Psalm 89 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah's Covenant with David, and Israel's Afflictions.

Psa 89:1

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever:

With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psa 89:2

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever;

Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psa 89:3

I have made a covenant with my chosen,

I have sworn unto David my servant:

Psa 89:4

Thy seed will I establish for ever,

And build up thy throne to all generations.

[Selah

Psa 89:5

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;

Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

Psa 89:6

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?

Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

Psa 89:7

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones,

And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

Psa 89:8

O Jehovah God of hosts,

Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah?

And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

Psa 89:9

Thou rulest the pride of the sea:

When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Psa 89:10

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;

Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

Psa 89:11

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:

The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psa 89:12

The north and the south, thou hast created them:

Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

Psa 89:13

Thou hast a mighty arm;

Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psa 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:

Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

Psa 89:15

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:

They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Psa 89:16

In thy name do they rejoice all the day;

And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

Psa 89:17

For thou art the glory of their strength;

And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

Psa 89:18

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psa 89:19

Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,

And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty;

I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psa 89:20

I have found David my servant;

With my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psa 89:21

With whom my hand shall be established;

Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psa 89:22

The enemy shall not exact from him,

Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psa 89:23

And I will beat down his adversaries before him,

And smite them that hate him.

Psa 89:24

But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;

And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psa 89:25

I will set his hand also on the sea,

And his right hand on the rivers.

Psa 89:26

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,

My God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psa 89:27

I also will make him my first-born,

The highest of the kings of the earth.

Psa 89:28

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;

And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psa 89:29

His seed also will I make to endure for ever,

And his throne as the days of heaven.

Psa 89:30

If his children forsake my law,

And walk not in mine ordinances;

Psa 89:31

If they break my statutes,

And keep not my commandments;

Psa 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,

And their iniquity with stripes.

Psa 89:33

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psa 89:34

My covenant will I not break,

Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psa 89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness:

I will not lie unto David:

Psa 89:36

His seed shall endure for ever,

And his throne as the sun before me.

Psa 89:37

It shall be established for ever as the moon,

And as the faithful witness in the sky.

[Selah

Psa 89:38

But thou hast cast off and rejected,

Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Psa 89:39

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:

Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Psa 89:40

Thou hast broken down all his hedges;

Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Psa 89:41

All that pass by the way rob him:

He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psa 89:42

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psa 89:43

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,

And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Psa 89:44

Thou hast made his brightness to cease,

And cast his throne down to the ground.

Psa 89:45

The days of his youth hast thou shortened:

Thou hast covered him with shame.

[Selah

Psa 89:46

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?

How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psa 89:47

Oh remember how short my time is:

For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

Psa 89:48

What man is he that shall live and not see death,

That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?

[Selah

Psa 89:49

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,

Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Psa 89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;

How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

Psa 89:51

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,

Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Psa 89:52

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.

Amen, and Amen.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Psalm 89 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah's Covenant with David, and Israel's Afflictions.

Psalm Chapter 89 — Additional Translations:

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