Through My Bible Yr 02 – June 20

Through My Bible – June 20

Psalms 89:1-37 (EHV)

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¹ I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.
With my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
    through all generations.
² Yes, I have said, “Your mercy is built to last forever.
In the heavens you establish your faithfulness.”

³ The Lord said, ^[1]
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one.
I have sworn to David my servant.
⁴ I will establish your seed ^[2] forever, Interlude
and I will build your throne through all generations.”

⁵ The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
also your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
⁶ For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the sons of God?
⁷ God is revered in the council of the holy ones.
He is to be feared more than all who surround him.
⁸ O Lord God of Armies, who is like you?
You are mighty, O Lord, ^[3]
and your faithfulness surrounds you.
⁹ You rule over the majestic sea.
When its waves rise up, you quiet them.
¹⁰ You crushed Rahab ^[4] like one of the slain.
With your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
¹¹ The heavens are yours, and yours also is the earth.
You founded the world and everything that fills it.
¹² You created the north and the south.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.
¹³ Your arm works for you with power.
Your hand is strong. Your right hand is raised high.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Mercy and truth are right in front of you.

¹⁵ How blessed are the people who know the joyful cry.
Lord, they walk in the light from your face.
¹⁶ In your name they celebrate all day long.
In your righteousness they are lifted up.
¹⁷ For you are the beauty of their strength,
and by your favor you exalt our Horn. ^[5]
18 Indeed, our Shield belongs to the Lord,
our King to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Once you spoke in a vision to your favored ones.
You said:
I have granted help to a warrior.
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰ I found David my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him.
²¹ He is the one whom my hand will sustain.
Surely my arm will strengthen him.
²² No enemy will subject him to tribute.
No violent man will oppress him.
²³ I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴ My faithfulness and mercy will be with him,
and through my name his horn ^[6] will be exalted.
²⁵ I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He will call out to me, “You are my Father,
my God and the Rock that saves me.”
²⁷ I will also make him the Firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸ I will keep my mercy for him forever,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
²⁹ I will establish his seed forever.
His throne will endure like the days of the heavens.

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law,
and they do not walk according to my judgments,
³¹ if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commands,
³² I will punish their rebellion with the rod, their guilt with whipping.
³³ But I will not break off my mercy from him.
I will not let my truth become false.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant.
I will not alter what comes out of my lips.
³⁵ Once and for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
surely I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his seed will continue forever,
and his throne will endure before me like the sun.
³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon. Interlude
This witness in the sky is faithful.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 89:3 The words The Lord said are added to clarify who is speaking.
2. Psalm 89:4 Retention of the literal term seed makes it clear that this refers to the Messianic line from the seed of Eve, through the seed of Abraham and the seed of David, to Christ the Messiah.
3. Psalm 89:8 Yah, the short form of the divine name, is used instead of the full form, Yahweh.
4. Psalm 89:10 The name Rahab here is a personification of the sea as a monster.
5. Psalm 89:17 The Horn and the Shield here are names for the King descended from David.
6. Psalm 89:24 That is, his power