Psalm 89:1-52 AMP

[1] I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the LORD forever; With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation. [2] For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.” [3] [God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn to David My servant, [4] I will establish your seed forever And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah. [5] The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O LORD, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. [6] For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the divine beings is like the LORD, [7] A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him? [8] O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being]. [9] You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. [10] You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. [11] The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them. [12] The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name. [13] You have a strong arm; Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted. [14] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. [15] Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]! They walk, O LORD, in the light and favor of Your countenance! [16] In Your name they rejoice all the day, And in Your righteousness they are exalted. [17] For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], And by Your favor our horn is exalted. [18] For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. [19] Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones, And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from the people. [20] I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, [21] With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast; My arm also shall strengthen him. [22] The enemy will not outwit him, Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him. [23] I will crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. [24] My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him, And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him]. [25] I will also set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea, And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates]. [26] He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ [27] I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent), The highest of the kings of the earth. [28] My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, And My covenant will be confirmed to him. [29] His descendants I will establish forever, And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven. [30] “If his children turn away from My law And do not walk in My ordinances, [31] If they break My statutes And do not keep My commandments, [32] Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline], And [correct] their wickedness with stripes. [33] Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. [34] My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. [35] Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated]; I will not lie to David. [36] His descendants shall endure forever And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me. [37] It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah. [38] But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful LORD] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. [39] You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust. [40] You have broken down all his [city] walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. [41] All who pass along the road rob him; He has become the scorn of his neighbors. [42] You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. [43] Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle. [44] You have put an end to his splendor And have hurled his throne to the ground. [45] You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. [46] How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? [47] Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men! [48] What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah. [49] O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon], Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? [50] Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples, [51] With which Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed. [52] Blessed be the LORD forevermore! Amen and Amen.