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href="../psalms/88.htm" title="Psalm 88">◄</a> Psalm 89 <a href="../psalms/90.htm" title="Psalm 90">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/89.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap">A psalm<a href="#footnotes">a</a> of Ethan the Ezrahite.<a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-1.htm">1</a>I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever!Young and old will hear of your faithfulness. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-2.htm">2</a>Your unfailing love will last forever.Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-3.htm">3</a>The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant.I have sworn this oath to him: <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-4.htm">4</a>‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’”Interlude <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-5.htm">5</a>All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD;myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-6.htm">6</a>For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD?What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD? <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-7.htm">7</a>The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-8.htm">8</a>O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies!Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?You are entirely faithful. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-9.htm">9</a>You rule the oceans.You subdue their storm-tossed waves. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-10.htm">10</a>You crushed the great sea monster.<a href="#footnotes">b</a>You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-11.htm">11</a>The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;everything in the world is yours—you created it all. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-12.htm">12</a>You created north and south.Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-13.htm">13</a>Powerful is your arm!Strong is your hand!Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-14.htm">14</a>Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-15.htm">15</a>Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-16.htm">16</a>They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.They exult in your righteousness. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-17.htm">17</a>You are their glorious strength.It pleases you to make us strong. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-18.htm">18</a>Yes, our protection comes from the LORD,and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-19.htm">19</a>Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.You said, “I have raised up a warrior.I have selected him from the common people to be king. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-20.htm">20</a>I have found my servant David.I have anointed him with my holy oil. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-21.htm">21</a>I will steady him with my hand;with my powerful arm I will make him strong. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-22.htm">22</a>His enemies will not defeat him,nor will the wicked overpower him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-23.htm">23</a>I will beat down his adversaries before himand destroy those who hate him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-24.htm">24</a>My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,and by my authority he will grow in power. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-25.htm">25</a>I will extend his rule over the sea,his dominion over the rivers. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-26.htm">26</a>And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-27.htm">27</a>I will make him my firstborn son,the mightiest king on earth. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-28.htm">28</a>I will love him and be kind to him forever;my covenant with him will never end. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-29.htm">29</a>I will preserve an heir for him;his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-30.htm">30</a>But if his descendants forsake my instructionsand fail to obey my regulations, <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-31.htm">31</a>if they do not obey my decreesand fail to keep my commands, <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-32.htm">32</a>then I will punish their sin with the rod,and their disobedience with beating. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-33.htm">33</a>But I will never stop loving himnor fail to keep my promise to him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-34.htm">34</a>No, I will not break my covenant;I will not take back a single word I said. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-35.htm">35</a>I have sworn an oath to David,and in my holiness I cannot lie: <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-36.htm">36</a>His dynasty will go on forever;his kingdom will endure as the sun. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-37.htm">37</a>It will be as eternal as the moon,my faithful witness in the sky!”Interlude <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-38.htm">38</a>But now you have rejected him and cast him off.You are angry with your anointed king. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-39.htm">39</a>You have renounced your covenant with him;you have thrown his crown in the dust. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-40.htm">40</a>You have broken down the walls protecting himand ruined every fort defending him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-41.htm">41</a>Everyone who comes along has robbed him,and he has become a joke to his neighbors. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-42.htm">42</a>You have strengthened his enemiesand made them all rejoice. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-43.htm">43</a>You have made his sword uselessand refused to help him in battle. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-44.htm">44</a>You have ended his splendorand overturned his throne. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-45.htm">45</a>You have made him old before his timeand publicly disgraced him.Interlude <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-46.htm">46</a>O LORD, how long will this go on?Will you hide yourself forever?How long will your anger burn like fire? <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-47.htm">47</a>Remember how short my life is,how empty and futile this human existence! <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-48.htm">48</a>No one can live forever; all will die.No one can escape the power of the grave.<a href="#footnotes">c</a>Interlude <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-49.htm">49</a>Lord, where is your unfailing love?You promised it to David with a faithful pledge. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-50.htm">50</a>Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!I carry in my heart the insults of so many people. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-51.htm">51</a>Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;they mock your anointed king wherever he goes. <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/89-52.htm">52</a>Praise the LORD forever!Amen and amen!<A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF">Footnotes: a<note caller="+" style="f">89:TITLE Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term. b<note caller="+" style="f">89:10 Hebrew Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature. c<note caller="+" style="f">89:48 Hebrew of Sheol. </div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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