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Psalm 89

New Revised Standard NRS

1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.

2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:

4 "I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.' " (Selah)

5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all that are around him?

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

9 You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it—you have founded them.

12 The north and the south —you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

13 You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

15 Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

16 they exult in your name all day long, and extol your righteousness.

17 For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.

18 For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: "I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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

21 my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.

23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted.

25 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

26 He shall cry to me, "You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'

27 I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him, and my covenant with him will stand firm.

29 I will establish his line forever, and his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,

31 if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;

33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.

34 I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

36 His line shall continue forever, and his throne endure before me like the sun.

37 It shall be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies." (Selah)

38 But now you have spurned and rejected him; you are full of wrath against your anointed.

39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.

40 You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not supported him in battle.

44 You have removed the scepter from his hand, and hurled his throne to the ground.

45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. (Selah)

46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!

48 Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? (Selah)

49 Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

50 Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,

51 with which your enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.

52 Blessed be 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.