Psalm 89

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O Lord,
    thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    Who among the heavenly beings^[b] is like the Lord,
⁷ a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
    great and terrible^[c] above all that are round about him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
    who is mighty as thou art, O Lord,
    with thy faithfulness round about thee?
⁹ Thou dost rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
¹⁰ Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass,
    thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.
¹¹ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine;
    the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
¹² The north and the south, thou hast created them;
    Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.
¹³ Thou hast a mighty arm;
    strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne;
    steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance,
¹⁶ who exult in thy name all the day,
    and extol^[d] thy righteousness.
¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength;
    by thy favor our horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Of old thou didst speak in a vision
    to thy faithful one, and say:
“I have set the crown^[e] upon one who is mighty,
    I have exalted one chosen from the people.
²⁰ I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have anointed him;
²¹ so that my hand shall ever abide with him,
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him,
    the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on the sea
    and his right hand on the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father,
    my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the first-born,
    the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever,
    and my covenant will stand firm for him.
²⁹ I will establish his line for ever
    and his throne as the days of the heavens.
³⁰ If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my ordinances,
³¹ if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with the rod
    and their iniquity with scourges;
³³ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant,
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn by my holiness;
    I will not lie to David.
³⁶ His line shall endure for ever,
    his throne as long as the sun before me.
³⁷ Like the moon it shall be established for ever;
    it shall stand firm while the skies endure.”^[f]Selah

³⁸ But now thou hast cast off and rejected,
    thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.
³⁹ Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant;
    thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ Thou hast breached all his walls;
    thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.
⁴¹ All that pass by despoil him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes;
    thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword,
    and thou hast not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴ Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand,^[g]
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ Thou hast cut short the days of his youth;
    thou hast covered him with shame.Selah

⁴⁶ How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
    How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember, O Lord,^[h] what the measure of life is,
    for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
⁴⁸ What man can live and never see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old,
    which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned;
    how I bear in my bosom the insults^[i] of the peoples,
⁵¹ with which thy enemies taunt, O Lord,
    with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.

⁵² Blessed be the Lord for ever!
Amen and Amen.