Bible, King James Version
Psalms
Pss.89
[1] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with
my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all
generations.
[2] For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy
faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
[3] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn
unto David my servant,
[4] Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy
throne to all generations. Selah.
[5] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy
faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
[6] For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?
who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the
LORD?
[7] God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about
him.
[8] O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto
thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
[9] Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves
thereof arise, thou stillest them.
[10] Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is
slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
[11] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as
for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded
them.
[12] The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor
and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
[13] Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high
is thy right hand.
[14] Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy
throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
[15] Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
[16] In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in
thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
[17] For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy
favour our horn shall be exalted.
[18] For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of
Israel is our king.
[19] Then 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.
[20] I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have
I anointed him:
[21] With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also
shall strengthen him.
[22] The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of
wickedness afflict him.
[23] And I will beat down his foes before his face, and
plague them that hate him.
[24] But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
[25] I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right
hand in the rivers.
[26] He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and
the rock of my salvation.
[27] Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the
kings of the earth.
[28] My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him.
[29] His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his
throne as the days of heaven.
[30] If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments;
[31] If they break my statutes, and keep not my
commandments;
[32] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes.
[33] Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly
take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
[34] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips.
[35] Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie
unto David.
[36] His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the
sun before me.
[37] It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as
a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
[38] But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been
wroth with thine anointed.
[39] Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou
hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
[40] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast
brought his strong holds to ruin.
[41] All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach
to his neighbours.
[42] Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
[43] Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast
not made him to stand in the battle.
[44] Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his
throne down to the ground.
[45] The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast
covered him with shame. Selah.
[46] How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
shall thy wrath burn like fire?
[47] Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou
made all men in vain?
[48] What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?
shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
[49] Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which
thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
[50] Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I
do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
[51] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD;
wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine
anointed.
[52] Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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