89:1 A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD'S great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

89:2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

89:3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

89:4 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah

89:5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

89:6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

89:7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

89:8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

89:9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

89:10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

89:11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

89:12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

89:13 Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

89:15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.

89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.

89:17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.

89:18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

89:19 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.

89:20 I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

89:21 My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

89:22 No enemy will subject him to tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

89:23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries.

89:24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.

89:25 I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

89:26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.'

89:27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

89:28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

89:29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

89:30 "If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

89:31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

89:32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

89:33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

89:34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

89:35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness--and I will not lie to David--

89:36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

89:37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah

89:38 But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

89:39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

89:40 You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

89:41 All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

89:43 You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

89:44 You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah

89:46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

89:47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men!

89:48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah

89:49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

89:50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

89:51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

89:52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.