Psalms Chapter 89 Webster's Bible

Psalms 89:2

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 89:3

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalms 89:4

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,

Psalms 89:5

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Psalms 89:6

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

Psalms 89:7

For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

Psalms 89:8

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.

Psalms 89:9

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?

Psalms 89:10

Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.

Psalms 89:11

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.

Psalms 89:12

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.

Psalms 89:13

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psalms 89:14

Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psalms 89:15

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psalms 89:16

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 89:17

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalms 89:18

For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

Psalms 89:19

For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Psalms 89:20

Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalms 89:21

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalms 89:22

With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 89:23

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalms 89:24

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.

Psalms 89:25

But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalms 89:26

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalms 89:27

He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalms 89:28

Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:29

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalms 89:30

His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalms 89:31

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalms 89:32

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Psalms 89:33

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:34

Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalms 89:35

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.

Psalms 89:36

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

Psalms 89:37

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalms 89:38

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Psalms 89:39

But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.

Psalms 89:40

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Psalms 89:41

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Psalms 89:42

All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalms 89:43

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 89:44

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Psalms 89:45

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalms 89:46

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalms 89:47

How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalms 89:48

Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

Psalms 89:49

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalms 89:50

Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

Psalms 89:51

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Psalms 89:52

With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed

Psalms 89:53

Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.