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Psalm 89

^89:1 I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. ^89:2 For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.” ^89:3 The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant: ^89:4 ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’” (Selah) ^89:5 O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. ^89:6 For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings, ^89:7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? ^89:8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. ^89:9 You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them. ^89:10 You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. ^89:11 The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains. ^89:12 You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. ^89:13 Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious. ^89:14 Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. ^89:15 How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor. ^89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice. ^89:17 For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious. ^89:18 For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel. ^89:19 Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have placed a young hero over a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people. ^89:20 I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. ^89:21 My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him. ^89:22 No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him. ^89:23 I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him. ^89:24 He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories. ^89:25 I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. ^89:26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’ ^89:27 I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings. ^89:28 I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. ^89:29 I will give him an eternal dynasty and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. ^89:30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, ^89:31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, ^89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. ^89:33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him nor be unfaithful to my promise. ^89:34 I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised. ^89:35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David. ^89:36 His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun; ^89:37 it will remain stable, like the moon. His throne will endure like the skies.” (Selah) ^89:38 But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king. ^89:39 You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. ^89:40 You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins. ^89:41 All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors. ^89:42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious and all his enemies to rejoice. ^89:43 You turn back his sword from the adversary and have not sustained him in battle. ^89:44 You have brought to an end his splendor and have knocked his throne to the ground. ^89:45 You have cut short his youth and have covered him with shame. (Selah) ^89:46 How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? ^89:47 Take note of my brief lifespan. Why do you make all people so mortal? ^89:48 No man can live on without experiencing death or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah) ^89:49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? ^89:50 Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted and of how I must bear so many insults from people. ^89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. ^89:52 The Lord deserves praise forevermore! We agree! We agree!

^89:52 A prayer of Moses, the man of God.