89[A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H1755 2For I said, "Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness."H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H8064 3You have said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H5650 4'I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" SelahH2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H5542 5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H6918 6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H3068 7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H5439 8O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H5439 9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H7623 10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.H1792H7294H1792H2491H6340H341H5797H2220 11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.H8064H776H8398H4393H3245 12The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H8034 13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H3225 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H6440 15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H6440 16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.H8034H1523H3117H6666H7311 17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H7311 18For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.H3068H4043H6918H3478H4428 19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H5971 20I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H4886 21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.H3027H3559H2220H553 22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.H341H5378H1121H5766H6031 23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H8130 24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.H530H2617H8034H7161H7311 25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.H7760H3027H3220H3225H5104 26He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'H7121H1H410H6697H3444 27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H776 28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.H2617H8104H5769H1285H539 29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H8064 30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,H1121H5800H8451H3212H4941 31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,H2490H2708H8104H4687 32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,H6485H6588H7626H5771H5061 33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.H2617H6331H530H8266 34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.H1285H2490H8138H4161H8193 35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.H259H7650H6944H3576H1732 36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.H2233H5769H3678H8121 37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies." SelahH3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H5542 38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.H2186H3988H5674H4899 39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H776 40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.H6555H1448H7760H4013H4288 41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H7934 42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H8055 43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H4421 44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H776 45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. SelahH3117H5934H7114H5844H955H5542 46How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H784 47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H7723 48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? SelahH1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H5542 49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H530 50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H5971 51with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H4899 52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.H1288H3068H5769H543H543
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