Psalms 89:1-37

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil ▼

▼Probably a musical or liturgical term

of ^bEthan the Ezrahite.

1 ^cI will sing of ^dthe steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your ^efaithfulness to all generations.
2For I said, ^f“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens ^gyou will establish your ^hfaithfulness.”
3You have said, “I have made ⁱa covenant with my ^jchosen one;
I have ^ksworn to David my servant:
4‘I will establish your ^loffspring forever,
and build your ^mthrone for all generations.’”  Selah
5 Let ⁿthe heavens praise your ^owonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of ^pthe holy ones!
6For ^qwho in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
^rWho among the heavenly beings ▼

▼Hebrew  the sons of God, or  the sons of might

is like the Lord,
7a God greatly ^tto be feared in the council of ^uthe holy ones,
and awesome above all ^vwho are around him?
8O Lord God of hosts,
^wwho is mighty as you are, O ^xLord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you ^ystill them.
10You ^zcrushed ^aaRahab like a carcass;
you ^abscattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 ^acThe heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
^adthe world and all that is in it, you have ^aefounded them.
12 ^afThe north and the south, you have created them;
^agTabor and ^ahHermon ^aijoyously praise your name.
13You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 ^ajRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
^aksteadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15Blessed are the people who know ^althe festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in ^amthe light of your face,
16who exult in your ^anname all the day
and in your righteousness are ^aoexalted.
17For you are ^apthe glory of their strength;
by your favor our ^aqhorn is exalted.
18For our ^arshield belongs to the Lord,
our king to ^asthe Holy One of Israel.
19 ^atOf old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, ▼

▼Some Hebrew manuscripts  godly ones

and said:
“I have ^avgranted help to one who is ^awmighty;
I have exalted one ^axchosen from the people.
20 ^ayI have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have ^azanointed him,
21so that my ^bahand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him;
^bbthe wicked shall not humble him.
23I will ^bccrush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24My ^bdfaithfulness and my ^besteadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his ^bfhorn be exalted.
25I will set his hand on ^bgthe sea
and his right hand on ^bhthe rivers.
26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^biFather,
my God, and ^bjthe Rock of my salvation.’
27And I will make him the ^bkfirstborn,
^blthe highest of the kings of the earth.
28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my ^bmcovenant will stand firm ▼

▼Or  will remain faithful

for him.
29I will establish his ^booffspring forever
and his ^bpthrone as ^bqthe days of the heavens.
30 ^brIf his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules, ▼

▼Or  my just decrees

31if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with ^btthe rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34I will not violate my ^bucovenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35Once for all I have sworn ^bvby my holiness;
I will not ^bwlie to David.
36His ^bxoffspring shall endure forever,
^byhis ^bzthrone as long as ^cathe sun before me.
37Like ^cbthe moon it shall be established forever,
^cca faithful witness in the skies.”  Selah