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Psalm 89

New Living Translation NLT

1 I will sing of the LORD ’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

2 Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

3 The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

4 ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

5 All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD ; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.

6 For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD ? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD ?

7 The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD ? You are entirely faithful.

9 You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.

10 You crushed the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is yours—you created it all.

12 You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

13 Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.

15 Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD .

16 They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your righteousness.

17 You are their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.

18 Yes, our protection comes from the LORD, and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.

19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, “I have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people to be king.

20 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.

21 I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.

22 His enemies will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.

23 I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.

24 My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by my authority he will grow in power.

25 I will extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.

26 And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

27 I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.

28 I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.

29 I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

30 But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

31 if they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.

33 But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.

34 No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.

35 I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:

36 His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.

37 It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude

38 But now you have rejected him and cast him off. You are angry with your anointed king.

39 You have renounced your covenant with him; you have thrown his crown in the dust.

40 You have broken down the walls protecting him and ruined every fort defending him.

41 Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

42 You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice.

43 You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

44 You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.

45 You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude

46 O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

48 No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude

49 Lord, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

50 Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

51 Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD ; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

52 Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!

The Message Bible MSG

1 Your love, God, is my song, and I'll sing it! I'm forever telling everyone how faithful you are.

2 I'll never quit telling the story of your love - how you built the cosmos and guaranteed everything in it. Your love has always been our lives' foundation, your fidelity has been the roof over our world.

3 You once said, "I joined forces with my chosen leader, I pledged my word to my servant, David, saying,

4 'Everyone descending from you is guaranteed life; I'll make your rule as solid and lasting as rock.'"

5 God! Let the cosmos praise your wonderful ways, the choir of holy angels sing anthems to your faithful ways!

6 Search high and low, scan skies and land, you'll find nothing and no one quite like God.

7 The holy angels are in awe before him; he looms immense and august over everyone around him.

8 God of the Angel Armies, who is like you, powerful and faithful from every angle?

9 You put the arrogant ocean in its place and calm its waves when they turn unruly.

10 You gave that old hag Egypt the back of your hand, you brushed off your enemies with a flick of your wrist.

11 You own the cosmos - you made everything in it, everything from atom to archangel.

12 You positioned the North and South Poles; the mountains Tabor and Hermon sing duets to you.

13 With your well-muscled arm and your grip of steel - nobody trifles with you!

14 The Right and Justice are the roots of your rule; Love and Truth are its fruits.

15 Blessed are the people who know the passwords of praise, who shout on parade in the bright presence of God.

16 Delighted, they dance all day long; they know who you are, what you do - they can't keep it quiet!

17 Your vibrant beauty has gotten inside us - you've been so good to us! We're walking on air!

18 All we are and have we owe to God, Holy God of Israel, our King!

19 A long time ago you spoke in a vision, you spoke to your faithful beloved: "I've crowned a hero, I chose the best I could find;

20 I found David, my servant, poured holy oil on his head,

21 And I'll keep my hand steadily on him, yes, I'll stick with him through thick and thin.

22 No enemy will get the best of him, no scoundrel will do him in.

23 I'll weed out all who oppose him, I'll clean out all who hate him.

24 I'm with him for good and I'll love him forever; I've set him on high - he's riding high!

25 I've put Ocean in his one hand, River in the other;

26 he'll call out, 'Oh, my Father - my God, my Rock of Salvation!'

27 Yes, I'm setting him apart as the First of the royal line, High King over all of earth's kings.

28 I'll preserve him eternally in my love, I'll faithfully do all I so solemnly promised.

29 I'll guarantee his family tree and underwrite his rule.

30 If his children refuse to do what I tell them, if they refuse to walk in the way I show them,

31 If they spit on the directions I give them and tear up the rules I post for them

32 - I'll rub their faces in the dirt of their rebellion and make them face the music.

33 But I'll never throw them out, never abandon or disown them.

34 Do you think I'd withdraw my holy promise? or take back words I'd already spoken?

35 I've given my word, my whole and holy word; do you think I would lie to David?

36 His family tree is here for good, his sovereignty as sure as the sun,

37 Dependable as the phases of the moon, inescapable as weather."

38 But God, you did walk off and leave us, you lost your temper with the one you anointed.

39 You tore up the promise you made to your servant, you stomped his crown in the mud.

40 You blasted his home to kingdom come, reduced his city to a pile of rubble

41 Picked clean by wayfaring strangers, a joke to all the neighbors.

42 You declared a holiday for all his enemies, and they're celebrating for all they're worth.

43 Angry, you opposed him in battle, refused to fight on his side;

44 You robbed him of his splendor, humiliated this warrior, ground his kingly honor in the dirt.

45 You took the best years of his life and left him an impotent, ruined husk.

46 How long do we put up with this, God? Are you gone for good? Will you hold this grudge forever?

47 Remember my sorrow and how short life is. Did you create men and women for nothing but this?

48 We'll see death soon enough. Everyone does. And there's no back door out of hell.

49 So where is the love you're so famous for, Lord? What happened to your promise to David?

50 Take a good look at your servant, dear Lord; I'm the butt of the jokes of all nations,

51 The taunting jokes of your enemies, God, as they dog the steps of your dear anointed.

52 Blessed be God forever and always! Yes. Oh, yes.