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