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Ps 89:1 I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy
faithfulness to all generations.
Ps 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy
faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Ps 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
Ps 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.
Ps 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints.
Ps 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the
sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?
Ps 89:7 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.
Ps 89:8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to
thy faithfulness round about thee?
Ps 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,
thou stillest them.
Ps 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Ps 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world
and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Ps 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy name.
Ps 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right
hand.
Ps 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
Ps 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted.
Ps 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our
horn shall be exalted.
Ps 89:18 For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our
king.
Ps 89:19 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.
Ps 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed
him:
Ps 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
Ps 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
Ps 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them
that hate him.
Ps 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
name shall his horn be exalted.
Ps 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers.
Ps 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of
my salvation.
Ps 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
Ps 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall
stand fast with him.
Ps 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as
the days of heaven.
Ps 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Ps 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Ps 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their
iniquity with stripes.
Ps 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Ps 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips.
Ps 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Ps 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before
me.
Ps 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah.
Ps 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with
thine anointed.
Ps 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast
profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Ps 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his
strong holds to ruin.
Ps 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours.
Ps 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast
made all his enemies to rejoice.
Ps 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made
him to stand in the battle.
Ps 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to
the ground.
Ps 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah.
Ps 89:46 How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath
burn like fire?
Ps 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men
in vain?
Ps 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Ps 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest
unto David in thy truth?
Ps 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my
bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Ps 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they
have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Ps 89:52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |