Psalms 89:36 - Prayer Tents

The Lord’s Covenant with David, and Israel’s Afflictions.

89I WILL sing of the mercy {and} loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.H4905H387H250H7891H2617H3068H5769H6310H3045H530H1755H1755

2For I have said, Mercy {and} loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual].H559H2617H1129H5769H530H3559H8064

3[You have said] I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant,H3772H1285H972H7650H1732H5650

4Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!H2233H3559H5704H5769H1129H3678H1755H1755H5542

5Let heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels).H8064H3034H6382H3068H530H6951H6918

6For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty [heavenly beings] can be likened to the Lord,H7834H6186H3068H1121H410H1819H3068

7A God greatly feared {and} revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared {and} worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him?H410H7227H6206H5475H6918H3372H5439

8O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times].H3068H430H6635H2626H3050H530H5439

9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them.H4910H1348H3220H1530H7721H7623

10You have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies.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; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name.H6828H3225H1254H8396H2768H7442H8034

13You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high.H1369H2220H5810H3027H7311H3225

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy {and} loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.H6664H4941H4349H3678H2617H571H6923H6440

15Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light {and} favor of Your countenance!H835H5971H3045H8643H1980H3068H216H6440

16In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted.H8034H1523H3117H6666H7311

17For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], and by Your favor our horn is exalted {and} we walk with uplifted faces!H8597H5797H7522H7161H7311H7311

18For our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.H3068H4043H6918H3478H4428

19Once You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said, I have endowed one who is mighty [a hero, giving him the power to help--to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from among the people.H1696H2377H2623H559H7737H5828H1368H7311H977H5971

20I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him,H4672H1732H5650H6944H8081H4886

21With whom My hand shall be established {and} ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him.H3027H3559H2220H553

22The enemy shall not exact from him {or} do him violence {or} outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict {and} humble him.H341H5378H1121H5766H6031

23I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him.H3807H6862H6440H5062H8130

24My faithfulness and My mercy {and} loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].H530H2617H8034H7161H7311

25I will set his hand in control also on the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his right hand on the rivers [Euphrates with its tributaries].H7760H3027H3220H3225H5104

26He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!H7121H1H410H6697H3444

27Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.H5414H1060H5945H4428H776

28My mercy {and} loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast {and} be faithful with him.H2617H8104H5769H1285H539

29His Offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.H2233H7760H5703H3678H3117H8064

30If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances,H1121H5800H8451H3212H4941

31If they break {or} profane My statutes and keep not My commandments,H2490H2708H8104H4687

32Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes.H6485H6588H7626H5771H5061

33Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie and be false to him].H2617H6331H530H8266

34My covenant will I not break {or} profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.H1285H2490H8138H4161H8193

35Once [for all] have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David:H259H7650H6944H3576H1732

36His Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne [shall continue] as the sun before Me.H2233H5769H3678H8121

37It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!H3559H5769H3394H539H5707H7834H5542

38But [in apparent contradiction to all this] You [even You the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.H2186H3988H5674H4899

39You have despised {and} loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.H5010H1285H5650H2490H5145H776

40You have broken down all his hedges {and} his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.H6555H1448H7760H4013H4288

41All who pass along the road spoil {and} rob him; he has become the scorn {and} reproach of his neighbors.H5674H1870H8155H2781H7934

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.H7311H3225H6862H341H8055

43Moreover, You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him to stand in battle.H7725H6697H2719H6965H4421

44You have made his glory {and} splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne.H2892H7673H4048H3678H4048H776

45The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!H3117H5934H7114H5844H955H5542

46How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire?H3068H5641H5331H2534H1197H784

47O [earnestly] remember how short my time is {and} what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, {and} frailty You have created all men!H2142H2465H1254H1121H120H7723

48What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!H1397H2421H7200H4194H4422H5315H3027H7585H5542

49Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?H136H7223H2617H7650H1732H530

50Remember, Lord, {and} earnestly imprint [on Your heart] the reproach of Your servants, scorned {and} insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many {and} mighty peoples,H2142H136H2781H5650H5375H2436H7227H5971

51With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.H341H2778H3068H2778H6119H4899

52Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen.H1288H3068H5769H543H543