The Book of Psalms 89

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1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations ⚑

2 For I have said Mercy shall be built up for ever thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens ⚑

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant ⚑

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations Selah ⚑

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O LORD thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints ⚑

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD ⚑

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him ⚑

8 O LORD God of hosts who is a strong LORD like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee ⚑

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them ⚑

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm ⚑

11 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded them ⚑

12 The north and the south thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name ⚑

13 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand ⚑

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face ⚑

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound they shall walk O LORD in the light of thy countenance ⚑

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted ⚑

17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted ⚑

18 For the LORD is our defence and the Holy One of Israel is our king ⚑

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people ⚑

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

21 With whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him ⚑

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him ⚑

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him ⚑

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn be exalted ⚑

25 I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers ⚑

26 He shall cry unto me Thou art my father my God and the rock of my salvation ⚑

27 Also I will make him my firstborn higher than the kings of the earth ⚑

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him ⚑

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven ⚑

30 If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments ⚑

31 If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments ⚑

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes ⚑

33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail ⚑

34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips ⚑

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David ⚑

36 His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me ⚑

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven Selah ⚑

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred thou hast been wroth with thine anointed ⚑

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground ⚑

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin ⚑

41 All that pass by the way spoil him he is a reproach to his neighbours ⚑

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice ⚑

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battle ⚑

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground ⚑

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened thou hast covered him with shame Selah ⚑

46 How long LORD wilt thou hide thyself for ever shall thy wrath burn like fire ⚑

47 Remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men in vain ⚑

48 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave Selah ⚑

49 Lord where are thy former lovingkindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth ⚑

50 Remember Lord the reproach of thy servants how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people ⚑

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached O LORD wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed ⚑

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore Amen and Amen ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain