all the many nations,
	Psa 89:51	with which your enemies mock, O Lord , with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
	Psa 89:52	Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen.

ESV Footnotes:

(89:1) Probably a musical or liturgical term
(89:6) Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
(89:19) Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
(89:28) Or will remain faithful
(89:50) Hebrew lacks the insults

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