NIV Psalms 89
- I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
- I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
- You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
- 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' " Selah
- The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
- For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD ? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
- In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.
- O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
- You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.
- You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
- The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.
- You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
- Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
- Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
- Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
- They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.
- For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.
- Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have exalted a young man from among the people.
- I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
- My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
- No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
- I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.
- My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
- I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
- He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'
- I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
- I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
- I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,
- if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,
- I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;
- but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
- I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.
- Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness-- and I will not lie to David-
- that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;
- it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah
- But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.
- You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
- All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
- You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
- You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.
- You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah
- How long, O LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!
- What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? Selah
- O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
- Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
- the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
- Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.