Chapter 89
1 A Maskil1 of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
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- Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.
2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
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3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
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4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
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5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
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6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings1 is like the LORD?
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- Or the sons of God or the sons of might
7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
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8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
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9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
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10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
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11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
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12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
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13 Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
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15 Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
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16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
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17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
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18 Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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19 You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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20 I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
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21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
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22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
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23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
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25 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
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26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
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27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
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29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
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31 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
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32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
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33 But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
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34 I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
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35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
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36 his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
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37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
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38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
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39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
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40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
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43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
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44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
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45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
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46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
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48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
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50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
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51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
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52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
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