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 mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.+ ²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.+ ³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,+ ⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.+ ⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.+ ⁶For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?+ ⁷God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.+ ⁸O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?+ ⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.+ ¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.+ ¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.+ ¹²The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.+ ¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.+ ¹⁴Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.+ ¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.+ ¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.+ ¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.+ ¹⁸For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.+ ¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.+ ²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:+ ²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.+ ²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.+ ²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.+ ²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.+ ²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.+ ²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.+ ²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.+ ²⁸My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.+ ²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.+ ³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;+ ³¹If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;+ ³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.+ ³³Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.+ ³⁴My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.+ ³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.+ ³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.+ ³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.+ ³⁸But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.+ ³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.+ ⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.+ ⁴¹All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.+ ⁴²Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.+ ⁴³Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.+ ⁴⁴Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.+ ⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.+ ⁴⁶How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?+ ⁴⁷Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?+ ⁴⁸What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.+ ⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?+ ⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;+ ⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.+ ⁵²Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.+

I Will Sing of His Love Forever

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