Psalms:89

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* 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 . * I indeed declare , "Love stands firm forever . You established the heavens . Your faithfulness is in them ." * "I have made a covenant with my chosen one , I have sworn to David , my servant , * 'I will establish your seed forever , and build up your throne to all generations .'" Selah . * The heavens will praise your wonders , Yahweh ; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones . * For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh ? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh , * a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones , to be feared above all those who are around him ? * Yahweh , God of Armies , who is a mighty one , like you ? Yah , your faithfulness is around you . * You rule the pride of the sea . When its waves rise up , you calm them . * You have broken Rahab in pieces , like one of the slain . You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm . * The heavens are yours . The earth also is yours ; the world and its fullness . You have founded them . * The north and the south , you have created them . Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name . * You have a mighty arm . Your hand is strong , and your right hand is exalted . * Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne . Loving kindness and truth go before your face . * Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you . They walk in the light of your presence , Yahweh . * In your name they rejoice all day . In your righteousness , they are exalted . * For you are the glory of their strength . In your favor , our horn will be exalted . * For our shield belongs to Yahweh ; our king to the Holy One of Israel . * 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 . * I have found David , my servant . I have anointed him with my holy oil , * with whom my hand shall be established . My arm will also strengthen him . * No enemy will tax him . No wicked man will oppress him . * I will beat down his adversaries before him , and strike those who hate him . * But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him . In my name , his horn will be exalted . * I will set his hand also on the sea , and his right hand on the rivers . * He will call to me , 'You are my Father , my God , and the rock of my salvation !' * I will also appoint him my firstborn , the highest of the kings of the earth . * I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore . My covenant will stand firm with him . * I will also make his seed endure forever , and his throne as the days of heaven . * If his children forsake my law , and don 't walk in my ordinances ; * if they break my statutes , and don 't keep my commandments ; * then I will punish their sin with the rod , and their iniquity with stripes . * But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him , nor allow my faithfulness to fail . * I will not break my covenant , nor alter what my lips have uttered . * Once have I sworn by my holiness , I will not lie to David . * His seed will endure forever , his throne like the sun before me . * It will be established forever like the moon , the faithful witness in the sky ." Selah . * But you have rejected and spurned . You have been angry with your anointed . * You have renounced the covenant of your servant . You have defiled his crown in the dust . * You have broken down all his hedges . You have brought his strongholds to ruin . * All who pass by the way rob him . He has become a reproach to his neighbors . * You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries . You have made all of his enemies rejoice . * Yes , you turn back the edge of his sword , and haven 't supported him in battle . * You have ended his splendor , and thrown his throne down to the ground . * You have shortened the days of his youth . You have covered him with shame . Selah . * How long , Yahweh ? Will you hide yourself forever ? Will your wrath burn like fire ? * Remember how short my time is ! For what vanity have you created all the children of men ! * 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 . * Lord , where are your former loving kindnesses , which you swore to David in your faithfulness ? * Remember , Lord , the reproach of your servants , how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples , * With which your enemies have mocked , Yahweh , with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one . * Blessed be Yahweh forevermore . Amen , and Amen . {}

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