89:1I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
89:2For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
89:3I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
89:5And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
89:6For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
89:7*God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him.
89:8Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
89:9*Thou* rulest the pride of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.
89:10Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
89:11Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.
89:12The north and the south, *thou* hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.
89:13Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.
89:14Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.
89:15Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.
89:16In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
89:17For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
89:18For Jehovah is our shield, and the Holy One of Israel, our king.
89:19Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
89:21With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
89:22No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
89:23But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
89:24And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
89:25And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
89:26*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my *God, and the rock of my salvation;
89:27And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
89:28My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
89:29And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
89:30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
89:31If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
89:33Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
89:34My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
89:35Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
89:36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.
89:38But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
89:39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
89:41All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
89:42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:
89:43Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
89:44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground;
89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
89:46How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
89:47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
89:48What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
89:49Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
89:50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants -- that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples --
89:51Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
89:52Blessed be Jehovah for evermore! Amen, and Amen.