Psalms 89 · Clearspring

A Maskil + 89:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I Will Sing of His Love Forever

¹<Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.+ ²For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.+ ³I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;+ ⁴I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)+ ⁵In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.+ ⁶For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?+ ⁷God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.+ ⁸O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.+ ⁹You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.+ ¹⁰Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.+ ¹¹Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.+ ¹²You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.+ ¹³Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.+ ¹⁴The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.+ ¹⁵Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.+ ¹⁶In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.+ ¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.+ ¹⁸For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.+ ¹⁹Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.+ ²⁰I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.+ ²¹My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.+ ²²The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.+ ²³I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.+ ²⁴But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.+ ²⁵I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.+ ²⁶He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.+ ²⁷And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.+ ²⁸I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.+ ²⁹His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.+ ³⁰If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;+ ³¹If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;+ ³²Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.+ ³³But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.+ ³⁴I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.+ ³⁵I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.+ ³⁶His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.+ ³⁷It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)+ ³⁸But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.+ ³⁹You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.+ ⁴⁰All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.+ ⁴¹All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.+ ⁴²You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.+ ⁴³His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.+ ⁴⁴You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.+ ⁴⁵You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)+ ⁴⁶How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?+ ⁴⁷See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?+ ⁴⁸What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)+ ⁴⁹Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?+ ⁵⁰Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;+ ⁵¹The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.+ ⁵²Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.+

I Will Sing of His Love Forever

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