# Psalm 89 (New King James Version)
Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings

##### Chapter 89
###### 1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;  
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.  

###### 2 For I have said, "Mercy shall be built up forever;  
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens."

###### 3 "I have made a covenant with My chosen,  
I have sworn to My servant David:  

###### 4 'Your seed I will establish forever,  
And build up your throne to all generations.' " _Selah_

###### 5 And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;  
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.  

###### 6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?  
_Who_ among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?  

###### 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,  
And to be held in reverence by all _those_ around Him.  

###### 8 O Lord God of hosts,  
Who _is_ mighty like You, O Lord?  
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.  

###### 9 You rule the raging of the sea;  
When its waves rise, You still them.  

###### 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;  
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

###### 11 The heavens _are_ Yours, the earth also _is_ Yours;  
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.  

###### 12 The north and the south, You have created them;  
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.  

###### 13 You have a mighty arm;  
Strong is Your hand, _and_ high is Your right hand.  

###### 14 Righteousness and justice _are_ the foundation of Your throne;  
Mercy and truth go before Your face.  

###### 15 Blessed _are_ the people who know the joyful sound!  
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.  

###### 16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,  
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.  

###### 17 For You _are_ the glory of their strength,  
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.  

###### 18 For our shield _belongs_ to the Lord,  
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

###### 19 Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,  
And said: "I have given help to _one who is_ mighty;  
I have exalted one chosen from the people.  

###### 20 I have found My servant David;  
With My holy oil I have anointed him,  

###### 21 With whom My hand shall be established;  
Also My arm shall strengthen him.  

###### 22 The enemy shall not outwit him,  
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.  

###### 23 I will beat down his foes before his face,  
And plague those who hate him.

###### 24 "But My faithfulness and My mercy _shall be_ with him,  
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.  

###### 25 Also I will set his hand over the sea,  
And his right hand over the rivers.  

###### 26 He shall cry to Me, 'You _are_ my Father,  
My God, and the rock of my salvation.'  

###### 27 Also I will make him _My_ firstborn,  
The highest of the kings of the earth.  

###### 28 My mercy I will keep for him forever,  
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.  

###### 29 His seed also I will make _to endure_ forever,  
And his throne as the days of heaven.

###### 30 "If his sons forsake My law  
And do not walk in My judgments,  

###### 31 If they break My statutes  
And do not keep My commandments,  

###### 32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,  
And their iniquity with stripes.  

###### 33 Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him,  
Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.  

###### 34 My covenant I will not break,  
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.  

###### 35 Once I have sworn by My holiness;  
I will not lie to David:  

###### 36 His seed shall endure forever,  
And his throne as the sun before Me;  

###### 37 It shall be established forever like the moon,  
Even _like_ the faithful witness in the sky." _Selah_

###### 38 But You have cast off and abhorred,  
You have been furious with Your anointed.  

###### 39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;  
You have profaned his crown _by casting it_ to the ground.  

###### 40 You have broken down all his hedges;  
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.  

###### 41 All who pass by the way plunder him;  
He is a reproach to his neighbors.  

###### 42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;  
You have made all his enemies rejoice.  

###### 43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,  
And have not sustained him in the battle.  

###### 44 You have made his glory cease,  
And cast his throne down to the ground.  

###### 45 The days of his youth You have shortened;  
You have covered him with shame. _Selah_

###### 46 How long, Lord?  
Will You hide Yourself forever?  
Will Your wrath burn like fire?  

###### 47 Remember how short my time is;  
For what futility have You created all the children of men?  

###### 48 What man can live and not see death?  
Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? _Selah_

###### 49 Lord, where _are_ Your former lovingkindnesses,  
_Which_ You swore to David in Your truth?  

###### 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants--  
_How_ I bear in my bosom _the reproach of_ all the many peoples,  

###### 51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,  
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

###### 52 Blessed _be_ the Lord forevermore!  
Amen and Amen.