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

¹I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.+ ²For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”+ ³You 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+ ⁵The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD — Your faithfulness as well — in the assembly of the holy ones.+ ⁶For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?+ ⁷In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.+ ⁸O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.+ ⁹You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.+ ¹⁰You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.+ ¹¹The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.+ ¹²North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.+ ¹³Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.+ ¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.+ ¹⁵Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.+ ¹⁶They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.+ ¹⁷For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.+ ¹⁸Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.+ ¹⁹You 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.+ ²⁰I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.+ ²¹My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.+ ²²No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.+ ²³I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.+ ²⁴My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.+ ²⁵I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.+ ²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’+ ²⁷I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.+ ²⁸I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.+ ²⁹I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.+ ³⁰If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,+ ³¹if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,+ ³²I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.+ ³³But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.+ ³⁴I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.+ ³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness — I will not lie to David —+ ³⁶his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,+ ³⁷like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah+ ³⁸Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.+ ³⁹You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.+ ⁴⁰You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.+ ⁴¹All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.+ ⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.+ ⁴³You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.+ ⁴⁴You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.+ ⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah+ ⁴⁶How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?+ ⁴⁷Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!+ ⁴⁸What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah+ ⁴⁹Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?+ ⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people —+ ⁵¹how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!+ ⁵²Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.+

I Will Sing of His Love Forever

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