Psalm 89:1-4

English Standard Version

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 ^(B)I will sing of ^(C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your ^(D)faithfulness to all generations.
²For I said, ^(E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens ^(F)you will establish your ^(G)faithfulness.”
³You have said, “I have made ^(H)a covenant with my ^(I)chosen one;
    I have ^(J)sworn to David my servant:
⁴‘I will establish your ^(K)offspring forever,
    and build your ^(L)throne for all generations.’” Selah

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 89:19-37

English Standard Version

¹⁹^(A)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[a] and said:
    “I have ^(B)granted help to one who is ^(C)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(D)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(E)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(F)anointed him,
²¹so that my ^(G)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(H)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(I)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(J)faithfulness and my ^(K)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(L)horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on ^(M)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(N)the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(O)Father,
    my God, and ^(P)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷And I will make him the ^(Q)firstborn,
    ^(R)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(S)covenant will stand firm^[b] for him.
²⁹I will establish his ^(T)offspring forever
    and his ^(U)throne as ^(V)the days of the heavens.
³⁰^(W)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[c]
³¹if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish their transgression with ^(X)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my ^(Y)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^(Z)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(AA)lie to David.
³⁶His ^(AB)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(AC)his ^(AD)throne as long as ^(AE)the sun before me.
³⁷Like ^(AF)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(AG)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees

Psalm 89:46-52

English Standard Version

⁴⁶^(A)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(B)burn like fire?
⁴⁷^(C)Remember ^(D)how short my ^(E)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
⁴⁸^(F)What man can live and never ^(G)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(H)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your ^(I)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(J)faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰^(K)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(L)heart the insults^[a] of all the many nations,
⁵¹with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(M)the footsteps of your ^(N)anointed.