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<t><p class="indent1">With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I have said, “Goodness <i>and</i> lovingkindness will be built up forever; <t><p class="indent1">In the heavens [unchangeable and majestic] You will establish Your faithfulness.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one; <t><p class="indent1">I have sworn to David My servant, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will establish your seed forever <t><p class="indent1">And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The heavens (angels) praise Your wonders, O LORD, <t><p class="indent1">Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? <t><p class="indent1">Who among the divine beings is like the LORD, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A God greatly feared <i>and</i> reverently worshiped in the council of the holy [angelic] ones, <t><p class="indent1">And awesome above all those who are around Him? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD? <t><p class="indent1">Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You rule the swelling of the sea; <t><p class="indent1">When its waves rise, You still them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; <t><p class="indent1">You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; <t><p class="indent1">The world and all that is in it, You have founded <i>and</i> established them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The north and the south, You have created them; <t><p class="indent1">Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon shout for joy at Your name. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You have a strong arm; <t><p class="indent1">Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; <t><p class="indent1">Lovingkindness and truth go before You. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blessed <i>and</i> happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]! <t><p class="indent1">They walk, O LORD, in the light <i>and</i> favor of Your countenance! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In Your name they rejoice all the day, <t><p class="indent1">And in Your righteousness they are exalted. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], <t><p class="indent1">And by Your favor our horn is exalted. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For our shield belongs to the LORD, <t><p class="indent1">And our king to the Holy One of Israel. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones, <t><p class="indent1">And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel]; <t><p class="indent1">I have exalted one chosen from the people. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“I have found David My servant; <t><p class="indent1">With My holy oil I have anointed him, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>With whom My hand shall be established <i>and</i> steadfast; <t><p class="indent1">My arm also shall strengthen him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“The enemy will not outwit him, <t><p class="indent1">Nor will the wicked man afflict <i>or</i> humiliate him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“I will crush his adversaries before him, <t><p class="indent1">And strike those who hate him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him, <t><p class="indent1">And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“I will also <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea, <t><p class="indent1">And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, <t><p class="indent1">My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent), <t><p class="indent1">The highest of the kings of the earth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forevermore, <t><p class="indent1">And My covenant will be confirmed to him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“His descendants I will establish forever, <t><p class="indent1">And his throne [will endure] as the days of heaven. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“If his children <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>turn away from My law <t><p class="indent1">And do not walk in My ordinances, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>If they break My statutes <t><p class="indent1">And do not keep My commandments, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline], <t><p class="indent1">And [correct] their wickedness with stripes. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Nevertheless, I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, <t><p class="indent1">Nor allow My faithfulness to fail. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“My covenant I will not violate, <t><p class="indent1">Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“Once [for all] I have sworn by My holiness, [My vow which cannot be violated]; <t><p class="indent1">I will not lie to David. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>descendants shall endure forever <t><p class="indent1">And his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“It shall be established forever like the moon, <t><p class="indent1">And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But [in apparent contradiction of all this] You [the faithful LORD] have cast off and rejected; <t><p class="indent1">You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>You have spurned <i>and</i> repudiated the covenant with Your servant; <t><p class="indent1">You have profaned his crown [by casting it] in the dust. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>You have broken down all his [city] walls; <t><p class="indent1">You have brought his strongholds to ruin. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>All who pass along the road rob him; <t><p class="indent1">He has become the scorn of his neighbors. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>You have exalted the right hand of his foes; <t><p class="indent1">You have made all his enemies rejoice. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword <t><p class="indent1">And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>You have put an end to his splendor <t><p class="indent1">And have hurled his throne to the ground. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>You have shortened the days of his youth; <t><p class="indent1">You have covered him with shame. Selah. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>How long, O LORD? <t><p class="indent1">Will You hide Yourself forever? <t><p class="indent1">Will Your wrath burn like fire? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Remember how fleeting my lifetime is; <t><p class="indent1">For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>What man can live and not see death? <t><p class="indent1">Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon], <t><p class="indent1">Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; <t><p class="indent1">How I bear in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>my heart the reproach of all the many peoples, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>With which Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, <t><p class="indent1">With which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/89-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD forevermore! <t><p class="indent1">Amen and Amen.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> I.e. extend his area of influence.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>forsake</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> Lit <i>seed.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">50</span> Lit <i>the fold of my garment</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/88.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 88"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 88" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/90.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 90"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 90" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>