Psalm 89

	89:0  A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

	89:1  I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD, forever;
		    with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness 			    to all generations.

	89:2  For I said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever; 		         in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”	
	
	89:3  “I have made a covenant with my chosen; 
		     I have sworn to David my servant:

	89:4  I will establish your descendants forever 
		    and build up your throne to all generations.”
															 Selah

	89:5  The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD; 
		    your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy 			    ones.

	89:6  For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD?
		    Who among the sons of gods is like the LORD,

	89:7 A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
             and awesome above all those who are around him?

	89:8  LORD God of armies, who is like you, mighty LORD? 
	         your faithfulness also surrounds you.

	89:9  You rule the majesty of the sea; 
		    When its waves rise, you calm them.

	89:10 You yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; 
		     with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

	89:11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
		     the world and its fullness, you established them.

	89:12 You created the north and the south. 
		     Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

	89:13 Your arm is powerful, 
			your hand strong, 
			your right hand victorious.

	89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your 			  throne;
		        lovingkindness and faithfulness go before you.

	89:15 Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
		     LORD, they walk in the light of your face.

	89:16 In your name they rejoice all the day, 
		     and by your righteousness they are exalted.

	89:17 For you are the glory of their strength;
		     by your favor our horn is exalted.

	89:18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,
	          our king to the Holy One of Israel.

	89:19 	Then you spoke through a vision to your godly one,
			and said,
			“I have given help to one who is mighty;  
	 	       I have exalted one chosen from the people.

	89:20 I have found David, my servant;
		     with my holy oil I have anointed him,

	89:21 with whom my hand will be established; 
			my arm also shall strengthen him.

	89:22 No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him;
		     nor will the son of wickedness afflict him.

	89:23 I will crush his enemies before him;
		     and strike down those who hate him.

	89:24 My faithfulness and my lovingkindness will be with 			       him, 
			and in my name his horn will be exalted.

	89:25 I will also place his hand on the sea, 
	          and his right hand on the rivers.

	89:26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, 
			my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

	89:27 I will also make him the firstborn,
		     the highest of the kings of the earth.

	89:28 I will maintain my lovingkindness for him forever, 
		     and my covenant shall be secure to him.

	89:29 So I will establish his descendants forever, 
		     and his throne as the days of heaven.

	89:30 If his sons abandon my law 
			and do not walk in my rules,

	89:31 if they violate my statutes
		     and do not keep my commandments,

	89:32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
		     and their iniquity with afflictions,

	89:33 but I will not remove from him my lovingkindness
		     or be false in my faithfulness.

	89:34 I will not violate my covenant
		     or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

	89:35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
		     I will not lie to David.

	89:36 His descendants shall endure forever, 
		     and his throne as the sun before me.

	89:37 Like the moon it shall be established forever,
		     a faithful witness in the skies.”
													 Selah

	89:38 But now you have cast off and rejected;
			you are full of wrath against your anointed.

	89:39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
		      you have defiled his crown in the dust.

	89:40 You have broken down all his walls; 
	           you have brought his strongholds to ruin.

	89:41 All who pass along the way plunder him; 
		     he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
	
	89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
			you have made all his enemies rejoice.

	89:43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
		     and you have not made him stand in battle.

	89:44 You have made his splendor to cease
			and cast his throne to the ground.

	89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
		     you have covered him with shame. 
					                						Selah

	89:46 How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?
		     Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

	89:47 Remember me, what my lifespan is; 
		     For what futility you have created all the sons of 			     man!

	89:48 What man can live and never see death
		     or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.
														Selah 

	89:49 Where is your former lovingkindness, Lord?
		     which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

	89:50 Remember, Lord, the taunt against your servants; 
			how I bear against my chest the taunts of all the 				many peoples,

	89:51 with which your enemies taunt, LORD,
		     with which they taunt the footsteps of your anointed.

	89:52 Blessed be the LORD forever!
		     Amen and Amen.