89[A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing about the LORD's faithful love forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H17552For I will declare, "Faithful love is built up forever; You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H80643[The LORD said,] "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H56504'I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.' " SelahH2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H55425LORD, the heavens praise Your wonders— Your faithfulness also— in the assembly of the holy ones.H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H69186For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H30687God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H54398LORD God of Hosts, who is strong like You, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds You.H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H54399You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H762310You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.H1792H7294H1792H2491H6340H341H5797H222011The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it— You founded them.H8064H776H8398H4393H324512North and south— You created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H803413You have a mighty arm; Your hand is powerful; Your right hand is lifted high.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H322514Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; faithful love and truth go before You.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H644015Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; LORD, they walk in the light of Your presence.H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H644016They rejoice in Your name all day long, and they are exalted by Your righteousness.H8034H1523H3117H6666H731117For You are their magnificent strength; by Your favor our horn is exalted.H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H731118Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.H3068H4043H6918H3478H442819You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H597120I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with My sacred oil.H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H488621My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him.H3027H3559H2220H55322The enemy will not afflict him; no wicked man will oppress him.H341H5378H1121H5766H603123I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H813024My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.H530H2617H8034H7161H731125I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.H7760H3027H3220H3225H510426He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.'H7121H1H410H6697H344427I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H77628I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure.H2617H8104H5769H1285H53929I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H806430If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,H1121H5800H8451H3212H494131if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commandments,H2490H2708H8104H468732then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows.H6485H6588H7626H5771H506133But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness.H2617H6331H530H826634I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.H1285H2490H8138H4161H819335Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.H259H7650H6944H3576H173236His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me,H2233H5769H3678H812137like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." SelahH3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H554238But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed.H2186H3988H5674H489939You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have completely dishonored his crown.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H77640You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.H6555H1448H7760H4013H428841All who pass by plunder him; he has become a joke to his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H793442You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H805543You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H442144You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H77645You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. SelahH3117H5934H7114H5844H955H554246How long, LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger keep burning like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H78447Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H772348What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? SelahH1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H554249Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H53050Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants— in my heart I carry [abuse] from all the peoples—H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H597151how Your enemies have ridiculed, LORD, how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H489952May the LORD be praised forever. Amen and amen.H1288H3068H5769H543H543
Dublin, OH
