Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Psa 89:1 |
A [fn]Maskil of [fn]Ethan [fn]the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. |
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Psa 89:2 |
For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." |
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Psa 89:3 |
"I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, |
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Psa 89:4 |
I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to all generations." [fn]Selah. |
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Psa 89:5 |
The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. |
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Psa 89:6 |
For who in the skies is comparable to the LORD? Who among the [fn]sons of the mighty is like the LORD, |
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Psa 89:7 |
A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him? |
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Psa 89:8 |
O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty [fn]LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. |
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Psa 89:9 |
You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. |
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Psa 89:10 |
You Yourself crushed [fn]Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with [fn]Your mighty arm. |
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Psa 89:11 |
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and [fn]all it contains, You have founded them. |
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Psa 89:12 |
The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. |
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Psa 89:13 |
You have [fn]a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted. |
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Psa 89:14 |
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and [fn]truth go before You. |
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Psa 89:15 |
How blessed are the people who know the [fn]joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. |
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Psa 89:16 |
In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. |
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Psa 89:17 |
For You are the glory of their strength, And by Your favor [fn]our horn is exalted. |
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Psa 89:18 |
For our shield belongs to the LORD, [fn]And our king to the Holy One of Israel. |
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Psa 89:19 |
[fn]Once You spoke in vision to Your godly [fn]ones, And said, "I have [fn]given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. |
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Psa 89:20 |
"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, |
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Psa 89:21 |
With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. |
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Psa 89:22 |
"The enemy will not [fn]deceive him, Nor the [fn]son of wickedness afflict him. |
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Psa 89:23 |
"But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. |
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Psa 89:24 |
"My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. |
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Psa 89:25 |
"I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. |
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Psa 89:26 |
"He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' |
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Psa 89:27 |
"I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. |
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Psa 89:28 |
"My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. |
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Psa 89:29 |
"So I will establish his [fn]descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. |
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Psa 89:30 |
"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, |
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Psa 89:31 |
If they [fn]violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments, |
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Psa 89:32 |
Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes. |
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Psa 89:33 |
"But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. |
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Psa 89:34 |
"My covenant I will not [fn]violate, Nor will I alter [fn]the utterance of My lips. |
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Psa 89:35 |
" [fn]Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. |
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Psa 89:36 |
"His [fn]descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. |
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Psa 89:37 |
"It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." [fn]Selah. |
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Psa 89:38 |
But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath [fn]against Your anointed. |
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Psa 89:39 |
You have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown [fn]in the dust. |
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Psa 89:40 |
You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. |
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Psa 89:41 |
All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors. |
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Psa 89:42 |
You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice. |
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Psa 89:43 |
You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle. |
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Psa 89:44 |
You have made his [fn]splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground. |
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Psa 89:45 |
You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. |
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Psa 89:46 |
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? |
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Psa 89:47 |
Remember [fn]what my span of life is; For what vanity [fn]You have created all the sons of men! |
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Psa 89:48 |
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the [fn]power of [fn]Sheol? Selah. |
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Psa 89:49 |
Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? |
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Psa 89:50 |
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; [fn]How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, |
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Psa 89:51 |
With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. |
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Psa 89:52 |
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (89:1) Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
- (89:1) 1 Kin 4:31
- (89:1) Ps 88: title
- (89:4) Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- (89:6) Or, sons of gods
- (89:8) Hebrew: YAH
- (89:10) I.e. Egypt
- (89:10) Literally: the arm of Your might
- (89:11) Literally: its fullness
- (89:13) Literally: an arm with strength
- (89:14) Or, faithfulness
- (89:15) Or, blast of the trumpet, shout of joy
- (89:17) Another reading is You exalt our horn
- (89:18) Or, Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
- (89:19) Or, At that time
- (89:19) Some mss read one
- (89:19) Literally: placed help upon
- (89:22) Or, exact usury from him
- (89:22) Or, wicked man
- (89:29) Literally: seed
- (89:31) Literally: profane
- (89:34) Literally: profane
- (89:34) Literally: that which goes forth
- (89:35) Or, One thing
- (89:36) Literally: seed
- (89:37) Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- (89:38) Literally: with
- (89:39) Literally: to the ground
- (89:44) Literally: clearness, luster
- (89:47) Literally: of what duration I am
- (89:47) Or, have You...men?
- (89:48) Literally: hand
- (89:48) I.e. the nether world
- (89:50) Literally: My bearing in my bosom
