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Psalm 89  Legacy Standard Bible

Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever

A [a]Maskil of [b]Ethan [c]the Ezrahite.

89 I will (A)sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever;
From generation to generation I will (B)make known Your (C)faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I have said, “(D)Lovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your (E)faithfulness.”
3 “I have cut a covenant with (F)My chosen;
I have (G)sworn to David My [d]servant,
4 I will establish your (H)seed forever
And build up your (I)throne from generation to generation.” [e]Selah.

5 The (J)heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;
Your faithfulness also (K)in the assembly of the (L)holy ones.
6 For (M)who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?
Who among the [f](N)sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,
7 A God (O)greatly dreaded in the council of the (P)holy ones,
And [g](Q)fearsome above all those who are around Him?
8 O Yahweh God of hosts, (R)who is like You, O mighty Yah?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You (S)still them.
10 You Yourself crushed [h](T)Rahab like one who is slain;
You (U)scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.

11 The (V)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The (W)world and its fullness, You have founded them.
12 The (X)north and the south, You have created them;
(Y)Tabor and (Z)Hermon (AA)sing with joy at Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is strong, Your (AB)right hand is exalted.
14 (AC)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
(AD)Lovingkindness and [i]truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the (AE)loud shout of joy!
O Yahweh, they walk in the (AF)light of Your face.
16 In (AG)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the beauty of (AH)their strength,
And by Your favor [j]our (AI)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AJ)shield belongs to Yahweh,
[k]And our king to the (AK)Holy One of Israel.

19 Formerly You spoke in vision to Your [l]holy [m]ones,
And said, “I have bestowed help to a (AL)mighty one;
I have exalted one (AM)chosen from the people.
20 I have (AN)found David My [n]servant;
With My holy (AO)oil I have anointed him,
21 With whom (AP)My hand will be established;
My arm also will (AQ)strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not [o]deceive him,
Nor the [p](AR)son of unrighteousness afflict him.
23 But I shall (AS)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 My (AT)faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his (AU)horn will be exalted.
25 I shall also set his hand (AV)on the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are (AW)my Father,
My God, and the (AX)rock of my salvation.’
27 I also shall make him My (AY)firstborn,
The (AZ)highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My (BA)lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My (BB)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 So I will set up his (BC)seed to endure forever
And his (BD)throne (BE)as the days of heaven.

30 “If his sons (BF)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they profane My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the (BG)rod
And their iniquity with striking.
33 But I will not break off (BH)My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 My (BI)covenant I will not profane,
Nor will I (BJ)alter what comes forth from My lips.
35 [q]Once I have (BK)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His (BL)seed shall endure forever
And his (BM)throne (BN)as the sun before Me.
37 It shall be established forever (BO)like the moon,
And the (BP)witness in the sky is faithful.” [r]Selah.

38 But You have (BQ)cast off and (BR)rejected,
You have been full of wrath [s]against Your (BS)anointed.
39 You have (BT)spurned the covenant of Your [t]slave;
You have (BU)profaned (BV)his crown to the ground.
40 You have (BW)broken down all his walls;
You have (BX)beset his strongholds with ruin.
41 (BY)All who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a (BZ)reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have (CA)exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have (CB)made all his enemies be glad.
43 You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have (CC)not made him arise in battle.
44 You have made his [u](CD)splendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have (CE)shortened the days of his youth;
You have (CF)wrapped him up with shame. Selah.

46 (CG)How long, O Yahweh?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your (CH)wrath burn like fire?
47 (CI)Remember [v]what my span of life is;
For what (CJ)vanity [w]You have created all the sons of men!
48 What man can live and not (CK)see death?
Can he (CL)provide his soul escape from the [x]power of Sheol? Selah.

49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You (CM)swore to David in Your faithfulness?
50 Remember, O Lord, the (CN)reproach of Your [y]slaves;
[z]How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 With which (CO)Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of (CP)Your anointed.

