rsv Psalms:89:1-29
rsv@Psalms:89:1 @ A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
rsv@Psalms:89:2 @ I will sing of thy steadfast love, O LORD, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations.
rsv@Psalms:89:3 @ For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
rsv@Psalms:89:4 @ Thou hast said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
rsv@Psalms:89:5 @ `your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.'" [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:89:6 @ Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O LORD, thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
rsv@Psalms:89:7 @ For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
rsv@Psalms:89:8 @ a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?
rsv@Psalms:89:9 @ O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, with thy faithfulness round about thee?
rsv@Psalms:89:10 @ Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
rsv@Psalms:89:11 @ Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.
rsv@Psalms:89:12 @ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
rsv@Psalms:89:13 @ The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.
rsv@Psalms:89:14 @ Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.
rsv@Psalms:89:15 @ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
rsv@Psalms:89:16 @ Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance,
rsv@Psalms:89:17 @ who exult in thy name all the day, and extol thy righteousness.
rsv@Psalms:89:18 @ For thou art the glory of their strength; by thy favor our horn is exalted.
rsv@Psalms:89:19 @ For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
rsv@Psalms:89:20 @ Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one, and say: "I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
rsv@Psalms:89:21 @ I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
rsv@Psalms:89:22 @ so that my hand shall ever abide with him, my arm also shall strengthen him.
rsv@Psalms:89:23 @ The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
rsv@Psalms:89:24 @ I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
rsv@Psalms:89:25 @ My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
rsv@Psalms:89:26 @ I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
rsv@Psalms:89:27 @ He shall cry to me, `ou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
rsv@Psalms:89:28 @ And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
rsv@Psalms:89:29 @ My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.