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href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I will sing of the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s great love forever;</p><p class="line2">with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known</p><p class="line2">through all generations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will declare that your love stands firm forever,</p><p class="line2">that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,</p><p class="line2">I have sworn to David my servant,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘I will establish your line forever</p><p class="line2">and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.">c</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The heavens praise your wonders, <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For who in the skies above can compare with the <span class="name">Lord</span>?</p><p class="line2">Who is like the <span class="name">Lord</span> among the heavenly beings?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;</p><p class="line2">he is more awesome than all who surround him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Who is like you, <span class="name">Lord</span> God Almighty?</p><p class="line2">You, <span class="name">Lord</span>, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You rule over the surging sea;</p><p class="line2">when its waves mount up, you still them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;</p><p class="line2">with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;</p><p class="line2">you founded the world and all that is in it.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You created the north and the south;</p><p class="line2">Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Your arm is endowed with power;</p><p class="line2">your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;</p><p class="line2">love and faithfulness go before you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,</p><p class="line2">who walk in the light of your presence, <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They rejoice in your name all day long;</p><p class="line2">they celebrate your righteousness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For you are their glory and strength,</p><p class="line2">and by your favor you exalt our horn. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Horn here symbolizes strong one.">d</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Indeed, our shield <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or sovereign">e</a></sup></span> belongs to the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">our king to the Holy One of Israel.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Once you spoke in a vision,</p><p class="line2">to your faithful people you said:</p><p class="line1">“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;</p><p class="line2">I have raised up a young man from among the people.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I have found David my servant;</p><p class="line2">with my sacred oil I have anointed him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>My hand will sustain him;</p><p class="line2">surely my arm will strengthen him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The enemy will not get the better of him;</p><p class="line2">the wicked will not oppress him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will crush his foes before him</p><p class="line2">and strike down his adversaries.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>My faithful love will be with him,</p><p class="line2">and through my name his horn <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Horn here symbolizes strength.">f</a></sup></span> will be exalted.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I will set his hand over the sea,</p><p class="line2">his right hand over the rivers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,</p><p class="line2">my God, the Rock my Savior.’</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,</p><p class="line2">the most exalted of the kings of the earth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I will maintain my love to him forever,</p><p class="line2">and my covenant with him will never fail.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I will establish his line forever,</p><p class="line2">his throne as long as the heavens endure.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“If his sons forsake my law</p><p class="line2">and do not follow my statutes,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>if they violate my decrees</p><p class="line2">and fail to keep my commands,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I will punish their sin with the rod,</p><p class="line2">their iniquity with flogging;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>but I will not take my love from him,</p><p class="line2">nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>I will not violate my covenant</p><p class="line2">or alter what my lips have uttered.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—</p><p class="line2">and I will not lie to David—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>that his line will continue forever</p><p class="line2">and his throne endure before me like the sun;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>it will be established forever like the moon,</p><p class="line2">the faithful witness in the sky.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But you have rejected, you have spurned,</p><p class="line2">you have been very angry with your anointed one.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>You have renounced the covenant with your servant</p><p class="line2">and have defiled his crown in the dust.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>You have broken through all his walls</p><p class="line2">and reduced his strongholds to ruins.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>All who pass by have plundered him;</p><p class="line2">he has become the scorn of his neighbors.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>You have exalted the right hand of his foes;</p><p class="line2">you have made all his enemies rejoice.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword</p><p class="line2">and have not supported him in battle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>You have put an end to his splendor</p><p class="line2">and cast his throne to the ground.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>You have cut short the days of his youth;</p><p class="line2">you have covered him with a mantle of shame.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>How long, <span class="name">Lord</span>? Will you hide yourself forever?</p><p class="line2">How long will your wrath burn like fire?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Remember how fleeting is my life.</p><p class="line2">For what futility you have created all humanity!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Who can live and not see death,</p><p class="line2">or who can escape the power of the grave?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Lord, where is your former great love,</p><p class="line2">which in your faithfulness you swore to David?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Remember, Lord, how your servant has <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or your servants have">g</a></sup></span> been mocked,</p><p class="line2">how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>the taunts with which your enemies, <span class="name">Lord</span>, have mocked,</p><p class="line2">with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Praise be to the <span class="name">Lord</span> forever!</p><p class="doxology">Amen and Amen.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Horn</i> here symbolizes strong one.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>sovereign</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Horn</i> here symbolizes strength.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">50</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>your servants have</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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