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Psalm 89 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Sing of the Lovingkindness of Yahweh Forever

Psa 89:1

A [fn]Maskil of [fn]Ethan [fn]the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever;

From generation to generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

Psa 89:2

For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Psa 89:3

“I have cut a covenant with My chosen;

I have sworn to David My [fn]servant,

Psa 89:4

I will establish your seed forever

And build up your throne from generation to generation.” [fn]Selah.

Psa 89:5

The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

Psa 89:6

For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?

Who among the [fn]sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,

Psa 89:7

A God greatly dreaded in the council of the holy ones,

And [fn]fearsome above all those who are around Him?

Psa 89:8

O Yahweh God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Yah?

Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

Psa 89:9

You rule the swelling of the sea;

When its waves rise, You still them.

Psa 89:10

You Yourself crushed [fn]Rahab like one who is slain;

You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.

Psa 89:11

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and its fullness, You have founded them.

Psa 89:12

The north and the south, You have created them;

Tabor and Hermon sing with joy at Your name.

Psa 89:13

You have a mighty arm;

Your hand is strong, Your right hand is exalted.

Psa 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Lovingkindness and [fn]truth go before You.

Psa 89:15

How blessed are the people who know the loud shout of joy!

O Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your face.

Psa 89:16

In Your name they rejoice all the day,

And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

Psa 89:17

For You are the beauty of their strength,

And by Your favor [fn]our horn is exalted.

Psa 89:18

For our shield belongs to Yahweh,

[fn]And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psa 89:19

Formerly You spoke in vision to Your [fn]holy [fn]ones,

And said, “I have bestowed help to a mighty one;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Psa 89:20

“I have found David My [fn]servant;

With My holy oil I have anointed him,

Psa 89:21

With whom My hand will be established;

My arm also will strengthen him.

Psa 89:22

“The enemy will not [fn]deceive him,

Nor the [fn]son of unrighteousness afflict him.

Psa 89:23

“But I shall crush his adversaries before him,

And strike those who hate him.

Psa 89:24

“My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him,

And in My name his horn will be exalted.

Psa 89:25

“I shall also set his hand on the sea

And his right hand on the rivers.

Psa 89:26

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

My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Psa 89:27

“I also shall make him My firstborn,

The highest of the kings of the earth.

Psa 89:28

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,

And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Psa 89:29

“So I will set up his seed to endure forever

And his throne as the days of heaven.

Psa 89:30

“If his sons forsake My law

And do not walk in My judgments,

Psa 89:31

If they profane My statutes

And do not keep My commandments,

Psa 89:32

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod

And their iniquity with striking.

Psa 89:33

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

Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

Psa 89:34

“My covenant I will not profane,

Nor will I alter what comes forth from My lips.

Psa 89:35

[fn]Once I have sworn by My holiness;

I will not lie to David.

Psa 89:36

“His seed shall endure forever

And his throne as the sun before Me.

Psa 89:37

“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And the witness in the sky is faithful.” [fn]Selah.

Psa 89:38

But You have cast off and rejected,

You have been full of wrath [fn]against Your anointed.

Psa 89:39

You have spurned the covenant of Your [fn]slave;

You have profaned his crown to the ground.

Psa 89:40

You have broken down all his walls;

You have beset his strongholds with ruin.

Psa 89:41

All who pass along the way plunder him;

He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psa 89:42

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

You have made all his enemies be glad.

Psa 89:43

You also turn back the edge of his sword

And have not made him arise in battle.

Psa 89:44

You have made his [fn]splendor to cease

And cast his throne to the ground.

Psa 89:45

You have shortened the days of his youth;

You have wrapped him up with shame. Selah.

Psa 89:46

How long, O Yahweh?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

Psa 89:47

Remember [fn]what my span of life is;

For what vanity [fn]You have created all the sons of men!

Psa 89:48

What man can live and not see death?

Can he provide his soul escape from the [fn]power of Sheol? Selah.

Psa 89:49

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,

Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Psa 89:50

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your [fn]slaves;

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

Psa 89:51

With which Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh,

With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

Psa 89:52

Blessed be Yahweh forever!

Amen and Amen.

LSB Footnotes
Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
Ps 88: title
Or slave, cf. 89:39; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Or sons of gods
Or awesome
Egypt
Or faithfulness
Or You exalt our horn
Or Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
Or ones of lovingkindness
Some mss one, cf. 16:10
Or slave,cf. 89:39; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
Or exact usury from him
Or unrighteous man
Or One thing
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Lit with
Or servant, cf. Ps 89:3, 20
Lit clearness, luster
Lit of what duration I am
Or have You...men?
Lit hand
Or servants, cf. Ps 89:3, 20
Lit My bearing in my bosom
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