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Psalm 89 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

The LORDS Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.

Psa 89:1

A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the LORD forever;

With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

Psa 89:2

For I have said, “Goodness and lovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Psa 89:3

[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;

I have sworn to David My servant,

Psa 89:4

I will establish your seed forever

And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.

Psa 89:5

The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O LORD,

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

Psa 89:6

For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD?

Who among the divine beings is like the LORD,

Psa 89:7

A God greatly feared and reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones,

And awesome above all those who are around Him?

Psa 89:8

O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD?

Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].

Psa 89:9

You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You still them.

Psa 89:10

You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain;

You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Psa 89:11

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.

Psa 89:12

The north and the south, You have created them;

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Psa 89:13

You have a strong arm;

Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

Psa 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

Psa 89:15

Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!

They walk, O LORD, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

Psa 89:16

In Your name they rejoice all the day,

And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

Psa 89:17

For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment],

And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Psa 89:18

For our shield belongs to the LORD,

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psa 89:19

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,

And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Psa 89:20

“I have found David My servant;

With My holy oil I have anointed him,

Psa 89:21

With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast;

My arm also shall strengthen him.

Psa 89:22

“The enemy will not outwit him,

Nor will the wicked man afflict or humiliate him.

Psa 89:23

“I will crush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

Psa 89:24

“My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him,

And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].

Psa 89:25

“I will also [fn]set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea,

And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].

Psa 89:26

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,

My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Psa 89:27

“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),

The highest of the kings of the earth.

Psa 89:28

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore,

And My covenant will be confirmed to him.

Psa 89:29

“His descendants I will establish forever,

And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven.

Psa 89:30

“If his children [fn]turn away from My law

And do not walk in My ordinances,

Psa 89:31

If they break My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

Psa 89:32

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline],

And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.

Psa 89:33

“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,

Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.

Psa 89:34

“My covenant I will not violate,

Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips.

Psa 89:35

“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated];

I will not lie to David.

Psa 89:36

“His [fn]descendants shall endure forever

And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.

Psa 89:37

“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.

Psa 89:38

But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful LORD] have cast off and rejected;

You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.

Psa 89:39

You have spurned and repudiated the covenant with Your servant;

You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust.

Psa 89:40

You have broken down all his [city] walls;

You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Psa 89:41

All who pass along the road rob him;

He has become the scorn of his neighbors.

Psa 89:42

You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

You have made all his enemies rejoice.

Psa 89:43

Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword

And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

Psa 89:44

You have put an end to his splendor

And have hurled his throne to the ground.

Psa 89:45

You have shortened the days of his youth;

You have covered him with shame. Selah.

Psa 89:46

How long, O LORD?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

Psa 89:47

Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;

For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!

Psa 89:48

What man can live and not see death?

Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

Psa 89:49

O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon],

Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Psa 89:50

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];

How I bear in [fn]my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

Psa 89:51

With which Your enemies have taunted, O LORD,

With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.

Psa 89:52

Blessed be the LORD forevermore!

Amen and Amen.

AMP Footnotes
I.e. extend his area of influence.
Lit forsake.
Lit seed.
Lit the fold of my garment.
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