89
The Loʀᴅ’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.
A
AMaskil of
BEthan
Cthe Ezrahite.
1 I will
Asing of the lovingkindness of the Loʀᴅ forever;
To all generations I will
Bmake known Your
Cfaithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I have said, “
ALovingkindness will be built up forever;
In the heavens You will establish Your
Bfaithfulness.”
3 “I have made a covenant with
AMy chosen;
I have
Bsworn to David My servant,
4 I will establish your
Aseed forever
And build up your
Bthrone to all generations.”
1Selah.
5 The
Aheavens will praise Your wonders, O Loʀᴅ;
Your faithfulness also
Bin the assembly of the
Choly ones.
6 For
Awho in the skies is comparable to the Loʀᴅ?
Who among the
1Bsons of the mighty is like the Loʀᴅ,
7 A God
Agreatly feared in the council of the
Bholy ones,
And
Cawesome above all those who are around Him?
8 O Loʀᴅ God of hosts,
Awho is like You, O mighty
1Loʀᴅ?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
9 You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You
Astill them.
10 You Yourself crushed
1ARahab like one who is slain;
You
Bscattered Your enemies with
2Your mighty arm.
11 The
Aheavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The
Bworld and
1all it contains, You have founded them.
12 The
Anorth and the south, You have created them;
BTabor and
CHermon
Dshout for joy at Your name.
13 You have
1a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your
Aright hand is exalted.
14 ARighteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
BLovingkindness and
1truth go before You.
15 How blessed are the people who know the
1Ajoyful sound!
O Loʀᴅ, they walk in the
Blight of Your countenance.
16 In
AYour name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of
Atheir strength,
And by Your favor
1our
Bhorn is exalted.
18 For our
Ashield belongs to the Loʀᴅ,
1And our king to the
BHoly One of Israel.
19 1Once You spoke in vision to Your godly
2ones,
And said, “I have
3given help to one who is
Amighty;
I have exalted one
Bchosen from the people.
20 “I have
Afound David My servant;
With My holy
Boil I have anointed him,
21 With whom
AMy hand will be established;
My arm also will
Bstrengthen him.
22 “The enemy will not
1deceive him,
Nor the
2Ason of wickedness afflict him.
23 “But I shall
Acrush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
24 “My
Afaithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,
And in My name his
Bhorn will be exalted.
25 “I shall also set his hand
Aon the sea
And his right hand on the rivers.
26 “He will cry to Me, ‘You are
Amy Father,
My God, and the
Brock of my salvation.’
27 “I also shall make him
My Afirstborn,
The
Bhighest of the kings of the earth.
28 “My
Alovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My
Bcovenant shall be confirmed to him.
29 “So I will establish his
1Adescendants forever
And his
Bthrone
Cas the days of heaven.
30 “If his sons
Aforsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they
1violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the
Arod
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 “But I will not break off
AMy lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 “My
Acovenant I will not
1violate,
Nor will I
Balter
2the utterance of My lips.
35 “
1Once I have
Asworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 “His
1Adescendants shall endure forever
And his
Bthrone
Cas the sun before Me.
37 “It shall be established forever
Alike the moon,
And the
Bwitness in the sky is faithful.”
1Selah.
38 But You have
Acast off and
Brejected,
You have been full of wrath
1against Your
Canointed.
39 You have
Aspurned the covenant of Your servant;
You have
Bprofaned
Chis crown
1in the dust.
40 You have
Abroken down all his walls;
You have
Bbrought his strongholds to ruin.
41 AAll who pass along the way plunder him;
He has become a
Breproach to his neighbors.
42 You have
Aexalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have
Bmade all his enemies rejoice.
43 You also turn back the edge of his sword
And have
Anot made him stand in battle.
44 You have made his
1Asplendor to cease
And cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have
Ashortened the days of his youth;
You have
Bcovered him with shame. Selah.
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your
Bwrath burn like fire?
47 ARemember
1what my span of life is;
For what
Bvanity
2You have created all the sons of men!
48 What man can live and not
Asee death?
Can he
Bdeliver his soul from the
1power of
2Sheol? Selah.
49 Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,
Which You
Aswore to David in Your faithfulness?
50 Remember, O Lord, the
Areproach of Your servants;
1How I bear in my bosom
the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 With which
AYour enemies have reproached, O Loʀᴅ,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of
BYour anointed.
52 ABlessed be the Loʀᴅ forever!
Amen and Amen.