web - 89

web@Psalms:89:1 @ A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

web@Psalms:89:2 @ I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."

web@Psalms:89:3 @ "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

web@Psalms:89:4 @ 'I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.

web@Psalms:89:5 @ The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

web@Psalms:89:6 @ For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

web@Psalms:89:7 @ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

web@Psalms:89:8 @ Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

web@Psalms:89:9 @ You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

web@Psalms:89:10 @ You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

web@Psalms:89:11 @ The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

web@Psalms:89:12 @ The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

web@Psalms:89:13 @ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

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

web@Psalms:89:15 @ Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

web@Psalms:89:16 @ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

web@Psalms:89:17 @ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

web@Psalms:89:18 @ For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

web@Psalms:89:19 @ Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

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

web@Psalms:89:21 @ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

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

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

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

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

web@Psalms:89:26 @ He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!'

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

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

web@Psalms:89:29 @ I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

web@Psalms:89:30 @ If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances;

web@Psalms:89:31 @ if they break my statutes, and don't keep my commandments;

web@Psalms:89:32 @ then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

web@Psalms:89:33 @ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

web@Psalms:89:34 @ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

web@Psalms:89:35 @ Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

web@Psalms:89:36 @ His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

web@Psalms:89:37 @ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah.

web@Psalms:89:38 @ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

web@Psalms:89:39 @ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

web@Psalms:89:40 @ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

web@Psalms:89:41 @ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

web@Psalms:89:42 @ You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

web@Psalms:89:43 @ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

web@Psalms:89:44 @ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

web@Psalms:89:45 @ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

web@Psalms:89:46 @ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

web@Psalms:89:47 @ Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

web@Psalms:89:48 @ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead.}? Selah.

web@Psalms:89:49 @ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

web@Psalms:89:50 @ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

web@Psalms:89:51 @ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

web@Psalms:89:52 @ Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. {}

Psalms 89