Psa 89 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

1 ^cI will sing of ^dthe steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your ^efaithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, ^f“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens ^gyou will establish your ^hfaithfulness.”
3 You 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!
6 For ^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,
7 a God greatly ^tto be feared in the council of ^uthe holy ones,
and awesome above all ^vwho are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
^wwho is mighty as you are, O ^xLord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you ^ystill them.
10 You ^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.
13 You 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.
15 Blessed are the people who know ^althe festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in ^amthe light of your face,
16 who exult in your ^anname all the day
and in your righteousness are ^aoexalted.
17 For you are ^apthe glory of their strength;
by your favor our ^aqhorn is exalted.
18 For 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,
21 so that my ^bahand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
^bbthe wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will ^bccrush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My ^bdfaithfulness and my ^besteadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his ^bfhorn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on ^bgthe sea
and his right hand on ^bhthe rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^biFather,
my God, and ^bjthe Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the ^bkfirstborn,
^blthe highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my ^bmcovenant will stand firm ^{▼▼Or will remain faithful} for him.
29 I 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}
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with ^btthe rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my ^bucovenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn ^bvby my holiness;
I will not ^bwlie to David.
36 His ^bxoffspring shall endure forever,
^byhis ^bzthrone as long as ^cathe sun before me.
37 Like ^cbthe moon it shall be established forever,
^cca faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
38 But now you have ^cdcast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your ^ceanointed.
39 You have ^cfrenounced ^cgthe covenant with your servant;
you have ^chdefiled his ^cicrown in the dust.
40 You have ^cjbreached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41 ^ckAll who pass by plunder him;
he has become ^clthe scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.
44 You have made his splendor to cease
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short ^cmthe days of his youth;
you have ^cncovered him with shame. Selah
46 ^coHow long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath ^cpburn like fire?
47 ^cqRemember ^crhow short my ^cstime is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48 ^ctWhat man can live and never ^cusee death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^cvSheol? Selah
49 Lord, where is your ^cwsteadfast love of old,
which by your ^cxfaithfulness you swore to David?
50 ^cyRemember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my ^czheart the insults ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks the insults} of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock ^dbthe footsteps of your ^dcanointed.
52 ^ddBlessed be the Lord forever!

Amen and Amen.

‏ Psalms 89

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of bEthan the Ezrahite.

Book Four

A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of ^bEthan the Ezrahite.