Psalm 89:19-52

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,
²¹ so that my ^(G)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(H)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(I)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(J)faithfulness and my ^(K)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(L)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(M)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(N)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(O)Father,
    my God, and ^(P)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(Q)firstborn,
    ^(R)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(S)covenant will stand firm^[b] for him.
²⁹ I 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]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(X)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my ^(Y)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(Z)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(AA)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(AB)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(AC)his ^(AD)throne as long as ^(AE)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(AF)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(AG)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸ But now you have ^(AH)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(AI)anointed.
³⁹ You have ^(AJ)renounced ^(AK)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(AL)defiled his ^(AM)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have ^(AN)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
^41 (AO)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(AP)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short ^(AQ)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(AR)covered him with shame. Selah

^46 (AS)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(AT)burn like fire?
^47 (AU)Remember ^(AV)how short my ^(AW)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
^48 (AX)What man can live and never ^(AY)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(AZ)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is your ^(BA)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(BB)faithfulness you swore to David?
^50 (BC)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(BD)heart the insults^[d] of all the many nations,
⁵¹ with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(BE)the footsteps of your ^(BF)anointed.

^52 (BG)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.