Psalms Chapter 89 (ESV)
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I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
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For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
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You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant:
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‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
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Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
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For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
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a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
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O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?
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You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
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You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
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The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
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You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
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Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O LORD, in the light of your face,
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who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
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For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
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For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
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I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
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so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
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The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.
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I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
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My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
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He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
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And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
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My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
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I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
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If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
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if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
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then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
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but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
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I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
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Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
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His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
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Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
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But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
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You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
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You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
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All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
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You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
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You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.
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You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.
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You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
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How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
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Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
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What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
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Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
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with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
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Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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