Psalm 87:1-89:37

English Standard Version

⁴ Among those who ^(G)know me I mention ^(H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(I)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(J)establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he ^(K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

^7 (L)Singers and ^(M)dancers alike say,
    “All my ^(N)springs are in you.”

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(U)my life draws near to ^(V)Sheol.
⁴ I am counted among those who ^(W)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(X)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(Y)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(Z)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(AA)regions dark and ^(AB)deep.
⁷ Your wrath ^(AC)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(AD)all your waves. Selah

⁸ You have caused ^(AE)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(AF)a horror^[c] to them.
I am ^(AG)shut in so that I cannot escape;
^{9     (AH)}my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(AI)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(AJ)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(AK)wonders known in ^(AL)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(AM)forgetfulness?

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry ^(AN)to you;
    ^(AO)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ O Lord, why ^(AP)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(AQ)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[d]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(AR)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They ^(AS)surround me like a flood ^(AT)all day long;
    they ^(AU)close in on me together.
¹⁸ You have caused ^(AV)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[e]

⁵ Let ^(BI)the heavens praise your ^(BJ)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(BK)the holy ones!
⁶ For ^(BL)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(BM)Who among the heavenly beings^[g] is like the Lord,
⁷ a God greatly ^(BN)to be feared in the council of ^(BO)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(BP)who are around him?
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(BQ)who is mighty as you are, O ^(BR)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹ You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(BS)still them.
¹⁰ You ^(BT)crushed ^(BU)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(BV)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
^11 (BW)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(BX)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(BY)founded them.
^12 (BZ)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(CA)Tabor and ^(CB)Hermon ^(CC)joyously praise your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
^14 (CD)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(CE)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know ^(CF)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(CG)the light of your face,
¹⁶ who exult in your ^(CH)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(CI)exalted.
¹⁷ For you are ^(CJ)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(CK)horn is exalted.
¹⁸ For our ^(CL)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(CM)the Holy One of Israel.

^19 (CN)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[h] and said:
    “I have ^(CO)granted help to one who is ^(CP)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(CQ)chosen from the people.
^20 (CR)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(CS)anointed him,
²¹ so that my ^(CT)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(CU)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³ I will ^(CV)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My ^(CW)faithfulness and my ^(CX)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(CY)horn be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand on ^(CZ)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(DA)the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(DB)Father,
    my God, and ^(DC)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ And I will make him the ^(DD)firstborn,
    ^(DE)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(DF)covenant will stand firm^[i] for him.
²⁹ I will establish his ^(DG)offspring forever
    and his ^(DH)throne as ^(DI)the days of the heavens.
^30 (DJ)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[j]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³² then I will punish their transgression with ^(DK)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 ^(DL)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵ Once for all I have sworn ^(DM)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(DN)lie to David.
³⁶ His ^(DO)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(DP)his ^(DQ)throne as long as ^(DR)the sun before me.
³⁷ Like ^(DS)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(DT)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah