nsb - 89

nsb@Psalms:89:1 @ I will sing of the loving kindness of Jehovah forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

nsb@Psalms:89:2 @ For I have said: »Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will establish your faithfulness in the heavens.«

nsb@Psalms:89:3 @ »I made a covenant with my chosen; I swore to David my servant:

nsb@Psalms:89:4 @ I will establish your seed forever and build up your throne to all generations.

nsb@Psalms:89:5 @ The heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

nsb@Psalms:89:6 @ For who in the heavens is comparable to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah?

nsb@Psalms:89:7 @ He is a God greatly reverenced in the council of the holy ones. He is awesome above all those who are around Him?

nsb@Psalms:89:8 @ O Jehovah God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Jehovah? Your faithfulness also surrounds you.

nsb@Psalms:89:9 @ You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

nsb@Psalms:89:10 @ You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

nsb@Psalms:89:11 @ The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains.

nsb@Psalms:89:12 @ The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.

nsb@Psalms:89:13 @ You have a strong arm! Your hand is mighty; your right hand is exalted.

nsb@Psalms:89:14 @ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before you.

nsb@Psalms:89:15 @ How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Jehovah, they walk in the light of your countenance.

nsb@Psalms:89:16 @ They rejoice in your name all the day. They are exalted in your righteousness.

nsb@Psalms:89:17 @ For you are the glory of their strength and by your favor our horn is exalted.

nsb@Psalms:89:18 @ For our shield belongs to Jehovah, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

nsb@Psalms:89:19 @ Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: »I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people.«

nsb@Psalms:89:20 @ I have found David my servant. I anointed him with my holy oil.

nsb@Psalms:89:21 @ With him my hand will be established; my arm also will strengthen him.

nsb@Psalms:89:22 @ No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

nsb@Psalms:89:23 @ I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him.

nsb@Psalms:89:24 @ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

nsb@Psalms:89:25 @ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

nsb@Psalms:89:26 @ He will call to me: »You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!«

nsb@Psalms:89:27 @ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

nsb@Psalms:89:28 @ I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

nsb@Psalms:89:29 @ I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven.

nsb@Psalms:89:30 @ If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules,

nsb@Psalms:89:31 @ if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments,

nsb@Psalms:89:32 @ then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings.

nsb@Psalms:89:33 @ But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted.

nsb@Psalms:89:34 @ I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement.

nsb@Psalms:89:35 @ On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David.

nsb@Psalms:89:36 @ His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

nsb@Psalms:89:37 @ It shall be established forever like the moon. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.

nsb@Psalms:89:38 @ But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one.

nsb@Psalms:89:39 @ You have refused to recognize the covenant to your servant and have thrown his crown into the dirt.

nsb@Psalms:89:40 @ You have broken through all his walls and have laid his fortified cities in ruins.

nsb@Psalms:89:41 @ Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn.

nsb@Psalms:89:42 @ You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice.

nsb@Psalms:89:43 @ You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.

nsb@Psalms:89:44 @ You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground.

nsb@Psalms:89:45 @ You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame.

nsb@Psalms:89:46 @ How long, O Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?

nsb@Psalms:89:47 @ Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?

nsb@Psalms:89:48 @ Can man go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave?

nsb@Psalms:89:49 @ Where is the evidence of your mercy, Lord? You swore an oath to David on the basis of your faithfulness.

nsb@Psalms:89:50 @ Jehovah, remember the reproach of your servant. Remember how I have carried in my heart the insults from so many people.

nsb@Psalms:89:51 @ Your enemies insulted me. They insulted your anointed every step he took.

nsb@Psalms:89:52 @ Blessed be Jehovah forevermore! Amen and Amen.

Psalms 89