Psalms 89
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
5Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
6In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
9For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
10The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
11The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
11Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
12Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
13Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
14We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
15We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
16They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
16Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
17And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
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21My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
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22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
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25I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
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26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
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27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
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29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
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31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
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32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
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33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
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34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
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35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
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36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
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37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
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39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
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40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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41All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
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44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
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46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
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48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
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50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
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51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
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52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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