Psalms 89

Jehovah’s covenant with David, and Israel’s afflictions.

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

I have made a covenant with my chosen,

Thy seed will I establish for ever,

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah;

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah?

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

O Jehovah God of hosts,

Thou rulest the pride of the sea:

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

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:

The north and the south, thou hast created them:

Thou hast a mighty arm;

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne:

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:

In thy name do they rejoice all the day;

For thou art the glory of their strength;

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah;

Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints,

I have found David my servant;

With whom my hand shall be established;

The enemy shall not exact from him,

And I will beat down his adversaries before him,

But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him;

I will set his hand also on the sea,

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,

I also will make him my first-born,

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;

His seed also will I make to endure for ever,

If his children forsake my law,

If they break my statutes,

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,

My covenant will I not break,

Once have I sworn by my holiness:

His seed shall endure for ever,

It shall be established for ever as the moon,

But thou hast cast off and rejected,

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant:

Thou hast broken down all his hedges;

All that pass by the way rob him:

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,

Thou hast made his brightness to cease,

The days of his youth hast thou shortened:

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

Oh remember how short my time is:

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

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore.