Psalm 89:1-52 BSB

[1] A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. [2] For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.” [3] You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: [4] ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah [5] The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD —Your faithfulness as well —in the assembly of the holy ones. [6] For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? [7] In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. [8] O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You. [9] You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. [10] You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. [11] The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. [12] North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. [13] Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted. [14] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You. [15] Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence. [16] They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult. [17] For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted. [18] Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. [19] You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. [20] I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. [21] My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him. [22] No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. [23] I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. [24] My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted. [25] I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers. [26] He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ [27] I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. [28] I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. [29] I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. [30] If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, [31] if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, [32] I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. [33] But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. [34] I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. [35] Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness —I will not lie to David — [36] his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, [37] like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah [38] Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one. [39] You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. [40] You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. [41] All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. [42] You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. [43] You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle. [44] You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. [45] You have cut short 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 keep burning like fire? [47] Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! [48] What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah [49] Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David? [50] Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people — [51] how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one! [52] Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.