Psalms 89

89 ¹I will sing of our Father's covenant love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. ²For I have said, "Covenant love is built to stand forever; in the heavens you establish your faithfulness.

³I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: ⁴'I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'"

⁵The heavens praise your wonders, our Father, and your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶For who in the skies can be compared to our Father? Who among the heavenly beings is like our Father, ⁷a Father greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who surround him? ⁸O Father of heaven's armies, who is mighty like you? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you calm them. ¹⁰You crushed the sea monster Rahab like a slain carcass; with your mighty arm you scattered your enemies. ¹¹The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that fills it—you founded them. ¹²North and south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name. ¹³Your arm is mighty; your hand is strong; your right hand is raised high.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; covenant love and faithfulness go before you. ¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout, who walk, our Father, in the light of your face. ¹⁶In your name they rejoice all day long, and in your righteousness they are lifted high. ¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength, and by your favor our power is lifted high. ¹⁸For our shield belongs to our Father, our king to the Holy One of Israel—our Father.

¹⁹Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones and said: "I have granted help to a mighty one; I have raised up a chosen one from among the people. ²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, ²¹so that my hand will hold him firm; my arm also will strengthen him. ²²No enemy will outwit him, and no wicked one will bring him low. ²³I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. ²⁴My faithfulness and my covenant love will be with him, and in my name his power will be exalted. ²⁵I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶He will cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' ^a a v26 The son of David who calls our Father "my Father" is fulfilled in Jesus, the greater Son who shares this confession with everyone he brings home. ²⁷And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸My loyal love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. ²⁹I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as long as the heavens endure.

³⁰If his children forsake my law and do not walk by my judgments, ³¹if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, ³²then I will discipline their rebellion with the rod and their sin with lashes, ³³but I will not remove my covenant love from David, nor will I betray my faithfulness. ³⁴I will not violate my covenant or alter the word my lips have spoken. ³⁵Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. ³⁶His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. ³⁷Like the moon it will be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies."

³⁸But now you have spurned and rejected him; you have been full of wrath against your anointed. ³⁹You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. ⁴⁰You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. ⁴¹All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. ⁴²You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice. ⁴³You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand firm in battle. ⁴⁴You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵You have cut short the days of his youth; you have wrapped him in shame.

⁴⁶How long, our Father? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷Remember how fleeting my life is! For what emptiness you have made all people! ⁴⁸What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the grip of the grave?

⁴⁹Sovereign Father, where is your covenant love of old, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? ⁵⁰Remember, Sovereign Father, the scorn heaped on your servants, how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many peoples, ⁵¹with which your enemies have mocked, our Father, with which they have mocked your anointed at every step.

⁵²Blessed be our Father forever! Amen and Amen.