Psalm 89:5-37

New American Standard Bible

⁵The ^(A)heavens will praise Your wonders, Lord;
Your faithfulness also ^(B)in the assembly of the ^(C)holy ones.
⁶For ^(D)who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?
Who among the ^[a]^(E)sons of the mighty is like the Lord,
⁷A God ^(F)greatly feared in the council of the ^(G)holy ones,
And ^(H)awesome above all those who are around Him?
⁸Lord God of armies, ^(I)who is like You, mighty ^[b]Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
⁹You rule the surging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You ^(J)calm them.
¹⁰You Yourself crushed ^[c]^(K)Rahab like one who is slain;
You ^(L)scattered Your enemies with ^[d]Your mighty arm.

¹¹The ^(M)heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The ^(N)world and ^[e]all it contains, You have established them.
¹²The ^(O)north and the south, You have created them;
^(P)Tabor and ^(Q)Hermon ^(R)shout for joy at Your name.
¹³You have ^[f]a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your ^(S)right hand is exalted.
¹⁴^(T)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
^(U)Mercy and ^[g]truth go before You.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know the ^[h]^(V)joyful sound!
Lord, they walk in the ^(W)light of Your face.
¹⁶In ^(X)Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷For You are the glory of ^(Y)their strength,
And by Your favor ^[i]our ^(Z)horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our ^(AA)shield belongs to the Lord,
^[j]And our king to the ^(AB)Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹^[k]Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ^[l]ones,
And said, “I have ^[m]given help to one who is ^(AC)mighty;
I have exalted one ^(AD)chosen from the people.
²⁰I have ^(AE)found My servant David;
With My holy ^(AF)oil I have anointed him,
²¹With whom ^(AG)My hand will be established;
My arm also will ^(AH)strengthen him.
²²The enemy will not ^[n]deceive him,
Nor will the ^[o]^(AI)son of wickedness afflict him.
²³But I will ^(AJ)crush his adversaries before him,
And strike those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(AK)faithfulness and My favor will be with him,
And in My name his ^(AL)horn will be exalted.
²⁵I will also place his hand ^(AM)on the sea,
And his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are ^(AN)my Father,
My God, and the ^(AO)rock of my salvation.’
²⁷I will also make him My ^(AP)firstborn,
The ^(AQ)highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸I will maintain My ^(AR)favor for him forever,
And My ^(AS)covenant shall be confirmed to him.
²⁹So I will establish his ^[p]^(AT)descendants forever,
And his ^(AU)throne ^(AV)as the days of heaven.

³⁰“If his sons ^(AW)abandon My Law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹If they ^[q]violate My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³²Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the ^(AX)rod,
And their guilt with ^[r]afflictions.
³³But I will not ^[s]withhold ^(AY)My favor from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.
³⁴I will not ^[t]violate My ^(AZ)covenant,
Nor will I ^(BA)alter ^[u]the utterance of My lips.
³⁵^[v]Once I have ^(BB)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
³⁶His ^[w]^(BC)descendants shall endure forever,
And his ^(BD)throne ^(BE)as the sun before Me.
³⁷It shall be established forever ^(BF)like the moon,
And a ^(BG)witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:6 Or sons of gods
Psalm 89:8 Heb Yah
Psalm 89:10 I.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
Psalm 89:10 Lit the arm of Your might
Psalm 89:11 Lit its fullness
Psalm 89:13 Lit an arm with strength
Psalm 89:14 Or faithfulness
Psalm 89:15 Or blast of the trumpet, shout of joy
Psalm 89:17 Another reading is You exalt our horn
Psalm 89:18 Or Even to the Holy One of Israel our King
Psalm 89:19 Or At that time
Psalm 89:19 Some mss one
Psalm 89:19 Lit placed help upon
Psalm 89:22 Or exact usury from him
Psalm 89:22 Or wicked man
Psalm 89:29 Lit seed
Psalm 89:31 Lit profane
Psalm 89:32 Or plagues
Psalm 89:33 Lit break
Psalm 89:34 Lit profane
Psalm 89:34 Lit that which goes forth
Psalm 89:35 Or One thing
Psalm 89:36 Lit seed