Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 89

I will sing of Yahweh’s forever — with every breath, I will make your known to every generation.I have said, “Your unrelenting love is — you established your faithfulness as firmly as the sky itself.”“I made a with my — I swore an oath to David, my servant:‘I will establish your forever — I will build your to stand through every generation.’”The heavens celebrate your , Yahweh. Your faithfulness shines in the assembly of .Because who in the sky compares to Yahweh? Who among the is anything like him?God is deeply in the of , great and awe-inspiring beyond all who surround him.Yahweh, — who is mighty like you? Your faithfulness surrounds you like armor.You rule the — when its waves rise up, you calm them down.You crushed like a corpse — you scattered your enemies with your .The heavens belong to you, and the earth is yours too — you of the world and everything in it.North and south — you created them. and shout your name with joy.Your arm is mighty, your hand is strong — your is lifted high. and are the foundation of your throne — and faithfulness walk before you wherever you go. the people who know the — Yahweh, they walk in the light of your presence.They celebrate in your all day long — they are lifted up by your justice.Because you are the — by your , our power is lifted high.Because our belongs to Yahweh, our king belongs to .Long ago you spoke in a vision to your and said: “I placed strength on a — I raised up a young man chosen from the people.I found David, my servant. I him with .My will always be with him — my arm will make him strong.No enemy will get the better of him — no wicked person will beat him down.I will crush his enemies right in front of him — I will strike down everyone who hates him.My and unrelenting love will be with him — through my name, his power will rise.I will set his hand over and his right hand over the rivers.He will call out to me, ‘You are my — my God, the .’And I — I will make him my , the highest of all the kings of the earth.I will guard my unrelenting love for him forever — my covenant with him will .I will establish his forever — his throne will last as long as the heavens endure.If his children abandon my and refuse to live by my ,if they violate my and do not keep my ,then I will punish their with the rod and their with painful blows.But I will not take my unrelenting love away from him — I will not be false to my faithfulness.I will not my covenant — I will not alter the words that have left my lips.Once and for all I have , and there is no one like me. I will not lie to David.His line of descendants will continue forever — his throne will endure before me like the sun.It will be established forever like the moon — that in .But you — you have rejected and abandoned him. You have raged against your .You have the covenant with your servant — you have hurled his to the ground, treating it like dirt.You have broken through all his walls — you have turned his into ruins.Everyone who passes by robs him — he has become to his neighbors.You have raised up the of his enemies — you have made all who hate him celebrate.You even turned back the — you have not supported him in battle.You have put an end to his — you have .You have cut short the days of his youth — you have wrapped him in ., Yahweh? Will you stay forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?Remember — did you create all people just for ?What person can live and never see death? Who can rescue themselves from the grip of ?Where is your unrelenting love from the old days, — the love you swore to David on your faithfulness?Remember, my Lord, how your servants are — how I carry in my heart the insults of all these many peoples,the insults your enemies hurl, Yahweh — the way they mock . forever. .