52 (CQ)Blessed be Yahweh forever!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 89 Title 1 Kin 4:31
  3. Psalm 89 Title Ps 88: title
  4. Psalm 89:3 Or slave, cf. 89:39; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  5. Psalm 89:4 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  6. Psalm 89:6 Or sons of gods
  7. Psalm 89:7 Or awesome
  8. Psalm 89:10 Egypt
  9. Psalm 89:14 Or faithfulness
  10. Psalm 89:17 Or You exalt our horn
  11. Psalm 89:18 Or Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
  12. Psalm 89:19 Or ones of lovingkindness
  13. Psalm 89:19 Some mss one, cf. 16:10
  14. Psalm 89:20 Or slave,cf. 89:39; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  15. Psalm 89:22 Or exact usury from him
  16. Psalm 89:22 Or unrighteous man
  17. Psalm 89:35 Or One thing
  18. Psalm 89:37 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  19. Psalm 89:38 Lit with
  20. Psalm 89:39 Or servant, cf. Ps 89:3, 20
  21. Psalm 89:44 Lit clearness, luster
  22. Psalm 89:47 Lit of what duration I am
  23. Psalm 89:47 Or have You...men?
  24. Psalm 89:48 Lit hand
  25. Psalm 89:50 Or servants, cf. Ps 89:3, 20
  26. Psalm 89:50 Lit My bearing in my bosom

