Psalm 89:19-52

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ You once spoke in a vision to your faithful ones
and said, “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen^[a] from the people.^(A)
20 I have found David my servant;
I have anointed him with my sacred oil.^(B)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and my arm will strengthen him.^(C)
22 The enemy will not oppress^[b] him;
the wicked will not afflict him.^(D)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.^(E)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through my name
his horn will be exalted.^(F)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.^(G)
26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,^(H)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’^(I)
27 I will also make him my firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.^(J)
28 I will always preserve my faithful love for him,
and my covenant with him will endure.^(K)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.^[c](L)
30 If his sons abandon my instruction
and do not live by my ordinances,^(M)
31 if they dishonor my statutes
and do not keep my commands,^(N)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their iniquity with blows.^(O)
33 But I will not withdraw
my faithful love from him
or betray my faithfulness.^(P)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or change what my lips have said.^(Q)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.^(R)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before me,^(S)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”^(T)Selah

³⁸ But you have spurned and rejected him;
you have become enraged with your anointed.^(U)
39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;
you have completely dishonored his crown.^[d](V)
40 You have broken down all his walls;
you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.^(W)
41 All who pass by plunder him;^(X)
he has become an object of ridicule
to his neighbors.^(Y)
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(Z)
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword
and have not let him stand in battle.^(AA)
44 You have made his splendor^[e] cease
and have overturned his throne.^(AB)
45 You have shortened the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame.^(AC)Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord? Will you hide forever?
Will your anger keep burning like fire?^(AD)
47 Remember how short my life is.
Have you created everyone for nothing?^(AE)
48 What courageous person can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?^(AF)Selah
⁴⁹ Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love
that you swore to David in your faithfulness?^(AG)
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—
⁵¹ how your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,
how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.^(AH)

⁵² Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and amen.^(AI)