Cross references

  1. Psalm 89:1 : Ps 59:16; 101:1
  2. Psalm 89:1 : Ps 40:10
  3. Psalm 89:1 : Ps 36:5; 88:11; 89:5, 8, 24, 33, 49; 92:2; 119:90; Is 25:1; Lam 3:23
  4. Psalm 89:2 : Ps 103:17
  5. Psalm 89:2 : Ps 36:5; 119:90
  6. Psalm 89:3 : 1 Kin 8:16
  7. Psalm 89:3 : Ps 132:11
  8. Psalm 89:4 : 2 Sam 7:16
  9. Psalm 89:4 : 2 Sam 7:13; Is 9:7; Luke 1:33
  10. Psalm 89:5 : Ps 19:1; 97:6
  11. Psalm 89:5 : Ps 149:1
  12. Psalm 89:5 : Job 5:1
  13. Psalm 89:6 : Ps 86:8; 113:5
  14. Psalm 89:6 : Ps 29:1; 82:1
  15. Psalm 89:7 : Ps 47:2; 68:35; 76:7, 11
  16. Psalm 89:7 : Ps 89:5
  17. Psalm 89:7 : Ps 96:4
  18. Psalm 89:8 : Ps 35:10; 71:19
  19. Psalm 89:9 : Ps 65:7; 107:29
  20. Psalm 89:10 : Ps 87:4; Is 30:7; 51:9
  21. Psalm 89:10 : Ps 18:14; 68:1; 144:6
  22. Psalm 89:11 : Gen 1:1; 1 Chr 29:11; Ps 96:5
  23. Psalm 89:11 : Ps 24:1
  24. Psalm 89:12 : Job 26:7
  25. Psalm 89:12 : Josh 19:22; Judg 4:6; Jer 46:18
  26. Psalm 89:12 : Deut 3:8; Josh 11:17; 12:1; Ps 133:3; Song 4:8
  27. Psalm 89:12 : Ps 98:8
  28. Psalm 89:13 : Ps 98:1; 118:16
  29. Psalm 89:14 : Ps 97:2
  30. Psalm 89:14 : Ps 85:13
  31. Psalm 89:15 : Lev 23:24; Num 10:10; Ps 98:6
  32. Psalm 89:15 : Ps 4:6; 44:3; 67:1; 80:3; 90:8
  33. Psalm 89:16 : Ps 105:3
  34. Psalm 89:17 : Ps 28:8
  35. Psalm 89:17 : Ps 75:10; 92:10; 148:14
  36. Psalm 89:18 : Ps 47:9
  37. Psalm 89:18 : Ps 71:22; 78:41
  38. Psalm 89:19 : 2 Sam 17:10
  39. Psalm 89:19 : 1 Kin 11:34; Ps 78:70
  40. Psalm 89:20 : 1 Sam 13:14; 16:1-12; Acts 13:22
  41. Psalm 89:20 : 1 Sam 16:13
  42. Psalm 89:21 : Ps 18:35; 80:17
  43. Psalm 89:21 : Ps 18:32
  44. Psalm 89:22 : 2 Sam 7:10; Ps 125:3
  45. Psalm 89:23 : 2 Sam 7:9; Ps 18:40
  46. Psalm 89:24 : Ps 89:1
  47. Psalm 89:24 : Ps 132:17
  48. Psalm 89:25 : Ps 72:8
  49. Psalm 89:26 : 2 Sam 7:14; 1 Chr 22:10; Jer 3:19
  50. Psalm 89:26 : 2 Sam 22:47; Ps 95:1
  51. Psalm 89:27 : Ex 4:22; Ps 2:7; Jer 31:9; Col 1:15, 18
  52. Psalm 89:27 : Num 24:7; Ps 72:11; Rev 19:16
  53. Psalm 89:28 : Ps 89:33
  54. Psalm 89:28 : Ps 89:3, 34
  55. Psalm 89:29 : Ps 18:50; 89:4, 36
  56. Psalm 89:29 : 1 Kin 2:4; Ps 89:4; 132:12; Is 9:7; Jer 33:17
  57. Psalm 89:29 : Deut 11:21
  58. Psalm 89:30 : 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 119:53
  59. Psalm 89:32 : Job 9:34; 21:9
  60. Psalm 89:33 : 2 Sam 7:15
  61. Psalm 89:34 : Deut 7:9; Jer 33:20, 21
  62. Psalm 89:34 : Num 23:19
  63. Psalm 89:35 : Ps 60:6; Amos 4:2
  64. Psalm 89:36 : Ps 89:29; Luke 1:33
  65. Psalm 89:36 : Ps 72:5
  66. Psalm 89:36 : Ps 72:17
  67. Psalm 89:37 : Ps 72:5
  68. Psalm 89:37 : Job 16:19
  69. Psalm 89:38 : Ps 44:9
  70. Psalm 89:38 : Deut 32:19; 1 Chr 28:9
  71. Psalm 89:38 : Ps 20:6; 89:20, 51
  72. Psalm 89:39 : Ps 78:59; Lam 2:7
  73. Psalm 89:39 : Ps 74:7
  74. Psalm 89:39 : Lam 5:16
  75. Psalm 89:40 : Ps 80:12
  76. Psalm 89:40 : Lam 2:2, 5
  77. Psalm 89:41 : Ps 80:12
  78. Psalm 89:41 : Ps 44:13; 69:9, 19; 79:4
  79. Psalm 89:42 : Ps 13:2
  80. Psalm 89:42 : Ps 80:6
  81. Psalm 89:43 : Ps 44:10
  82. Psalm 89:44 : Ezek 28:7
  83. Psalm 89:45 : Ps 102:23
  84. Psalm 89:45 : Ps 44:15; 71:13; 109:29
  85. Psalm 89:46 : Ps 13:1; 44:24
  86. Psalm 89:46 : Ps 79:5; 80:4
  87. Psalm 89:47 : Job 7:7; 10:9; 14:1
  88. Psalm 89:47 : Ps 39:5; 62:9; Eccl 1:2; 2:11
  89. Psalm 89:48 : Ps 22:29; 49:9
  90. Psalm 89:48 : Ps 49:15
  91. Psalm 89:49 : 2 Sam 7:15; Jer 30:9; Ezek 34:23
  92. Psalm 89:50 : Ps 69:9; 74:18, 22
  93. Psalm 89:51 : Ps 74:10, 18, 22
  94. Psalm 89:51 : Ps 89:38
  95. Psalm 89:52 : Ps 41:13; 72:19; 106:48
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